In honor of the 20th anniversary of Twilight's release AND to commemorate our origins as a podcast, today's episode is all about Twilight! Hear our experiences attending screenings in the theater and our updated thoughts now that we are fully formed adults and not Edward-obsessed tweens. Plus Emily's 14-year-old self's unedited thoughts on the Breaking Dawn of it all. 

Read: Why We Love (and Hate) Twilight by Sarah Gallagher

Recent Reads: 

• Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
• Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
• We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
• The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer

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