The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things Drugs and Alcohol Quotes

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Quote #1

[…] I'm hoping he'll invite me to hang out for the rest of the afternoon, maybe go with him and that girl to the Virgins and Sluts thing tonight. I've heard of kids who visit their older siblings at college and go to parties and get totally wasted. (7.80)

Virginia has no concept of how wrong it is to objectify women by putting them in boxes labeled "virgins" or "sluts," despite Anaïs' feminist "rants."

Quote #2

They stopped by Hamster Boy's party, had a few beers, and headed over to Virgins and Sluts. They drank. They danced. Maybe it was the spiked punch, but she didn't feel as nervous as before. (15.49)

Virginia tries to imagine what could have made Annie put herself in a dangerous situation, but what she fails to consider is that Annie didn't think Byron was dangerous.

Quote #3

When the party wound down, Byron invited her back to his room. She'd had a lot of punch, so she knew she shouldn't go. But her brain was too murky and Byron's aftershave smelled too good. (15.51)

Virginia tries at first to convince herself Annie had some role in Byron's bad behavior, but try though she might, she's just not convinced.