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b'If you grew up in the 90s, chances are good you crossed paths with Lurlene McDaniel, the queen of teen lit tragedy porn. While starting from a genuinely good place, wanting to help sick kids feel seen after her young son was diagnosed with diabetes, her career mostly involved biting off waaaaaaaay more than she could chew and fitting just about every debilitating physical illness under the sun into a very pat and very Christian formula. And along the way her books grew a predominant audience of able-bodied middle school goths with a voyeuristic interest in death (trust us, we know).\\n\\nCONTENT WARNING for discussion of misogyny, racism, homophobia, chronic illness, and the death of children\\n\\n1:00 Personal History\\n3:00 Drinks\\n5:00 YA History\\n11:00 Responsibility Hats\\n19:00 Cancer Camp\\n24:00 The Evil Fiancee\\n28:00 Marley\\n37:00 Voyeurism\\n43:00 BOYS AND BABIES\\n53:00 Saint Sandy\\n59:00 That Gay Subtext\\n\\nSay hi to Dorothy and Vrai on Twitter @writervrai and @dorothynotgale\\n\\nJoin us every two weeks on Soundcloud, iTunes or Stitcher \\u2013 and if you\\u2019d leave a rating and review, so that more people can find their way to us, we\\u2019d appreciate it!'