Beatrice Sparks "Go Ask Alice" & "Jay's Journal" (Creepy "NON" Fiction Writer)

<b>What a Creep</b><br /><b>Season 21, Episode 3</b><br /><b>Beatrice Sparks (Go Ask Alice &amp; Jay’s Journal)<br /><br /></b>In the 1970s &amp; 1980s--entertainment designed to reach teenagers (and cure them of society’s ills) fell to YA writers, TV Movies, and “<a href="https://clickamericana.com/media/television-shows/abc-afterschool-special-episodes" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">After School Specials</a>.” One of the most compelling stories was the subject of 1971’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Go-Ask-Alice-Diaries/dp/1416914633" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Go Ask Alice. </a><br /><br />Based supposedly on the true story of a teen girl who delved into drugs and ultimately lost her life, it was designed to scare the audience, and the 1973 film cemented its importance as a tool for communicating between generations.<br /><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Sparks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beatrice Sparks </a>billed herself as an adolescent psychology expert with an uncanny ability to write stories based on true-life journals and in-person interview sessions (thousands, she claimed.) But how true were her supposed nonfiction works? <br /><b><br />Trigger warnings: Addiction and discussion of suicide</b><br /><b><br />Sources for this episode: <br /><a href="https://quillette.com/2022/08/02/go-ask-beatrice/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></b><a href="https://quillette.com/2022/08/02/go-ask-beatrice/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Quillette:</a><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Sparks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Beatrice Sparks Wikipedia</a><br /><a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a40204753/go-ask-alice-book-is-a-lie/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Esquire magazine</a><br /><a href="https://jezebel.com/unmask-alice-real-story-go-ask-alice-beatrice-sparks-1849328191" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jezebel</a><br /><a href="https://www.rollingstone.