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20 pages in and I am already being stuck with a dagger between the ribs. also SOPHIE won’t stop playing in my head but I assume that’s an intended part of the experience

Time to start my yearly Paul reread!! I hope that it brings new perspective to my Gender Issues^TM this time (though it has before!). I also hope it gives me a boost of self confidence. I want to walk and talk like Paul while retaining my compassion and sensitivity. Can those things coexist? Yet to be determined.

“‘Fantastic!’ Jasper pulls me into a side hug, squishing our shoulders together. ‘I can feel our teamwork blossoming even more.’”

A Tamaki-style character was OBVIOUSLY missing from Borrow a Boyfriend Club and I had a feeling that Powars was saving him for Roommates. I was riiiiiiight B)

Noooo not a transphobic rant in the middle of the dyke comic!!! This is not what I wanted!!!

In the few interviews I found where Summers touched on the topic, she defends it as an exploration of her own personal gender identity as opposed to a commentary on trans men and trans identity however that is… not what’s in the memoir so… Anyways. I’m still going to finish and appreciate the history I guess.

I adore the way in which Walley takes a socioeconomic and anthropological issue and shares it with us in the form of an autobiographical confession. I feel like every person views the world around them through the lens of their own journey and history, but very few are able to admit it because it might imply bias in their work. Walley uses it as a weapon instead of hiding from it.

Just finished chapter 3 and I only wish I had brought a highlighter with me on this read. Walley turns herself into a character that is easy to empathize with, and her writing style feels like a college lecture with only 6 students; she answers every question you could ask and anticipates the arguments that the guy in the back row is going to make.

Happy Pride everybody

LESBIANS WITH SWORDS LET’S GOOOO!! The homoeroticism of two lesbians with swords is breathtaking

I kind of hate that this book has a “none pizza left beef” reference

Just cried at a description of the queer club in the flower shop: “Everyone here had a generous air to them- like we’d all come out of the rain together.” The feeling of being around queer folks (especially after a tough closeted Thanksgiving with family) is so magical and I felt touched by this phrasing of it.

Fell off my reading grind for a little but I was waiting in the Libby hold line for 8 WEEKS!!! Once it came through I had to get to it ASAP. How cute! Kiyoko is so funny and I love the temperament of the two main characters.

finally reading this after owning it for years, thank you bigolas dickolas wolfwood

also I’m having to google references and vocabulary every other page, this is so exciting to me and reminds me of what reading felt like as a child. exciting, experimental, and ROMANTIC?!

two women and the smell of rotting flesh; what a beautiful way to start your morning

why and how was I crying 13 mins into this book? (the answer is trauma)

estoy practicando mi español :)

holy shit books for adults go craaaaaazy

these are the sweetest baby characters ever, they read so much younger than the other protags I’ve been reading

about to make this my entire personality