Gum - includes the Mother of Modern Censorship

They share a piece of gum. The walls loom, keeping the world out. The women's robes and veils - keeping their bodies under literal wraps - gain texture. In close-up, the girl's eyes become visible, shining with anticipation

We hear the sound of giddy conspiracy as one of the sisters says, "I have gum".

Here gum is a metaphor that spreads right through the bodies of the sisters who share it - a metaphor for pleasure, release, desire, transgression, American, the forbidden, the secret sexual act" - Todd London from the Introduction