Skip to main content

This Book is Gay


 Book I Haven't Read Yet: This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

Why I Haven't Read It: It's pitched as an Instruction Manual for those who come out. I guess I didn't think I need to read it. 

I didn't realize, the back cover copy says:

This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. 

This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder. This book is for YOU.

Should You Read It?: I think so. I'll tell you one thing, though. Teens should have access to this book.

Juno Dawson seems pretty cool. For one thing, she's British, which in itself makes her immensely cooler than me. She's a novelist, a screenwriter, a journalist, a columnist and clearly an overachiever. She's an "occasional" actress and model. She's won YA book prizes. I want to be her when I grow up.

This Book is Gay was originally released in 2014 but was revised and updated in 2021 to include more content around sexuality and gender. The introduction by David Levithan is so honest. He's an acclaimed writer in his own right -- he and a friend freaking wrote Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. Say what?!

Anyway, this book looks amazing for anyone who wants to discover more about their own sexuality or gender, or anyone who wants to be an ally for LQBTQIA+ rights. 

Oooh, I didn't mention this illustrations. They're fantastic. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

fetal friday?

I know that I left everyone hanging yesterday. You know, when I went to pee on that stick. (That was mean of me. Not the peeing, but the leaving hanging.) Well, I think the big reveal is best expressed in letter form. Deep breath. Here goes. dear unborn baby daughter son or daughter, I take it back. I take back everything I said about not wanting kids. I was just scaredspice, and the slightest bit selfish, and maybe I had a giant fear of commitment. But, three positive test results in the last eighteen hours seem to say that you actually are in there, getting all comfy. I guess you'll probably be here in mid-December. I never thought about having a Christmas baby. (You've really put a wrench in my whole taking-maternity-leave-during-the-NCAA-tournament plan, but that's okay. At least it's basketball season. Don't tell Daddy yet, but you are going to cheer for the Indiana Hoosiers.) Speaking of Daddy, I take back all the mean things I've ever sa...
38 comments
Read more

in which i have a birthday and a giveaway

The blogger as a child. p.s. it's my birthday. And people at Starbucks like me. (I did get this for free, but it was not for the benefit of my blog.)  (Obvi, it was a gift .) There's a cupcake in that box! There's a hazelnut latte in that cup! In other news, I'm having a 100 Followers/ It's my birthday giveaway. You should enter. I'm giving away the following goodies: 1. A $25.00 VISA giftcard. 2. An original poem, which will be hadwritten and autographed on pretty paper. It might be about love, about being a writer, or maybe the winner will be able to choose the topic. We shall see. This giveaway is a bit seatofthepantsspice. 3. A frame from my wedding day. In fact, this very frame: 4. A mystery. The fourth goodie will be a surprise until you open the package! 5. The whopper: I will dedicate a karaoke song to you, personally, and put it on my blog, vlogger style. If you want to enter this smashing contest: leave a comment. 1 entry if you follow and comme...
30 comments
Read more

Brett and Alice's Writing Style is the Real Crime Here

Here is a nearly sentence-by-sentence reconstruction of Brett and Alice's most recent episode of their podcast "The Prosecutors" - titled Adnan Syed is Guilty. I will not be utilizing the strikethrough in every sentence but will do so when I am compelled and will try to bold sections I've added. I've highlighted some of my favorite and most poignant edits.  I've tired and failed to stay away from a bit of snark. This endeavor was exhausting.  My work will illustrate how Brett Talley and Alice LaCour use narrative spin to bring you their version of events that they want to, for whatever reason, call "facts." I start just before the 4 minute mark.  Transcript So,, Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee dated for quite some time  when they were in high school, starting around March 1998. They’d stay together for the next 9 months or so, though they broke up twice during that period.   They were on-again off-again until around Halloween and broke up for good before...
Read more