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January 12, 2022 60 mins
We begin 2022's new author series with Alisson Wood, whose first book "Being Lolita" is a memoir of the forbidden romance she had with her high school English teacher.    For the women who have been victims of a sexual predator, of sexual assault, of sexual trauma, especially as a teenager, Alisson wants you to know: You are not alone. You are seen. You are validated. You are understood.   And while this may initially seem like a bit of a left turn for #single, there are universal themes that emerge in Alisson's book that are not new territory for this podcast, including blame for bad or broken relationships as our fault or failure, society's virgin/ whore dichotomy, as well as talking about how the over-sexualization of teenage girls in early 2000s culture helped undermine our power & authority as young women.   If this sounds intense - it IS, culturally speaking - but this episode is not.  Because Alisson (and to an extent, myself) got the F out of these relationships and emerged stronger on the other side.   I hope you are inspired and encouraged by this beautiful warrior's truth and by our conversation that reclaims her story.   Learn more about Alisson here. Buy her book here on Amazon and here from The Lit Bar, a WOC-owned independent bookstore in the Bronx
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