Explicit
Yes, Women Can Be Friends and Not Frenemies (Ft. White Lotus, Gossip Girl, and The Women)
Explicit
History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff and Christine Caldwell Ames
Episode notes
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
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Keywords
Gossip GirlBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterWhite LotusMike WhiteCarrie CoonJoan CrawfordNorma ShearerMichelle MonaghanLeslie BibbThe Womenadulteryfrenemyfriendshipfeminism