{"id":1024,"date":"2015-11-23T12:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2015-11-22T21:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T02:45:11","slug":"episode-35-purity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-35-purity\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 35 &#8211; Purity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/purity1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1027 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/purity1-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"Purity by Jonathan Franzen\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/purity1-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/purity1.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/sophiebiblio\">Sophie<\/a> (of <a href=\"http:\/\/TinyLetter.com\/TwoBossyDames\">Two Bossy Dames<\/a>) read <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1PUxR7F\"><em>Purity<\/em> by Jonathan Franzen<\/a>, a length tome on technology, privacy, and mostly, how women are the worst. They are just the worst! Luckily, these women often have older men around, on whom to fixate their attention. If they&#8217;re lucky, they might even get to bone a writer! Also: Jonathan Franzen never got around to adopting that orphan to explain Youth Culture to him, and it shows. Listen now to hear us womansplain the internet!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content warning: <\/strong>This book contains some questionable sexual content, and so does our discussion of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-35-purity\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2015\/10\/21\/jonathan_franzen_s_obsession_with_hey_soul_sister_is_the_worst_thing_about.html\">The Song Franzen Called A &#8220;Great Song&#8221; At The End Of <em>Purity<\/em> Is The Worst Thing About <em>Purity<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/2\/6a563a5a-6cde-11e5-8171-ba1968cf791a.html\">Lunch With The FT: Jonathan Franzen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hK5FK2d0Vk8\"><em>Orange Is The New Black<\/em> Book Funeral<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/aug\/26\/purity-by-jonathan-franzen-review\"><em>Purity <\/em>by Jonathan Franzen review &#8211; dazzling, hilarious, and problematic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Candy pairing:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kait says <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1PUyAFY\">overpriced organic fair trade chocolate<\/a>, Renata says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/recalls\/recent\/\">anything that&#8217;s been recalled<\/a>, Sophie says <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1PUyC0t\">3 Musketeers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1PUy0Ii\"><em>The Mistletoe Promise<\/em> by Richard Paul Evans.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em> <em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2024\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1024-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/35Purity.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/35Purity.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/35Purity.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/35Purity.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=1024-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/35Purity.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"35Purity.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest Sophie (of Two Bossy Dames) read Purity by Jonathan Franzen, a length tome on technology, privacy, and mostly, how women are the worst. They are just the worst! 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