Boy-Crazy Stacey: “Gurber Garden”

Follow Stacey on her romantic roller coaster from Scott the man lifeguard (depicted by cover artist Hodges Soileau as at least 37 years old) to Toby the “hilarious” 14 year old (“perfect!”). Mary Anne is pissed, and reasonably so. Also, more on what is the deal with those Pikes? Mother’s helpers v. parents’ helpers, and was Ann M. Martin trying to dismantle evolutionary psychology’s sexual preference hypotheses? 

FYI Links:

David Buss’s famous paper on evolutionary psychology and sex differences
A review article about criticisms of evolutionary psych
The Wikipedia page about criticisms is pretty good, too
A paper showing that transgender people respond in line with evolutionary hypotheses that match their gender identity
Classic Cornell Bridge Study
The term “mother’s helper” used in the New York Times the day we recorded this

“Stuck in Stoneybrook” is edited by Emily Crandall. Theme song written and recorded by Gary Shaller, performed by the band Kid Kit. Need some books that we mentioned? Buy them from our Bookshop bookstore. If you’re feeling dibbly generous, rate and review us on iTunes. You’re the best friends a girl could ask for. Last but not least, thank you to Ann M. Martin, for everything.