This week Holly and Hannah return to their teenage years and the era of the YA novel! Hannah gives her opinion on John Green's early novels and his repetitive use of the whiney teenage boy and Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Holly explains why the film franchise Divergent failed and questions if it was doomed from the very beginning! They also share their very big opinions on Trisha Paytas's latest drama with James Charles and the D'Amelio sisters AND share who they want to win The Great British Bake Off! Follow us on instagram @culturehangpodcast, twitter @CultureHang and join our Facebook group here! Links: The Take, ‘The Sick Girl Trope, Explained’ https://medium.com/outsidercircle/why-are-manic-pixie-dream-girls-still-a-thing-a752bf4cf80a Vanity Fair, 'Emily Ratajkowski and Theo James Teach You British Slang | Vanity Fair' https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kateaurthur/divergent-franchise-disaster#:~:text=One%20possible%20reason%20for%20its,that%20have%20worked%20as%20movies https://www.vox.com/2016/3/24/11299572/why-divergent-fails James Tullos ‘The worldbuilding of Divergent Makes Me Vomit’ Caleb Joeseph ‘Why the Divergent Series Went Down the Toliet’ https://www.flavorwire.com/421731/readers-reactions-to-allegiant-are-an-online-fandom-horror-story

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