A Boat Against the Current

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Saturday, October 11, 2025

Quote of the Day (Megan Abbott, on ‘The Boredom of Teenage Girls’)

“There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls.”—American novelist and screenwriter Megan Abbott, Dare Me (2012)

Something to keep in mind as the school year kicks in: the season of Mean Girls.

MikeT at 5:11 PM

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