{"product_id":"girls-can-kiss-now-essays-9781982158507","title":"Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable...every page twinkles with brilliance.\" \u003ci\u003e--Refinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Samantha Irby and \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/i\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\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e. The pop songs that have been the soundtrack to the worst moments of her life. And of course, the pivotal day when \u003ci\u003eOrange Is the New Black \u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirls Can Kiss Now\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill Gutowitz is a writer from New Jersey. Her writing has appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and a very small cat.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598134546706,"sku":"9781982158507","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca164a98-6e0c-4a30-9af8-14a90cf4d52f.jpg?v=1732182474","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/girls-can-kiss-now-essays-9781982158507","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}