The 2000s made me gay : essays on pop culture
Perry, Grace, 1989-2021
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"From The Onion and Reductress contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip through beloved 2000s media, interweaving cultural criticism and personal narrative to examine how a very straight decade forged a very queer woman "If you came of age at the intersection of Mean Girls and The L Word: Read this book." -Sarah Pappalardo, editor in chief and co-founder of Reductress. Today's gay youth have dozens of queer peer heroes, both fictional and real, but Grace Perry did not have that luxury. Instead, she had to search for queerness in the teen cultural phenomena that the early aughts had to offer: in Lindsay Lohan's fall from grace, Gossip Girl, Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl," country-era Taylor Swift, and Seth Cohen jumping on a coffee cart. And, for better or worse, these touch points shaped her identity, and she came out on the other side, as she puts it, gay as hell. Join Grace on a journey back through the pop culture moments of the early 2000's, before the cataclysmic shift in LGBTQ representation and acceptance--a time not so long ago, that people seem to forget"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
The 2000s made me gay : essays on pop culture / Grace Perry.
Author:
Perry, Grace, 1989-, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2021.©2021
Collation:
244 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Real-world gays and Real World gaysHarry Potter and the half-assed gay characterThe gospel according to Mean GirlsCherry chapstickBe the PR team you wish to see in the worldBlair Waldorf has notes on my sex lifeBanter boys: Christian, Seth, Jim, and meDisney Channel presents: sapphic overtonesAmerican bitch / American butchTalking / laughing / loving / breathingTaylor Swift made me a U-Haul dykeThe Glee bubble.
ISBN:
9781250760142 (pbk)9781250760142
Dewey class:
306.7663092306.766
Language:
English
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BRN:
511971
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Society and Beliefs | 306.766 PER | Available |