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prideandparchment's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
Girls Can Kiss Now is a funny and very relatable essay collection. It's important, fills a huge gap in literature.
But there are some pretty overdramatic parts near the end I got annoyed by (how can someone freak out by Taylor Swift THAT MUCH?)...
But there are some pretty overdramatic parts near the end I got annoyed by (how can someone freak out by Taylor Swift THAT MUCH?)...
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
caseythereader's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
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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