English | 2022 | ISBN: 1982158506 | 239 pages | True EPUB | 2.78 MB
Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 byVogue,BuzzFeed,Bustle,Marie Claire,Harper's Bazaar,ElectricLit,Thrillist,Glamour, CNN, and Shondaland
"Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable...every page twinkles with brilliance."-Refinery29
Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby andTrick Mirror, a funny, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, relationships, pop culture, the internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices today.
Jill Gutowitz's life-for better and worse-has always been on a collision course with pop culture. There's the time the FBI showed up at her door because of something she tweeted aboutGame of Thrones. The pop songs that have been the soundtrack to the worst moments of her life. And of course, the pivotal day whenOrange Is the New Blackhit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jill's own sexuality. In these honest examinations of identity, desire, and self-worth, Jill explores perhaps the most monumental cultural shift of our lifetimes: the mainstreaming of lesbian culture. Dusting off her own personal traumas and artifacts of her not-so-distant youth she examines how pop culture acts as a fun house mirror reflecting and refracting our values-always teaching, distracting, disappointing, and revealing us.
Girls Can Kiss Nowis a fresh and intoxicating blend of personal stories, sharp observations, and laugh-out-loud humor. This timely collection of essays helps us make sense of our collective pop-culture past even as it points the way toward a joyous, uproarious, near-and very queer-future.