Claudia and the New Girl: “Club of fools”

Claudia’s an ARTIST, people. A real artist. The baby-sitters just don’t GET IT. At least ASHLEY WYETH does. We discuss ambition and work-as-identity and the way these things prop up the capitalist system. Is Ashley a revolutionary or a Sheryl Sandberg? Can a thirteen year old girl be a mansplainer? And why is Ashley’s prairiecore fashion sense such a problem?

FYI Links:
Relational Aggression and Adjustment
An examination of prairiecore from 2018
The Right to Be LAZY
The Problem With Work

“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.