DFTC3! Today we cover the season three premiere, “It Happened”. We start with some exciting offseason updates and then get to our framework around psychiatric abolition, which is necessary as this season is sooooo Radley focused. We hate a lot of things in this episode and are just so sad for Emily. In DFTC tradition we speculate about so many things we can’t remember: Who dug up Bethany’s body? Did Melissa kill Garrett? And has Spencer been too busy this summer to have sex? We realize we might run out of chickpea recipes at some point so we could use some help with those or if anyone knows Adam Lambert!


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Chickpeas Oh My Gosh!
Cameron (and Deepa) Get Academic On Us
  • Our published paper!!! It’s called “Pass it to your girlfriend!”: A collaborative autoethnography of a friendship through women’s sports fandom”
  • Another cool paper from the same journal that actually talks about PLL
    Psychiatric Abolition
    • In-care-ceration, a six-episode documentary podcast by friends of the pod Leah Montange and Meredith Ruff, which unpacks various ways that the mental healthcare and criminal justice systems are entangled, featuring voices and perspectives of people who are currently or formerly locked up and advocates in the healthcare and criminal justice systems
    • No New Washington Prisons’ Disability Justice FAQ (which Cameron helped create), which explores sanism, mad justice, and psych abolition
    Deepa’s Literary Analysis
    • Ezra is probably correct that no one has finished James Joyce’s Ulysses
    • We got a lot of Boo Radley references in this episode, especially related to Radley Sanatorium; Deepa once again could not find much looking at To Kill A Mockingbird from a disability justice framework except for this book, which has two chapters that might have that lens
    Things We Referenced Related to PLL
    • The show’s pilot episode and the way the season three premiere references it
    • The last episode of season two and the parallels between Bethany’s and Maya’s bodies being discovered
    Fashion Analysis

    For best outfits, Cameron liked what Spencer had going on with different types of button-downs, while Deepa likes the way Aria’s scarf and platform heels complemented each other at school

    Spencer and Hanna talking in the boutique. Spencer is wearing a sheer button-down
    Spencer and Hanna talking in the boutique. Spencer is wearing a sheer button-down
    Spencer at home looking at a notebook. She is wearing a sleeveless white button-down with polka dots
    Spencer at home looking at a notebook. She is wearing a sleeveless white button-down with polka dots
    Aria crying in the bathroom. She is wearing a flowery scarf, a yellow sleeveless tunic-length top, blue jeans, and platform heels with a multi-colored flowery pattern
    Aria crying in the bathroom. She is wearing a flowery scarf, a yellow sleeveless tunic-length top, blue jeans, and platform heels with a multi-colored flowery pattern
    Another shot of Aria in the bathroom with Hanna and Spencer trying to comfort her. You can see her scarf and yellow top more closely
    Another shot of Aria in the bathroom with Hanna and Spencer trying to comfort her. You can see her scarf and yellow top more closely

    Meanwhile, we both surprisingly disliked Hanna’s style: Cameron hates her crimped hair, while Deepa loathed the necklace and blazer she was wearing in the boutique

    Hanna wearing a striped multi-colored blazer and a large chunky necklace with big silver glittery links
    Hanna wearing a striped multi-colored blazer and a large chunky necklace with big silver glittery links

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