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* AdultFear:
** Annie's parents not only having to deal with the fact that their daughter was date-raped by someone she considered a friend, but that Byron's parents tried to fight for him to be able to stay at the college as her. That's not going into how Annie has a mental breakdown to the extent that she might need inpatient therapy to be able to cope with it.
** Ginny and Byron's parents having to deal with and accept that their 'perfect' son date-raped a girl and the severe consequences that come with it.
** Annie's parents not only having to deal with the fact that their daughter was date-raped by someone she considered a friend, but that Byron's parents tried to fight for him to be able to stay at the college as her. That's not going into how Annie has a mental breakdown to the extent that she might need inpatient therapy to be able to cope with it.
** Ginny and Byron's parents having to deal with and accept that their 'perfect' son date-raped a girl and the severe consequences that come with it.
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* AdultFear:
** Annie's parents not only having to deal with the fact that their daughter was date-raped by someone she considered a friend, but that Byron's parents tried to fight for him to be able to stay at the college as her. That's not going into how Annie has a mental breakdown to the extent that she might need inpatient therapy to be able to cope with it.
** Ginny and Byron's parents having to deal with and accept that their 'perfect' son date-raped a girl and the severe consequences that come with it.
** Annie's parents not only having to deal with the fact that their daughter was date-raped by someone she considered a friend, but that Byron's parents tried to fight for him to be able to stay at the college as her. That's not going into how Annie has a mental breakdown to the extent that she might need inpatient therapy to be able to cope with it.
** Ginny and Byron's parents having to deal with and accept that their 'perfect' son date-raped a girl and the severe consequences that come with it.
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* BittersweetEnding: The sequel ends with the fact that Annie has dropped the charges against Byron, meaning that he'll be spared prison and being on the sex offenders register, but it's clear that the incident has taken a huge toll on the both of them and that they might never be the same again.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Ginny does this to both her parents. She tells her mother that for a psychologist who specialises in teenagers that she's failed Ginny on several occasions and that she's failing Byron by not making him face up to the consequences of her actions, and she then asks her father to not make negative or positive comments about her body, pointing out that it's not his to discuss.
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* CoolBigSis: Anais seems to be this although she isn't present during the book. She is pretty much the most progressive, open-minded, thoughtful, honest, and non-pretentious member of the family.
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* CoolBigSis: CoolBigSis:
** Anais seems to be this although she isn't present during the book. She is pretty much the most progressive, open-minded, thoughtful, honest, and non-pretentious member of thefamily.family.
*** Anais makes an appearance in the sequel and while Ginny still admires her big sister, she also starts to realise she has flaws just like the rest of the Shreves family, especially since Anais does start acting quite pretentious about her time spent in the peace corps.
** Annie is apparently this to Sebastian, though he's quick to note that she also has her flaws at times.
** Anais seems to be this although she isn't present during the book. She is pretty much the most progressive, open-minded, thoughtful, honest, and non-pretentious member of the
*** Anais makes an appearance in the sequel and while Ginny still admires her big sister, she also starts to realise she has flaws just like the rest of the Shreves family, especially since Anais does start acting quite pretentious about her time spent in the peace corps.
** Annie is apparently this to Sebastian, though he's quick to note that she also has her flaws at times.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Ginny is self-conscious of the way she looks and hates that she's bullied for being fat, but also criticises how others look, such as Sarah with the 'ski-slope nose'.
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* NoEnding: The sequel sets up a potential conflict with Ginny and Sebastian dating causing issues for both Annie and Bryon's court cases but then the matter is hastily dealt with in a way that suggests it was never really a problem at all, and the book ends with them going on a date in the next scene.
* ParentsAsPeople: Ginny's mother more so than her father; she's a psychologist for teenagers who is unable to help her own children, has to near starve herself to stay thin as she was FormerlyFat, grew up poor and so embraces being able to flaunt her wealth and struggles when the perfect future she envisioned for her children starts to fall apart. Whenever she's honest and open with Ginny, she reveals that they're more alike than they realise.
* ParentalFavouritism: One of Ginny's biggest issues is that her parents favour her older sister and brother as they have more in common with them. Unlike some examples, Ginny is actually correct.
* ParentsAsPeople: Ginny's mother more so than her father; she's a psychologist for teenagers who is unable to help her own children, has to near starve herself to stay thin as she was FormerlyFat, grew up poor and so embraces being able to flaunt her wealth and struggles when the perfect future she envisioned for her children starts to fall apart. Whenever she's honest and open with Ginny, she reveals that they're more alike than they realise.
* ParentalFavouritism: One of Ginny's biggest issues is that her parents favour her older sister and brother as they have more in common with them. Unlike some examples, Ginny is actually correct.
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** Books like ''The Red Tent'', ''Love In The Time of Cholera'', and ''Americanah'' are referenced and read by Ginny.
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** Books like ''The Red Tent'', ''Love In The Time of Cholera'', and ''Americanah'' ''Literature/{{Americanah}} '' are referenced and read by Ginny.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Anais finds some snarky things to say about some family members: regarding her father's ham-fisted attitude towards sex ed for boys, her Mother's insistence on maintaining a facade even calling her "Cleopatra-The Queen Of Denial", and snorting at another praise of Byron. All in a flashback.
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* DeadpanSnarker: DeadpanSnarker:
** Anais finds some snarky things to say about some family members: regarding her father's ham-fisted attitude towards sex ed for boys, her Mother's insistence on maintaining a facade even calling her "Cleopatra-The Queen Of Denial", and snorting at another praise of Byron. All in a flashback.
** Anais finds some snarky things to say about some family members: regarding her father's ham-fisted attitude towards sex ed for boys, her Mother's insistence on maintaining a facade even calling her "Cleopatra-The Queen Of Denial", and snorting at another praise of Byron. All in a flashback.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Anais leaves behind a city that reveres models and a wealthy family that lives in denial to work in the Peace Corps after college and discovering Feminism in the form of Ani Di Franco.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: DefectorFromDecadence:
** Anais leaves behind a city that reveres models and a wealthy family that lives in denial to work in the Peace Corps after college and discovering Feminism in the form of Ani Di Franco.
** Anais leaves behind a city that reveres models and a wealthy family that lives in denial to work in the Peace Corps after college and discovering Feminism in the form of Ani Di Franco.
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* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Ginny and her friend Shannon get really drunk on New Year's Eve.
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* IronicName: Virginia means "virgin" and the novel starts with Ginny trying to go second base with Froggy.
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* IronicName: Virginia means "virgin" and the novel starts with Ginny trying to go to second base with Froggy.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Froggy Welsh III, Ginny's sort of boyfriend.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Froggy Welsh III, Ginny's sort of boyfriend.boyfriend.
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* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: Ginny's motivation to lose weight isn't just about losing weight but also about getting her mother's approval and attention. She gets the approval without the weight loss or submitting to what her mom expects [[SubvertedTrope only that she hears it when Dr. Shreves is drunk]].
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* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: WellDoneSonGuy: Ginny's motivation to lose weight isn't just about losing weight but also about getting her mother's approval and attention. She gets the approval without the weight loss or submitting to what her mom expects [[SubvertedTrope only that she hears it when Dr. Shreves is drunk]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Froggy, with his cowlicks and knowledge of computers; also Ginny, as she presents herself, and her friends Alyssa and Shannon.
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* SpoiledSweet: Anais and Ginny are the only Shreves siblings that don't have their brother's self-entitlement and care a lot about the people beyond their privileged world.
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** The second book references ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}]]'' with Ginny's new boyfriend comparing her to Turanga Leela being that she is voluptuous, intelligent, badass, and purple haired.
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** Ani DFranco is referenced and name-dropped a lot as a young, hip singer who writes about empowerment.
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** Ani DFranco Di Franco is referenced and name-dropped a lot as a young, hip singer who writes about empowerment.
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** The second book references ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}]]'' with Ginny's new boyfriend comparing her to Turanga Leela being that she is voluptuous, intelligent, badass, and purple haired.
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** The second book references ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}]]'' ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}]]'' with Ginny's new boyfriend comparing her to Turanga Leela being that she is voluptuous, intelligent, badass, and purple haired.
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** The second book references ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama]]'' with Ginny's new boyfriend comparing her to Turanga Leela being that she is voluptuous, intelligent, badass, and purple haired.
** Stores like Torrid and Strawberry are referenced as hip stores that don't relegate plus sized girls to frumpy clothing like [[TakeThat Saks Fifth Avenue].
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** The second book references ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama]]'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}]]'' with Ginny's new boyfriend comparing her to Turanga Leela being that she is voluptuous, intelligent, badass, and purple haired.
** Stores like Torrid and Strawberry are referenced as hip stores that don't relegate plus sized girls to frumpy clothing like [[TakeThat Saks FifthAvenue].Avenue]].
** Stores like Torrid and Strawberry are referenced as hip stores that don't relegate plus sized girls to frumpy clothing like [[TakeThat Saks Fifth
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* ShoutOut: Both books have them both.
** Books like ''The Red Tent'', ''Love In The Time of Cholera'', and ''Americanah'' are referenced and read by Ginny.
** The second book references ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama]]'' with Ginny's new boyfriend comparing her to Turanga Leela being that she is voluptuous, intelligent, badass, and purple haired.
** Stores like Torrid and Strawberry are referenced as hip stores that don't relegate plus sized girls to frumpy clothing like [[TakeThat Saks Fifth Avenue].
** Ani DiFranco is referenced and name-dropped a lot as a young, hip singer who writes about empowerment.
** Books like ''The Red Tent'', ''Love In The Time of Cholera'', and ''Americanah'' are referenced and read by Ginny.
** The second book references ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama]]'' with Ginny's new boyfriend comparing her to Turanga Leela being that she is voluptuous, intelligent, badass, and purple haired.
** Stores like Torrid and Strawberry are referenced as hip stores that don't relegate plus sized girls to frumpy clothing like [[TakeThat Saks Fifth Avenue].
** Ani DiFranco is referenced and name-dropped a lot as a young, hip singer who writes about empowerment.
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Virgina Shreves is an girl with a larger than average body and an inferiority complex. With her beautiful sister, built-like-a-Greek-god brother, and successful parents, her self esteem isn't helped.
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Virgina "Ginny" Shreves is an girl with a larger than average body and an inferiority complex. With her beautiful sister, built-like-a-Greek-god brother, and successful parents, her self esteem isn't helped.
helped. Ginny's main worries are like any other teenager; her weight, her sort-of-boyfriend, and the fact that her best friend has moved away.
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''The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things'' covers many controversial topics, such as eating disorders, self harm, date rape, underage drinking and exploring one's sexuality. It has even been banned from some middle schools, due to the sexual content and profane language.
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* DumbBlonde: What Ginny feels in comparison to her family full of [[BrainyBrunette high-achieving brown haired people]]. She isn't successful at French, she makes good enough grades and she prefers reading magazines to the classics.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: The Bri Girls are blonde and popular, fitting this role while subverted with Ginny, who is blonde but feels inferior to her family.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: The Bri Girls are blonde and popular, fitting this role while subverted with Ginny, who is blonde but feels inferior to her family.
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* BigBrotherWorship: Ginny to Byron
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* BigBrotherWorship: Ginny to ByronByron.
* BrainyBrunette: Most of the Shreves family minus the blonde albeit intelligent Ginny. She talks about how they have the image of being a beautiful, brown-haired family.
* BrainyBrunette: Most of the Shreves family minus the blonde albeit intelligent Ginny. She talks about how they have the image of being a beautiful, brown-haired family.
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* CoolBigSis: Anais seems to be this although she isn't present during the book.
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* CoolBigSis: Anais seems to be this although she isn't present during the book. She is pretty much the most progressive, open-minded, thoughtful, honest, and non-pretentious member of the family.
* DeadpanSnarker: Anais finds some snarky things to say about some family members: regarding her father's ham-fisted attitude towards sex ed for boys, her Mother's insistence on maintaining a facade even calling her "Cleopatra-The Queen Of Denial", and snorting at another praise of Byron. All in a flashback.
** Alyssa Wu is revealed to be this. When Ginny comments that everyone is being nice to one another, regardless of clique, after a teacher's death Alyssa replies it's only a phase and to enjoy it while it lasts. She makes note of this in an amusing manner worthy of Austen.
* DeadpanSnarker: Anais finds some snarky things to say about some family members: regarding her father's ham-fisted attitude towards sex ed for boys, her Mother's insistence on maintaining a facade even calling her "Cleopatra-The Queen Of Denial", and snorting at another praise of Byron. All in a flashback.
** Alyssa Wu is revealed to be this. When Ginny comments that everyone is being nice to one another, regardless of clique, after a teacher's death Alyssa replies it's only a phase and to enjoy it while it lasts. She makes note of this in an amusing manner worthy of Austen.
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* FieryRedhead: Played with regarding Ginny's friend Shannon Malloy. She is normally an even-tempered girl with a stutter with only three moments of impulsiveness in the book. She is pretty outspoken and later told Ginny that she never felt that Byron respected Ginny nor showed enough affection.
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** Discussed with the school zine. They settle on "Earth Quack" because they are shaking up the status quo of the school and revealing things for what they are.
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* TokenMinority: This issue is taken when Ginny talks about how most of the students that win "Model Brewster Student" are usually white and thin, but with the school brochures, the MBS is thin ''and'' a person of color. Ginny's friend Alyssa Wu calls this type of action out in her article for their school zine.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Vegan Virgin Valentine'' focuses on some family friends of the Shreves family (the protagonist's mother used to babysit Ginny's father), the family is even mentioned in one chapter.
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''The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things'' is a 2003 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] by Creator/CarolynMackler
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''The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things'' is a 2003 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] by Creator/CarolynMackler
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** Byron is named for Lord Byron, who was known for being a ladies man along with being an asshole.
* NiceGuy: Froggy.
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* NiceGuy: Froggy.
* WeightWoe: Ginny has this and eventually tries to get over it while her thin mother dreads getting fat again, and popular girl Brie develops an eating disorder.
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** Virginia is named for VirginiaWoolf, who is known for her introspective works on Feminism. Plus the name means "virgin" which is what her French teacher calls her in front of the class.
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** Virginia is named for VirginiaWoolf, Creator/VirginiaWoolf, who is known for her introspective works on Feminism. Plus the name means "virgin" which is what her French teacher calls her in front of the class.
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* BrokenPedestal: Ginny adored her older brother. Her image of him is broken harshly. [[spoiler:[[RebuiltPedestal the pedestal is eventually rebuilt, but not to the same extent.]]]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Ginny adored her older brother. Her image of him is broken harshly. [[spoiler:[[RebuiltPedestal the The pedestal is eventually rebuilt, but not to the same extent.]]]]
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* StepfordSmiler: Ginny's Mother is this trope personified and even encourages this after [[spoiler: Byron date-raping a girl]].
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: Ginny's motivation to lose weight isn't just about losing weight but also about getting her Mother's approval and attention. She gets the approval without the weight loss or submitting to what her Mom expects [[SubvertedTrope only that she hears it when Dr. Shreves is drunk]].
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: Ginny's motivation to lose weight isn't just about losing weight but also about getting her Mother's approval and attention. She gets the approval without the weight loss or submitting to what her Mom expects [[SubvertedTrope only that she hears it when Dr. Shreves is drunk]].
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* StepfordSmiler: Ginny's Mother mother is this trope personified and even encourages this after [[spoiler: Byron date-raping a girl]].
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: Ginny's motivation to lose weight isn't just about losing weight but also about getting herMother's mother's approval and attention. She gets the approval without the weight loss or submitting to what her Mom mom expects [[SubvertedTrope only that she hears it when Dr. Shreves is drunk]].
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* BumblingDad: Mr. Shreaves, only this trope is played seriously, with his clueless advice to Byron about sex and wanting Ginny to lose weight while serving goods from the bakery.
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* SpoiledSweet: Anais and Ginny are the only Shreaves siblings that don't have their brother's self-entitlement and care a lot about the people beyond their privileged world.
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* WeightWoe: Ginny has this and eventually tries to get over it while her thin Mother dreads getting fat again and popular girl Brie develops an eating disorder.
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* [[WellDoneSonGuy WellDoneDaughterGal]]: Well Done Daughter Gal]]: Ginny's motivation to lose weight isn't just about losing weight but also about getting her Mother's approval and attention. She gets the approval without the weight loss or submitting to what her Mom expects [[SubvertedTrope only that she hears it when Dr. Shreaves Shreves is drunk]].
* WeightWoe: Ginny has this and eventually tries to get over it while her thinMother mother dreads getting fat again again, and popular girl Brie develops an eating disorder.
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* LonelyRichKid: Ginny lives in a Penthouse with her family and goes to a private school, yet she starves for her Mother's affection and attention.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Anais leaves behind a city that reveres models and a wealthy family that lives in denial to work in the Peace Corps after college and discovering Feminism in the form of Ani Di Franco.
** Ginny becomes this to a lesser extent when she stops trying to please people (esp. her family) all the time and more on forming her own identity. She even [[LampshadedTrope ponders this]] when being told she's a genuine Shreaves by her family [[ItsAllAboutMe if it means doing what she wants without caring about others]] or maybe it means [[TakeAThirdOption she's following her own path]].
** Ginny becomes this to a lesser extent when she stops trying to please people (esp. her family) all the time and more on forming her own identity. She even [[LampshadedTrope ponders this]] when being told she's a genuine Shreaves by her family [[ItsAllAboutMe if it means doing what she wants without caring about others]] or maybe it means [[TakeAThirdOption she's following her own path]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Froggy, with his cowlicks and knowledge of computers; also Ginny, as she presents herself, and her friends Alyssa and Shannon.
* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Ginny and her friend Shannon get really drunk on New Year's Eve.
* DidYouThinkICantFeel: Towards the end of the book, Ginny delivers this to Byron for how she always looked up to him and how he disappointed her with how he ignores her and for [[spoiler: the rape he committed]].
* IAmNotPretty: Virginia is in disbelief when a neighbor mistakes her for her gorgeous and waif-like sister Anais and Byron's friend thought she was another cute college girl hanging on Byron's arm.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Alcohol shows up a lot in this novel, for example, after Byron [[spoiler: raped a peer]], Mr. Shreaves starts drinking a lot more.
* IronicName: Virginia means "virgin" and the novel starts with Ginny trying to go second base with Froggy.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Alcohol shows up a lot in this novel, for example, after Byron [[spoiler: raped a peer]], Mr. Shreaves starts drinking a lot more.
* IronicName: Virginia means "virgin" and the novel starts with Ginny trying to go second base with Froggy.
* MeaningfulName: Oh so much.
** Virginia is named for VirginiaWoolf, who is known for her introspective works on Feminism. Plus the name means "virgin" which is what her French teacher calls her in front of the class.
** Her older sister Anais, is named for the bohemian and very unconventional writer Anais Nin, who also is known as a source of Feminism.
** Byron is named for Lord Byron, who was known for being a ladies man along with being an asshole.
* NiceGuy: Froggy.
* PostStressOvereating: Ginny goes off her skimpy weight-loss diet after she learns about [[spoiler: Byron raping a girl]] and starts hitting the junk food hard.
* SadistTeacher: Mme. Keifer, the French instructor, she picks favorites and even humiliates Ginny and her boyfriend Froggy.
** Virginia is named for VirginiaWoolf, who is known for her introspective works on Feminism. Plus the name means "virgin" which is what her French teacher calls her in front of the class.
** Her older sister Anais, is named for the bohemian and very unconventional writer Anais Nin, who also is known as a source of Feminism.
** Byron is named for Lord Byron, who was known for being a ladies man along with being an asshole.
* NiceGuy: Froggy.
* PostStressOvereating: Ginny goes off her skimpy weight-loss diet after she learns about [[spoiler: Byron raping a girl]] and starts hitting the junk food hard.
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* WeightWoe: Ginny has this and eventually tries to get over it while her thin Mother dreads getting fat again and popular girl Brie develops an eating disorder.disorder.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Froggy Welsh III, Ginny's sort of boyfriend.
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* GrowASpine: Ginny's journey starts with her buying a plane ticket to Seattle to see a friend and continues with making some big fashion choices, confronting the code of silence in her family, and when she starts a school paper.
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* BeYourself: Ginny learns to concentrate less on what people think of her and pleasing her parents and more on her own happiness and gifts.
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* BumblingDad: Mr. Shreaves, only this trope is played seriously, with his clueless advice to Byron about sex and wanting Ginny to lose weight while serving goods from the bakery.
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* GrowASpine: Ginny's journey starts with her buying a plane ticket to Seattle to see a friend and continues with making some big fashion choices, confronting the code of silence in her family, and when she starts a school paper.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: A [[http://www.shmoop.com/the-earth-my-butt-and-other-big-round-things/femininity-theme.html huge theme in the book]], with the "Virgins and Sluts" party as an example.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex: A [[http://www.shmoop.com/the-earth-my-butt-and-other-big-round-things/femininity-theme.html huge theme in the book]], with the "Virgins and Sluts" party as an example.
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''The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things'' is a 2003 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult novel]] by Creator/CarolineMackler
Virgina Shreves is an girl with a larger than average body and an inferiority complex. With her beautiful sister, built-like-a-Greek-god brother, and successful parents, her self esteem isn't helped.
Amazing how a simple phone call can shatter the world as you know it.
!! Tropes present in this novel include:
* BigBeautifulWoman: Ginny is considered cute by at least a couple boys, like her crush Froggy and Byron's roommate and becomes this more when she stop dressing in layers and in pale colors her mother deemed "appropriate" for a blonde.
* BigBrotherWorship: Ginny to Byron
* BrokenPedestal: Ginny adored her older brother. Her image of him is broken harshly. [[spoiler:[[RebuiltPedestal the pedestal is eventually rebuilt, but not to the same extent.]]]]
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Ginny's mother is a teen psychology expert....yet she barely spends time with Ginny and regards her as the BlackSheep when she isn't lecturing her on her weight; Anais called her out on this phony image when the woman disagreed with her decision on joining the Peace Corps; she and her husband try to block Columbia University from prosecuting Byron for [[spoiler: date-raping a girl]].
* CoolBigSis: Anais seems to be this although she isn't present during the book.
* FatAndProud: Ginny, with the help of her plus-sized teacher Ms. Crowley, learns to embrace her size and body.
* FormerlyFat: Dr. Shreves, Ginny's mother, was as heavy as Ginny in high school and totally slimmed down before college.
* StepfordSmiler: Ginny's Mother is this trope personified and even encourages this after [[spoiler: Byron date-raping a girl]].
* WeightWoe: Ginny has this and eventually tries to get over it while her thin Mother dreads getting fat again and popular girl Brie develops an eating disorder.
Virgina Shreves is an girl with a larger than average body and an inferiority complex. With her beautiful sister, built-like-a-Greek-god brother, and successful parents, her self esteem isn't helped.
Amazing how a simple phone call can shatter the world as you know it.
!! Tropes present in this novel include:
* BigBeautifulWoman: Ginny is considered cute by at least a couple boys, like her crush Froggy and Byron's roommate and becomes this more when she stop dressing in layers and in pale colors her mother deemed "appropriate" for a blonde.
* BigBrotherWorship: Ginny to Byron
* BrokenPedestal: Ginny adored her older brother. Her image of him is broken harshly. [[spoiler:[[RebuiltPedestal the pedestal is eventually rebuilt, but not to the same extent.]]]]
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Ginny's mother is a teen psychology expert....yet she barely spends time with Ginny and regards her as the BlackSheep when she isn't lecturing her on her weight; Anais called her out on this phony image when the woman disagreed with her decision on joining the Peace Corps; she and her husband try to block Columbia University from prosecuting Byron for [[spoiler: date-raping a girl]].
* CoolBigSis: Anais seems to be this although she isn't present during the book.
* FatAndProud: Ginny, with the help of her plus-sized teacher Ms. Crowley, learns to embrace her size and body.
* FormerlyFat: Dr. Shreves, Ginny's mother, was as heavy as Ginny in high school and totally slimmed down before college.
* StepfordSmiler: Ginny's Mother is this trope personified and even encourages this after [[spoiler: Byron date-raping a girl]].
* WeightWoe: Ginny has this and eventually tries to get over it while her thin Mother dreads getting fat again and popular girl Brie develops an eating disorder.