Kyrie (they/them) and AJ (she/her) talk about trending books they loved and hated. Booktok, forgive us as we slander Colleen Hoover and ramble about toxic femininity and much, much more.
Content warnings: discussions of suicide, internet bullying, eating disorders, and drug abuse.
Sources:
In Defence of T.J. Klune Reddit post
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Year of Death & Internet Clout
“toxic” femininity: what’s up with girlbloggers, female manipulators, and femcels?
Femcel Feminism and Transgrrressive Girlhood
dark femininity will not save you
standing on the shoulders of complex female characters by internet princess
Spoiler Rankings:
Level One - little to no spoilers -- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir; Happy Place by Emily Henry
Level Two - major plot points discussed but not big twists or reveals -- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Level Three - all plot points discussed and/or twists and reveals discussed openly -- My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh; Verity by Colleen Hoover; Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
