Moxie

At a sleepover, Vivian and her friends educate Lucy about East Rockport High’s version of March Madness. The upperclassmen create brackets ranking girls on their perceived attractiveness, and then they vote. The final girl is referred to as Most Fuckable. Everything is shared online. Claudia is listed in a bracket, and she says it’s gross, but now she’s curious to see if she’ll advance. Vivian is angry that the girls are being ranked on their physical appearance. Kiera Daniels is also in the bracket, and her boyfriend, a football player, brags about it. Kiera says she wishes the girls could do something again, like the bake sale. Vivian realizes she misses Moxie and “finding a way to fight back against all the bullshit in this school” (246). When Seth reminds her not all guys are like that, Vivian points out that doesn’t help because plenty of guys are like that. Vivian realizes that she didn’t create Moxie to be cool or different but because “I sincerely wanted to change East Rockport High School. Maybe I was naïve to think I could, but deep down I believed it might happen” (247). Vivian creates the fourth Moxie zine, which points out that the March Madness objectifies women.