The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things Themes

Parents and siblings can often make you feel like an alien who crash-landed on a planet populated by a less-intelligent race, but in Virginia's case in The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Thing...

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things is all about the polar opposites of sex: consensual versus rape, to be precise. Virginia's having a pretty awesome time working her way around the bas...

If you ever needed a perfect literary example of the phrase looks can be deceiving, it's Brie Newhart in The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. She's super-skinny, her skin is perfect, she...

There's a whole lot of transformation going down in The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. Change is what makes characters interesting, and Virginia makes some pretty radical changes over...

When is a friend not a friend? When he's Hamster Boy. But we're talking about Virginia here, and Virginia's in high school, where you bond with the people who are most like you, or like who you wan...

If Byron's the sun, Virginia's an orbiting planet; if Byron's the lead, Virginia's the understudy; if Byron's the… well, you get it. Virginia always comes in second (or third, if you count Anaïs...

What makes a teenage girl awesome? Unfortunately, it's not always the same thing that makes her popular. The name of the party Byron goes to, Virgins and Sluts, pretty much sums up the two things s...

Alcohol is a major player in The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. In fact, if there were no booze, there might not be a story, since a major catalyst for the plot is Byron getting drunk...