The 2000s made me gay book

By Claudia Neu Posted on 3. Grace Perry begins the book by describing the escapism she finds in television and the stories that were told throughout the s. Perry focusses on escapism throughout the essay collection because her brother, and mentor in life, was diagnosed with a cancer that would end up taking his life.

However, as she was reflecting on the shows she enjoyed as a teen and a college student, she began to realize that they played a great part of her queer awakening that would eventually lead her to be who she is today. Listening to The s Made Me Gay as an audiobook was a very enjoyable experience as the witty essays were quick and highly relatable as a queer woman myself.

That being said, I am right on the cusp of being a part of the Millennial and Gen Z generations and although I am eight years younger than Perry, I still found the essays highly relatable. Perry details throughout her essays that she grew up in a time when there was little to no queer representation in the media and describes how Glee would have been ground breaking when she was in high school.

Considering this, I went through high school while Glee was in production yet I was just as amazed as Perry was by any little queer representation in the media. Perry brings up some great points about how truly gay Cadet Kelly is rainbow blanket and hair in all.

That being said, I think that Perry could have done better to analyze how the few and far between queer references that were around in the the 2000s made me gay book s were that of white characters and white artists and that privilege she had compared to those who belong to the queer BIPOC community of the same time.

Rowling fell short of the inclusion of a queer character with Albus Dumbledore and his after thought queerness, instead of J. I am not going to give J. With all of this in mind, The s Made Me Gay was enjoyable and had some highly relatable moments as I am a white queer woman, however, this essay collection was not an intersectional read which I would have loved to see.

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Website by FirstTracks. Log In Account Cart. BlogBook ReviewsBookish Life. CW: Cancer, homophobia, transphobia About the Book Grace Perry begins the book by describing the escapism she finds in television and the stories that were told throughout the s. My Thoughts Listening to The s Made Me Gay as an audiobook was a very enjoyable experience as the witty essays were quick and highly relatable as a queer woman myself.

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