Selective Dissonance: The Final Stretch
Kylie Rutzen for Susan Ep 9
A white woman in her forties. Suburban Housewife.
Content Warnings: Disease, Pandemic/Outbreak Conditions, Suburbia-typical microaggressions (mild classism, racism, xenophobia), anti-vaccine mindset, pseudo-medical practices, death
They come from bad families, Ryan. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Cassie’s mom stopped coming to church when she married that hippie barista, and I don’t think Rico’s father ever worked a day in his life! You can’t hang around with people like that, honey- it’ll give you a bad reputation.
Ryan Jacob Collins, come back here. You haven’t finished your dinner!
(yelling after him) You better get your homework done! And you’re grounded for the rest of the month, young man! (she starts clearing the table, washing dishes angrily, Husband comes home.)
(suddenly happy) Dinner’s still in the oven, Jackie. How was work today, let me grab you a drink.
Oh, no no. It’s nothing like that- this is just a cold. You know, they keep (cough) getting stronger because all you people keep vaccinating and making them stronger. But it’s just a cold and nature will get me through.