{"product_id":"girls-can-kiss-now-essays","title":"Girls Can Kiss Now Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable…every page twinkles with brilliance.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Refinery29\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for fans of Samantha Irby and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e, a hilarious, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, pop culture, the internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJill Gutowitz’s life—for better and worse—has always been on a collision course with pop culture. There’s the time the FBI showed up at her door because of something she tweeted about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The pop songs that have been the soundtrack to the worst moments of her life. And of course, the pivotal day when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrange Is the New Black\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jill’s 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 values—always teaching, distracting, disappointing, and revealing us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirls Can Kiss Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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, near—and very queer—future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Flamingo Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49455548727451,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0411\/7695\/7083\/files\/girls-can-kiss-now-9781982158507_xlg.jpg?v=1788636257","url":"https:\/\/theflamingoto.com\/products\/girls-can-kiss-now-essays","provider":"The Flamingo Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}