Month: April 2018

Hey drunkers! We’re back with this month’s episode! This time, we read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante… only like six years after everybody else went wild for it. We’re finally jumping on the bandwagon, just for you.

In this episode, we discuss: juggling the many characters of this book, the abrupt ending that left us with no closure, confusing character motivations, untrustworthy narratives, bad book covers, jealousy mixed with love, and how (through the course of this conversation) we realized that we now want to read the rest of the novels in this series. It’s wild, y’all.

Olivia drinks: wine of some sort
Ashley drinks: a gin and tonic, what the hell else?

We read: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Up next: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Music by: Matt Costa!

Oh my MOTHERFRICKING GOOOOD y’all, it’s been forever a day, but we are bacccckkkkk! This episode, we’re discussing The H Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness by Jill Filipovic.

We discuss: the need to fight for happiness (in addition to equality), the power of female friendships, our opinions about women changing their names when they marry (spoiler alert, we totally don’t get why people do it), early-2000s fashions (which to keep and which to ditch), disturbing sexual expectations in our culture, when to back the fuck off, the Aziz Ansari article, and so much more. Enjoy, babes!

Olivia drinks: 2013 Red Blend by Prophecy (with the really pretty label)
Ashley drinks: a gin and tonic (what the hell else?)

We read: The H Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness by Jill Filipovic
Up next: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Music by: Matt Costa!