Cora's identity is not specified she's described as resembling both Jameela Jamil and Meghan Markle. Most characters default to White Jorge is Mexican American. Through the medium of Phoebe’s blog posts and tweets, Walton also manages to include a tremendous amount of useful information about sex. Already known for dealing with complex subjects with grace and honesty, Walton creates in Phoebe, best friend Cora, crush Neil, and eventual boyfriend Jorge real, imperfect characters with genuine emotions and actions.

When Brookhurst outs her, Phoebe has to deal with threats and vandalism but stands her ground regarding the importance of her work. Phoebe is honest about arousal, the true meaning of consent, and the limitations of her own knowledge when it comes to, for example, queer sexuality, whereas Brookhurst believes that the only permittable sex education is that which emphasizes abstinence.

She set about researching and combined her newfound knowledge with her love of journalism to create a blog that received little attention in her small town until it attracted the ire of mayoral candidate Lydia Brookhurst.

Phoebe Townsend, 16, was surprised and intrigued at her first sight of a penis two years ago: It was nothing like she expected, and she realized she didn’t know much about sex at all. Sharp, honest, and compulsively readable, Just Our Luck is as funny as it is heartwarming.A high schooler’s pseudonymous blog about sex goes viral when a local conservative politician attacks it. But what could the brilliant, ruthless, forbidden Evey Paros want from Leo? Seeing that Leo is desperate to enroll in anything but self-defense class, Evey cuts him a deal- she'll secretly enroll him in hot yoga instead-for a price. But who does Leo see sitting at the front desk of the local gym? Evey Paros, whose family supposedly cursed Leo's with bad luck. 'Leave the Paros family alone.' That was Yia Yia's second rule for life. Now Leo's father thinks a self-defense class is exactly what his son needs to 'man up.' But Leo's anxiety just caused a fight at school, and though he didn't lie, he wasn't exactly honest about how it all went down. 'Bad luck follows lies.' That was the first rule for life that Leo's Greek grandmother, Yia Yia, gave him before she died. From the author of Words on Bathroom Walls-now a major motion picture-comes a romance in the spirit of Dear Evan Hansen about overcoming anxiety-and about finding love and friendship in unlikely places.

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