ICYMI: We May Have A New Bad Art Friend
Candice Lim is joined by Slate culture writer Nadira Goffe to break down the BookTok drama surrounding\xa0Old Enough\xa0by Haley Jakobson. Last year,\xa0Old Enough\xa0hit the shelves as a queer, coming-of-age novel about a sophomore in college named Sav and her ex-best friend, Izzie. A year later, a guest of Lucie Fink\u2019s podcast\xa0The Real Stuff\xa0claimed she was allegedly the basis for Izzie and that her childhood was \u201cplagarized\u201d for the novel \u2014 from her experience with sexual assault to sensitive details about her family. On today\u2019s episode, ICYMI asks how this BookTok drama became the\xa0\u201cBad Art Friend\u201d\xa0of 2024 and where the lines should be drawn when it comes to using the trauma of others to sell a book.\nThis podcast is produced by Se\u2019era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices