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imagine going from the first edition cover to this cover 10 years later. like omg what a glow uppppp

"anti purity culture" paranoia messes with feminism, man. Like...yes. Tween girls SHOULD check their underwear isn't visible bc their shorts are so tiny/shirt won't fall to show bra/breasts when they lean. "Purity culture" or being aware girl's clothes are made to be sexy instead of functional???

a snark subreddit saying their sub isn't the place to "obsess" over a vlogging family is sooooo funny. snark devotees are amongst the most pathetic people on the planet

journalists writing creative nonfiction be like: i have to open every section with a description of the sky i have to i have to i HAVE TO

this is very good (i also think the author is pretty young) but it's also, unfortunately, extremely annoying

woohoo!!! friend book <3

Something sad about Addy is that she was never not gonna be shit on. I guarantee the same critics angry she was enslaved for part of her story would be irate if she was placed in another point in history. Staff were right that not representing slavery would have looked deliberate and self-conscious for a historical line. She couldn't win tbh

Why is this genuinely so off the wall and funny

Personally I'm having a great time

i always think it's so weird how american girl retrospective content like never mentions how confusingly lazy it is that all the girls have had the exact same face mold for like 40 years, when detail was key for everything else. like that's always such a big knock against the line for me

bedtime audiobook. keep falling asleep mid-chapter to anne hathaway's dulcet tones

STOPPPPP not zoey talking about how the popular girls at school thought she was such a loser weirdo for where she shopped for clothes and how shopping was a bonding experience with her grandma as they travelled far and wide to "boutiques"

and she's going to an AMERICAN EAGLE

THIS IS THE BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD

This is trying to be so yes girlboss slay about her not letting Abby bring her down but it's more just pathetic.... how desperate for fame was her mom that they stayed on a set that was actively bullying and demeaning Nia for 7 years. In another world (or let's be real, in ten years) this would be a memoir exploring why her family didn't get her out of this situation immediately

Sorry but like...my sympathy is running out. If Abby was never not abusive to Nia even before they signed filming contracts, why sign that filming contract anyways??