Speak or: How I Learned the Importance of Art Therapy
- Author
- Carie & Ross
- Published
- Mon 07 Apr 2025
- Episode Link
- https://kickingandstreaming.podbean.com/e/speak-or-how-i-learned-the-importance-of-art-therapy/
This one's heavy, y'all. Big trigger warning for SA and the general dread of your freshman year. This week, the siblings unpack the film adaptation of Laurie Halse Anderson's award winning YA novel, Speak (2004). Kristen Stewart's breakout role has both siblings stunned and weeping, and has Carie feeling nostalgic for her teens. Ross is in love with the symbolism of the tree throughout the film, and praises the execution of the adaptation for its visceral realism.
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