The headmistress of Foster's Private School is on a witch hunt. Disappointed when Liza Winthrop, popular student body president failed to report an underground ear-piercing practice, she uses the discovery of Liza with an unknown girl (Annie Kenyon) in the home of her lesbian teachers as grounds for dismissal from the school during as school board hearing. She simply can not have Liza drawing negative attention to the school when donors are desperately needed. Though it chooses not to take a stance on Liza's revealed sexual orientation, the board rules to terminate the employment of her teachers on the basis of improper influence. Confused about the slew of events that ensued, Liza and Annie end their relationship. They graduate from high school and attend college on two separate ends of the country, but the distance does nothing to erase their memories. Annie has forwarded many letters to Liza that have gone unanswered, but that certainly does not mean that Annie has not been on her mind. Instead of responding in writing, Liza phones Annie and the two make plans to reunite after the semester draws to a close.
I think this text could easily become a weapon in the hands of homophobic individuals who would argue that when kids are exposed to alternative lifestyles, they are easily led astray by the free attitudes of those deemed as deviants as evidenced by Annie's initial declaration of love in "it's O.K. if you don't feel the same; just thought you should know..." format to a seemingly unassuming Annie who never contemplated her sexuality along with the encouragement of Liza's lesbian teachers.
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