Girls Can Kiss Now
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A "collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, relationships, pop culture, the Internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices today. Jill Gutowitz's life--for better and worse--has always been on a collision course with pop culture, [including] ... the pivotal day when Orange Is the New Black hit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jill's own sexuality. In these honest examinations of identity, desire, and self-worth, Jill explores perhaps the most monumental cultural shift of our lifetimes: the mainstreaming of lesbian culture"--
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I am the target audience...and consider it reached. As a lesbian millennial, the exploration of cultural themes felt all too relatable. Gutowitz has a striking voice that verges on funny while also exploring fear, anger, and hopelessness, and somehow she manages to encapsulate the 2000s vibe (sprinkle in a little 90s and onward) in a stunning collection of essays. Few parts fell flat, but on the whole I loved this book which made my lesbian heart happy.
DNF at 60%. There are some moments of pretty solid insight and a handful of quotable lines in there but there's also a lot of rather banal takes and fluff and I found myself putting it down every few pages. Also, there's nothing more boring to me than a member of the LGBTQ community clinging with the energy of despair to making Harry Potter references so that didn't help my interest level here.
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