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Apr 10Liked by Alicia Thompson

The way I would GIVE MY SOUL for you to start a podcast!

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Agreed!!!

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You and Susan should start one! The Two Lees! (Lee & Lee? Lee Squared? we can workshop the name)

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oh no don't do that lol -- really it will just come down to how lazy or motivated I am!

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I can't wait to read Yulin's book! Also, "Period Sex" is the second funniest song written for TV of all time, thank you Crazy Ex-Girlfriend!!

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That song gets in my head so often! What's the funniest song written for TV? (Is it "Dayman" from It's Always Sunny?)

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Apr 10Liked by Alicia Thompson

"Lisa Frank fanfic" is absolutely amazing.

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right?! I didn't even know to want it

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Apr 10Liked by Alicia Thompson

Great interview! You managed to get a lot of juicy information out of ten questions. I am very excited to read this book given the buzz and acclaim; currently in the library waitlist.

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It's deserving of the hype! In my opinion! :)

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Great interview! I definitely need to pick up Yulin's book.

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I think you'd really like it!! And you have a book coming out soon, don't you?

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I do! Next month (May 21).

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Nice!!!

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Apr 10Liked by Alicia Thompson

You should do the podcast!! I would listen the heck out of Behind the [Sex] Scenes with Alicia Thompson

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oh man should that be the title (no, because I want to talk about more than that, but it's a good title)

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Apr 10Liked by Alicia Thompson

That's the beauty of the brackets! Signal genre without actually being locked in to that narrow of a topic. But really, you should do it, you would be excellent!!

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Ah, I JUST NOW finished H2EaLS so was able to come back to this substack episode. First of all, the book was amazing, well worth the hype, and secondly… I was right to wait. I am one of those 5% of readers who really enjoyed Verity, and I actually find it a little insulting that the HEA ingredient is guaranteed or you’re excluded from the club. In a sense, anything with the Romance category slapped upon it has an implied spoiler. I get why, but I don’t like it. There was an off chance that that’s what you were alluding to when you started describing the punch it delivered, and I wanted to avoid any spoiler.

Anyway, reading your 10 questions is a perfect way to help my book hangover! Did you see her recent Insta post where she posed naked (not like Juliet)? Between the pictures and her writing, I’m kinda getting a mad crush! Not that I would ever do anything about it — I’m too old, happily monogamous, and insignificant— but it brings me joy seeing any woman so comfortable in her skin, especially a woc. She fairly crackles with sensuality. It’s not just her terrific writing, and that’s a beautiful thing.

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hahahaha that is DEFINITELY top five. I'd say BPE (Big Pussy Energy) from Girls5Eva as the funniest song ever written for TV.

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