In this episode, Emily Farmer complicates the concept of the "frenemy", typically understood as a strictly oppositional/negational relationship, to a more holistic understanding of the term as something relational and mutually productive. She coins the term "frenmity" (a combination of 'friend' and 'enmity') to describe this specific (and all too common) type of female friendship. The 'frenmity' relationship is not exclusive to Rooney's work (think Bobbi and Frances; Alice and Eileen), but is a trope that has begun to surface in other contemporary novels such as Mona Awad's Bunny, Sheila Heti's How Should A Person Be?, and Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet. Emily further explains how digital technology plays a role in both creating and sustaining the affects of "frenmity" relationships. 

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