

Pen and her friends use their share of problematic language, which is all too authentic, no matter how much it makes me cringe (I personally can’t stand a certain ‘insult’ that equates vaginas with weakness). Girard’s characters are painfully, realistically flawed. But the overall swoon gets deductions for Colby’s less-than-romantic entanglements. Once the nervous butterflies settle down, though, that relationship get S-T-E-A-M-Y.

In the immortal words of the queen, TELL HIM, ‘BOY, BYE’.īlake is a gamer’s dreamgirl, but Pen isn’t sure if she even likes girls, let alone this girl. But that friendship is running its course - and you know it just as well as I do. It isn’t easy, I know, to sever old ties like that. OK, that’s a little simplistic, but the main takeaway is YOU SHOULD STOP BEING FRIENDS WITH HIM. Hey, Pen? YOUR FRIEND COLBY IS AN ASSHOLE. But if that’s ever going to happen, Pen will have to man up to stand up for herself.Įven though I’d gladly call Pen my friend and she already has it covered in the older sibling department (more on that later), I’d like to impart a bit of tough love. Now if only everyone else - her overbearing parents, her controlling friends - could LET HER LIVE. Not a tomboy, nor someone who’s trying to be a boy, but just… Pen. Pen Oliveira might not fit into the traditional idea of femininity, but she’s exactly the type of girl that she wants to be. (Photographing and therefore illustrating from above has a slimming effect?) I love big, bold colours, so I’m willing to give this cover a pass on its questionable depiction of self-described pudgy Pen.

Relationship Status: No-Bullshizz Friends Bonus Factors: Traditional Parents, Gaming, Boy George, Dean Winchester Award for Cool Older Brotherhood, Suburbia
