Chapter 01 / Summary
Anonymous Advice, Secret Selves
Sophie''s secret advice persona;Jo''s playful disruption
Sophie, a driven, type-A Chinese American first-year at Wellesley College, runs the anonymous Instagram advice account"Dear Wendy", dispensing thoughtful, research-backed relationship advice to her peers. She relishes the power and anonymity, especially as someone who is aromantic and asexual (aroace), feeling more heard as a faceless text than in person. Her roommatePriyais the only one who knows her secret. Meanwhile,Jo, a laid-back, witty, and proudly type-B student, creates a parody account,"Sincerely, Wanda", initially to cheer up her roommate after a breakup. Wanda''s advice is brash, irreverent, and quickly gains traction, setting the stage for a campus-wide rivalry. Both accounts become fixtures of Wellesley''s vibrant, queer, andsocial-media-savvy student culture, with students speculating about their identities and loyalties.
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