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PCJ Pop #34 · Pop Culture Junkie®

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  - Hello and welcome to your PCJ pop, I'm Olivia.
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  - And I'm Shauna.
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  - And this week we're gonna continue
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  with the book Pops for the Week.
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  - Well I have been absolutely sucked in by a book
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  that has kind of taken the press by Storm.
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  It's called "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke.
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  - Shauna, have you heard anything about this?
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  - That's not.
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  - Okay, so it is a satirical novel
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  about a tradwife social media influencer
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  who wakes up to find herself in 1855,
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  forced to live the harsh traditional farm life.
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  She only pretends to portray online,
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  leaning to dark and humorous exploration of fame,
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  motherhood and faith as she navigates a nightmare
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  of reality.
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  - That sounds amazing.
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  I just read a book called "Tradwife."
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  - Okay, yes, Sarah.
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  - Sarah Toga, a couple months ago.
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  - Yeah, I remember.
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  - It was totally muted.
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  - Yeah, so it's so good.
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  - So at publishing time when this book was released
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  and "Hathaway" bought the rights to this movie,
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  it's unclear if she is going to be the person
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  who plays the main character in it,
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  but it's very, very good.
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  I'm like halfway through it right now.
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  I will say it is such a timely introspection
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  into that world of religion, traditional marital values.
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  I will say the women's rights.
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  The first 10 chapters, this woman sucks,
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  but that's kind of the whole point of it.
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  So it's very, very good.
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  It's very interesting.
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  So the writer is actually a TikTok influencer,
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  followed her for a long time.
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  She's like a podcast as well,
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  where she really looks at,
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  okay, what are we trying to say
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  with this child white prize?
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  And so she's written quite a few articles about it
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  and then started to write this book.
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  And I think it is just really, really amazing
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  and great writing.
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  And I love to see these people who we look at
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  as influencers where it's, oh, it's so vapid,
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  but they really do have interesting things to say.
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  So I'm all here for smart and intelligent women
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  expanding and showing that they have something
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  interesting to say.
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  - Like us.
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  - Yeah, they're not just talking to their phones.
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  You know, they have the capacity and ability
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  to really analyze these things
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  and what it means to be a woman today.
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  So one more time, what is it called in?
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  Who's the author?
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  - Yesteryear by Carro Claire Burke.
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  You can find it on Spotify if you have premium,
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  but also at your local library, very, very good.
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  Right now it's only hardcover.
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  So if you are a paperback person, I am sorry.
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  - But that's gonna be it for your PCJ Pop.
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