SEASON 7 EPISODE 5: SELF-AWARENESS

Jen V justifies almost all her nonsense by saying “Hey, at least I’m self-aware!” Cause self-awareness is half the battle! Or is it? We unpack all that this week as we read chapters 20-24 of Anna and the French Kiss through the theme of, you guessed it, self-awareness.

St Clair and Anna spend a magical Thanksgiving weekend together, talking and growing closer (and spending nights together!), but afterwards, things are weird and tense. Anna heads home for Christmas finds it hard to adapt to being home in Atlanta.

This episode was recorded on 20 August 2022.  

Show notes

This week we’re reading chapters 20-24 through the theme of self-awareness. If you’d like to read along with us, you can find the full breakdown here.

More here on Not Under My Roof (Jenn D was slightly off and read this when it came out, so not really before she had kids, oops, but close enough).

Jen V re-read Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall - more here.

Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance - info here (a really good read, Jenn D recommends).

More info here on UTS and here on Macquarie University, our alma maters!

Here is an article from Vogue on body image and Bridget Jones.

Pablo Neruda poems - read more here.

We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where this episode was recorded - the Guringai and Darug people, and tangata whenua of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.

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Thanks for listening! Next week, we’re reading Chapters 25-29 through the theme of transformation.