I like memoirs and pop culture obsessed folks. Despite being too damn old to get all the references, I really liked this book of essays.
I like memoirs and pop culture obsessed folks. Despite being too damn old to get all the references, I really liked this book of essays.
This essay collection is great. It‘s more or less Jill‘s coming of age as a lesbian, told with great humor but also not shying away from exploring things like internalized misogyny and homophobia. It is fervently pro-lesbian in the best way. She has a great voice, though she does make me feel old (I relate far more to her “older woman” pop culture references than the ones she relates to).
I‘m pretty sure this is the best essay title ever. (I can feel the pearl clutching happening already! 😈)
Part memoir part history of “celesbians “, this is the author‘s take on society‘s view of queer women.
I am easily a decade older than the author and pretty out of touch with pop culture, so I admit I don‘t know a lot of the celebrities discussed here. That took a bit away from the book for me. But there was still plenty I did enjoy.
Some content may be triggering- see spoilers below.
I was expecting snarky pop culture and was instead captivated by a candid, at times heartbreaking, memoir whose threads were woven throughout with iconic moments in Sapphic* pop culture.
*or moments that we perceived as Sapphic.