Kristy’s Big Day: “Don’t make me look like a horned owl.”

We attempt to resolve one of the great contradictions of Esme’s life: hating make-up and other feminizing societal constraints and also being obsessed with weddings (Emily blames this book). So many questions abound in this episode: How heteronormative *IS* this book? Why does Watson have three toaster ovens? Also is Stacey’s mom… Stacy’s Mom?

FYI Links:

One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding (buy it on our Bookshop!)
Ann M. Martin could have made the BSC less heteronormative
2018 report on gender equality beliefs
NYT article on that study
Tomboy Fashion in 80s and 90s YA novels

“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.