literaryinluv's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Rape and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Classism, Cursing, and Alcohol
mallory10100's review
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Outing
Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Death, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, and Addiction
i highly recommend this!!caseythereader's review
4.0
- 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: Outing, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Cursing, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Religious bigotry, Vomit, Alcohol, and Transphobia