pickThis book is written in verse, which is something I‘m recently getting into. I got a used copy and found that many of the pages were written, with questions and phrases that made it even more intriguing✨
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pickThis book is written in verse, which is something I‘m recently getting into. I got a used copy and found that many of the pages were written, with questions and phrases that made it even more intriguing✨
Starting this for the #transrightsreadathon. I saw him speak last year and he signed my copy!
JVN is famous for doing hair & makeovers on Queer Eye but is also known for being outspoken about being #nonbinary (he/they/she pronouns) and for living publicly with #HIV. He was well spoken and I hope the essays in the book are interesting!
He‘s also written a memoir: “Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love”
#lgbtq #lgbtq2024 #lgbtqbookbingo2024
pickA behemoth of fine journalistic writing. Shilts was a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle when AIDS first began to ravage the city. The disease soon shone a spotlight on the stunning health disparities in the US as the federal government, scientific and public health institutions as well as blood banks refused to initially take seriously what they condescended as “the gay virus.” Shilts later succumbed to AIDS, seven years after publishing.
pickAn incredibly important YA novel about a teen who‘s HIV+. It was informative and moving. Navigating HS is hard enough & Simone has the added fear of someone telling her secret when anon notes begin showing up with that threat.
I loved when she showed her vulnerability & when others embraced her. She has a strength & determination that‘s admirable; however, at times I felt she was judgmental & rude toward her friends who were supportive of her.
pickCompelling novel in verse set in NYC in the mid 1990s when HIV/AIDS illnesses and deaths were at the forefront of medical news. The MC grapples with the secrets and conflicts within the family; after she discovers her Dad has AIDS. There‘s just no one perfect way to navigate this family crisis 😔
#Pantone2023 @Clwojick
pickI read this book when it first came out. A friend of mine who is Black sent me his copy. He said that he thought the author was racist against Black people and wanted my opinion. I‘m not exactly the best person to ask about that since I‘m white, but he trusted my judgment. I remember thinking that Verghese seemed to dislike his own brown skin. At the time he wrote this book he was living in the same town in which I now live. (cont)⬇️
If we can let ourselves, all of us, be united by the simple fact of having a difference, we will be bigger and stronger and more powerful than anyone who might otherwise make us feel small.
Maybe being broken helps you understand others‘ brokenness. Maybe being broken helps you become a better person.
There is something enormously freeing, I realized, about spending time with people who are totally unafraid to be themselves.
