Beauty Queens

This was not what I was expecting, and I totally love what it ended up being. I thought it would be like, I don't know, Survivor but with teen beauty queens. But it was more like Lost with teen beauty queens (but without the super annoying ending of Lost). I loved all the characters and their stories, and Libba Bray shows off some really smart feminist takes on beauty pageants, beauty products, sexuality, virginity, body acceptance, etc... It's kind of like [b:Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics 168484 Feminism is for Everybody Passionate Politics Bell Hooks http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327933698s/168484.jpg 843092] but performed as a set of desert island monologues. Or something??The plot about the Corporation weaponizing Lady Stache Off and selling out the Teen Dreamers to preserve their weapons deal/ratings was kind of over the top/dystopia tropetastic but who even cares.I also loved all the super over the top fake pop culture references. And footnote humor! I LOVE FOOTNOTE JOKES. I could definitely see where this would NOT be everyone's cup of tea, but I would drink a whole pot of this. So to speak. IDK, metaphors.