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Yes, Women Can Be Friends and Not Frenemies (Ft. White Lotus, Gossip Girl, and The Women)
Lauren and Christine ask why bitchy, backstabbing lady-friends have always been so compelling in popular culture, and if “best friends” should make compromising videos of themselves with their friends’ boyfriends.
Book Recommendations
Susan Douglas, Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media
https://a.co/d/2s1Ib7m
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
https://a.co/d/bKDE724
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