Jun 04: Estranged with Susan Shapiro Barash
How Strained Female Friendships are Mended or Ended
Have you ever felt confused about a friend who ghosted you out of nowhere? Or struggled to set boundaries with a longtime BFF?
Today we tackle the topic of Female friendships — the good, the bad, the beautiful, and sometimes, the heartbreaking.
Joining us is renowned author, gender studies expert, and cultural commentator Susan Shapiro Barash, whose latest book Estranged peels back the layers on what really happens when women’s friendships fracture.
When should we work to mend a friendship versus end it? Do we tolerate more from galpals than their male counterparts? And if so, why? Why do people ghost? How to approach difficult conversations. And more.
Meet Susan Shapiro Barash
Susan Shapiro Barash has written over a dozen nonfiction books, including Tripping the Prom Queen, You’re Grounded Forever, But First Let’s Go Shopping and Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships. For more than 20 years she taught gender studies in the Writing Department at Marymount Manhattan College and has guest taught creative nonfiction at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. For her fiction, Between the Tides, A Palm Beach Wife, A Palm Beach Scandal, and Maribelle’s Shadow, she writes as Susannah Marren.
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