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4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Religious bigotry
catch__up's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Classism
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4.0
Thanks to Atria Books for the free advance copy of this book.
- GIRLS CAN KISS NOW is a hyperfocused deep dive into growing up and coming out in the 2000s. Gutowitz breaks down the journey lesbian culture and visibility took in those years, from hidden secret to loud and proud.
- I'm a few years older than the author, but so much of her experience of growing up as a suburban white girl receiving conflicting information about what being gay meant (and therefore being unable to discern whether you were gay) resonated deeply with me.
- A lot of really rough stuff is covered here, from generalized lesbophobia to forced outing, but this essay collection is actual laugh out loud hilarious. I kept reading passages aloud to my spouse, trying not to snort laugh at descriptions of furtively using the family computer or falling into lesbian TikTok.
- GIRLS CAN KISS NOW is a hyperfocused deep dive into growing up and coming out in the 2000s. Gutowitz breaks down the journey lesbian culture and visibility took in those years, from hidden secret to loud and proud.
- I'm a few years older than the author, but so much of her experience of growing up as a suburban white girl receiving conflicting information about what being gay meant (and therefore being unable to discern whether you were gay) resonated deeply with me.
- A lot of really rough stuff is covered here, from generalized lesbophobia to forced outing, but this essay collection is actual laugh out loud hilarious. I kept reading passages aloud to my spouse, trying not to snort laugh at descriptions of furtively using the family computer or falling into lesbian TikTok.
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Minor: Transphobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol
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