Title: Girlwize
Description: Kathleen writes about her frustration, alienation, anger and sadness through essays and poems. She includes zine reviews, an essay on how to make "female to female sex safer," journal entries, and unsent letters addressed to people in her life she hasn't felt comfortable speaking to directly. She writes about coming out as a lesbian, lists ten "tips for getting quick cash" and recommended websites, suicidal ideation, her neighbors, and public school's failure in teaching cultural diversity. She collages illustrations from the children's book "The Little Prince" throughout. --Grace Li
Subjects: Teenagers, Personal narratives, Brothers and sisters, Death, Families, Mental Depression, Mothers and daughters, Suicidal behavior
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century