Archana Ram

There’s something soothing about self-imposed tension and release. Like in yoga—eagle arms, a chair twist or at the end of class, when the teacher asks you to curl up into a tight ball, squeeze everything together, then let it all go into shavasana, or corpse pose. Ah, contorting

Female friendship wasn’t a go-to topic for 90s teen movies. The spectrum mostly ran from Dork and Hottie get together (see: She’s All That, 10 Things I Hate About You, Can’t Hardly Wait, Never Been Kissed) to Cool Kids Learn Big Lessons (see: Cruel Intentions, Clueless, Pleasantville)