from the point of view of Natalie, a working class girl who has recently joined a prestigious, upper-class public school on a scholarship. Until recently, the school was entirely a boys school; the admission of girls into the sixth form is a relatively recent development. Natalie encounters a strongly misogynist lad culture thrives, and derogatory comments towards girls are an everyday occurrence. There is also a strong culture of watching and sharing porn among the boys. The WhatsApp group—comments such as "Stick your dick in her mouth. Shut her up" are common—appear as actual characters when Archie gets a message; hence, in the scene where they all watch the same porn clip, all five appear on the sofa next Archie and start masturbating, seemingly together. Natalie discovers what taking on an elite group means. Plot Natalie, a confident black girl attends the upper-class Burlingdale School on a scholarship. wins the school debating society and is named its captain. Her best friend is Alice, twin brother of Archie. Archie is a member of a close-knit WhatsApp group and characterises the college, being "rich, privileged and an academic high achiever". Nevertheless, Archie portrays himself as not fitting in with this culture, as, for example, he sits out rugby lessons. This leads to him seeming to develop feelings for Natalie for being the outsider he thought he was.They establish a flirtatious relationship. It is soon Archie's and Alice's 18th birthday, and his parents spend the night elsewhere while he has a house party. The WhatsApp group urge Archie that he owed "birthday sex". Alcohol, drugs and sex abound. Archie takes a near-unconscious Natalie to his bedroom, where he films himself having sex with her; Natalie's eyes barely flicker.The porn culture among Archie's WhatsApp group, combined with a philosophy that if it can't be proved to have happened it didn't happen—in Raffy's words, "no face, no case"—means that Archie videos his sex with Natalie and shares it among the group. The next day, Natalie knows something is wrong but cannot recall specific events; she realises that Archie had sex with her, to which he claims she consented.Natlaie complains to the school, and is supported by a female teacher. She loses the friendship of Alice, however, who sticks by her brother, and his parents call in their solicitors]]. The WhatsApp group delete the video Archie sent them, intending to eradicate the evidence; however, one member,