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This was one of those books that I read just at the right time. Topics in this memoir in essays by legendary queer San Francisco writer include fashion, money, "scarcity issues," not living in a shithole punk house anymore, moisturizing, food, babies, marriage, exercising, spirituality, class, (not going to) college, and how to honour your 19-year-old despair-striken activist self without falling back into depsair. That last one was my favourite.

Having recently moved to a new town for a permanent fulltime job, bought the first car I've ever owned, and bought a (also first time) house with my partner, I feel like maybe I didn't just procrastinate owing this book for 5 years and not reading it, but maybe I just waited until the right time? So far topics in this book include not living in a shithole with 20-somethings anymore, managing money, and dealing with "scarcity issues". #QueerBooks

Reusing my own picture cuz I‘m cool like that. This book really touched me and I had several epiphanies/breakthroughs reading it. It‘s funny, heavy, encouraging, and super honest. I really enjoyed this book.

Got this yesterday from the library and already I‘m half through it. It‘s so validating that it‘s made me tear up a couple times (and I almost never cry at books or movies). It‘s like reading a long letter from the queer auntie/mom I never had.

Dolphins! Dolphins are about as close as we come to unicorns in real life.
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I wanted to like this more than I did because I really love Michelle Tea's other books. There were great parts to this book (the chapter on break-ups was excellent) but a lot of it read like a guide to "growing up" and deriving pleasure from spending a lot of money and having fancy things, which just wasn't terribly interesting to me. #queerbooks

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Great lines in this book! #queerbooks

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I'm excited to be reading this one! Hopefully I can get it done before it expires and disappears from my Kobo. (A bit of a backlog from the library right now) #queerbooks

Some of my faves! #memorablememoirs #booktober

Michelle Tea, author of HOW TO GROW UP, VALENCIA, and many more, just after her reading at the Tin House Summer Workshop. What a reading--heart-rending and hilarious all at once. Laughter tears.

New currently reading :)