num_pages: 227
description: Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick 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 todayJill Gutowitzs lifefor better and worsehas always been on a collision course with pop culture. Theres the time the FBI showed up at her door because of something she tweeted about Game of Thrones. The pop songs that have been the soundtrack to the worst moments of her life. And of course the pivotal day when Orange Is the New Black hit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jills 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 valuesalways teaching distracting disappointing and revealing us.Girls Can Kiss Now is 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 nearand very queerfuture.
language: English
title: Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays
publisher: Atria Books