“I Love My Lizard Brain” (Sweet Valley High #69, Friend Against Friend)

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Sweet Valley Hive

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Sweet Valley Hive is the hottest new book club to hit the school! Join us (Robert Marx, newbie and Rebecca Pardo, superfan) as we neurotically parse the text, subtext, and outfits of Sweet Valley High, the beloved soapy series of the 80s. From school dances to amnesia to hysterical paralysis, we’ll cover the trials and tribulations of America’s most troubled and triumphant twins.

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“I Love My Lizard Brain” (Sweet Valley High #69, Friend Against Friend)

Sweet Valley Hive

1 hour 21 minutes 55 seconds

5 months ago

“I Love My Lizard Brain” (Sweet Valley High #69, Friend Against Friend)

**Content warning: graphic racial violence**

This week, we have a complicated book and a roller coaster of an episode.

Our text follows Neil, a White teenager who develops increasingly racist perspectives and gradually turns against his Black friend Andy until things reach a head in a highly upsetting climax. Meanwhile, Sweet Valley High is having a broader reckoning about inequality when the results of a recent student survey reveal widespread grievances on everything from funding for women’s sports to racism in history class. Liz is even planning a “racial awareness seminar!” DEI, bitch!

Join us for a wide-ranging discussion of the psychology of White racism, Pardo’s Pap smear, and whether it’s offensive to not be attracted to your doctor, in “I Love My Lizard Brain” (Sweet Valley High #69, Friend Against Friend).

**Content warning: graphic racial violence**