A review by siebensommer
Girls Can Kiss Now by Jill Gutowitz

funny reflective

3.0

i knew that i could never truly be seen by these boys, be respected by these boys, if they didn’t also want me. that was the power i needed to maintain over them. 

some fun content and one gut wrenching chapter that comes without a warning in the middle of content about pop culture. 
didn’t follow jg before and can only say - high key good for her!!

didn’t love that it felt like the essays didn’t really belong together in one book but were written as single works - meaning i got an explanation of how she met her friend three separate times e.g. 

also still find it messed up to be ‘speculating’ abt a celebrity’s sexuality and posting theories as ‘proof’ that that celeb is lying about their personal life and to actually be thinking you are doing an okay thing. the reasoning that TS would greatly profit from coming out is a) not the point and b) maybe not true since she does still have loaaads of hyperchristian fans there and also does more than anything profit from heteronormativity in her fandom 
not saying that i wouldn’t 100% love if she came out as a bi queen, just saying that making someone else’s sexuality your business and thinking you’re not as problematic as others who do that… think again pls
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