Trash & Treasures

If you grew up in the 90s, chances are good you crossed paths with Lurlene McDaniel, the queen of teen lit tragedy porn. While starting from a genuinely good place, wanting to help sick kids feel seen after her young son was diagnosed with diabetes, her career mostly involved biting off waaaaaaaay more than she could chew and fitting just about every debilitating physical illness under the sun into a very pat and very Christian formula. And along the way her books grew a predominant audience of able-bodied middle school goths with a voyeuristic interest in death (trust us, we know). CONTENT WARNING for discussion of misogyny, racism, homophobia, chronic illness, and the death of children 1:00 Personal History 3:00 Drinks 5:00 YA History 11:00 Responsibility Hats 19:00 Cancer Camp 24:00 The Evil Fiancee 28:00 Marley 37:00 Voyeurism 43:00 BOYS AND BABIES 53:00 Saint Sandy 59:00 That Gay Subtext Say hi to Dorothy and Vrai on Twitter @writervrai and @dorothynotgale Join us every two weeks on Soundcloud, iTune