Episode 145: Keeping the Moon (with Lily Herman‪)‬ The SSR Podcast

For only the second time, SSR is taking on the Sarah Dessen universe on Episode 145, this time in a conversation about Keeping the Moon. Tune in to hear Alli and her guest discuss the 2019 Sarah Dessen controversy, their complicated feelings about main character Colie’s arc in Keeping the Moon, the fictional love interests that ruined them as teens, the makeover trope that took over pop culture in the ‘90s, and the way this book depicts appearances and body image.
Lily Herman is a writer, editor, and digital strategist who also co-hosts Bad Bitch Book Club’s Friends to Lovers podcast with Mackenzie Newcomb. Lily is currently the writer and TikToker for Yahoo’s brand The Yodel and a culture writer at Bustle. Follow Lily on Twitter (@lkherman) and Instagram (@lilykherman).