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All the Sad Young Disgusting Worms
Published 5 years, 10 months ago
Description
Kat and Phoebe are joined by Jessa Crispin, literary critic and culture writer, to talk about dewy ingenues, the young-adultification of literature, and why that one guy on Book Twitter was screaming about worms.
Links:
- Jessa on age gaps in the Boston Review: Pathologizing Desire
- Jessa's essay on the Underground Railroad vs Normal People, both for children
- David Bowles' epic "disgusting worms" Twitter meltdown
- Kat's 2017 (but still relevant) primer for understanding YA's internecine conflicts: The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter
- Jessa's website
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