E20 : Friends Forever (Graduation) a.k.a. Notes to a Lil Fattie

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Hitting twenty chapters is no easy feat, and in this episode, Natalie and Sam mark a milestone: their last recording together as Natalie gets ready to hang up her podmic to focus on other life stuff. In this final episode of season two, the fatties look back and offer a little advice to their 16-year-old fat selves. Along the way, they discuss life, love, the universe, their bodies, and themselves. The fatties reminisce about life at 16, including all the awkwardness, discomfort, and comb headbands that came with it. They also borrow from one of the classic graduation songs of their time and, as they move forward, they remember all the times they had together. Here's to big fat lady-friendships!

Episode Glossary
Friends Forever: Friends Forever (Graduation) also titled Graduation (Friends Forever) is a song by American pop singer Vitamin C (1999).
Tencel Jeans: now often referred to as lyocell these flowy jeans were hitting their peak in the late 90s.
Relational Bullying: When someone is left out of activities by their own friends and other social circles as well.
Bangs: For our southern hemisphere listeners bangs are a fringe.
Comb Headband: Popularized in the 90s these headbands with ‘teeth’ tamed our hair way back when.
Peanut People: Natalie’s own creative invention circa the late 90s - a family of characters she vicariously lived through.
Red Shoe Diaries: an American erotic drama series that aired on the Showtime cable network from 1992 to 1997.