Show Notes
Adolescent identity and values take center stage in this episode. The themes beautiful, clever, and good reappear in The Story Girl as archetypal girls. We talk about beautiful Felicity, good Cecily, and the brilliant Story Girl in today’s episode, and why these girls feel like they can only be one of those things.
Inspired by: Kelly is inspired by the late lamented Bath and Body Works Juniper Breeze and recommends its sophisticated modern counterpart ＜a href=”https://www.jomalone.com/product/25956/104350/bath-body/wood-sage-sea-salt-body-mist“＞ Jo Malone Wood Sage and Sea Salt scent ＜/a＞. Ragon’s signature middle school scent was Love’s Baby Soft Rain and so recommends ＜a href=”https://www.cleanbeauty.com/collections/fragrance/products/clean-classic-original?_gl=1*1vkdrr*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiArKW-BhAzEiwAZhWsIFnA2LO-zjPNJC1uoKeAuUI2pgDH2a4xCd14T15EfWTfZdKvJ2x4PBoCOBAQAvD_BwE“＞ Clean ＜/a＞ and ＜a href=”https://www.cleanbeauty.com/collections/fragrance/products/clean-reserve-rain?_gl=1*19jdcnf*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiArKW-BhAzEiwAZhWsIFnA2LO-zjPNJC1uoKeAuUI2pgDH2a4xCd14T15EfWTfZdKvJ2x4PBoCOBAQAvD_BwE“＞ Clean Rain ＜/a＞ by Clean Beauty Collective if you want the same vibe. Ragon also recommends tubing mascaras including ＜a href=”https://thrivecausemetics.com/products/liquid-lash-extensions-mascara?queryID=45efea140ded9c1ea39eb3a0eb6f33d3&indexName=shopify_products“＞ Thrive Causemetics Lash Extensions mascara ＜/a＞, ＜a href=”https://www.milanicosmetics.com/products/highly-rated-lash-extensions-mascara?srsltid=AfmBOops0v7K-S5EuvG8Vg4Y3k2-QaWpg_X-BsWekXrDrVuQllXFTwOK“＞ Milani Highly Rated Lash Extensions mascara ＜/a＞, and ＜a href=”https://www.elfcosmetics.com/lash-xtndr-mascara/300233.html“＞ e.l.f. Lash XTNDR mascara ＜/a＞. Alice recommends Trader Joe’s Brazil Nut Body Butter but you’ll have to find it in stores in the summer! Sorry to folks who don’t have a Trader Joe’s! You can support the pod by shopping through our ＜a href=”https://bookshop.org/shop/kindredspiritsbookclub”＞ Bookshop＜/a＞ link for any books we’ve recommended!
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