The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture | 
pickGrace Perry discusses how many iconic 2000s pop culture tv shows/ music/ movies/ etc impacted and influenced her coming out and queerness (Taylor swift, glee, Disney movies, Harry Potter and more). Sometimes this book was a little too relatable and triggered things in me I had not thought of ever or in a long time. Enjoyable essays though that encapsulated the 2000s and (At least my) queerness.
Reading this openly in my living room because I‘m tired of being closeted in my own house. This could go poorly.
pickI am a sucker for pop culture essays—and was especially looking forward to essays about the decade I came of age in through a different lens. It can be easy to forget just how far we‘ve come since the 2000s. (Also I would like another series a la VH1s “I loved the 80s” this time not done while still in the decade)
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️ As a “geriatric millennial” 🙄 myself, I felt a smidge too old for most of the pop culture phenomena covered here. Maybe it‘s just differing tastes. I didn‘t watch any of the shows except Dawson‘s Creek. Pacey forever! But I digress. Perry‘s astute observations relate pop culture to her own self-realization, and the broader societal picture in a thoughtful way.
PS. I really hate the term “aughts” and it‘s used a lot here.
pickBorn in 1989, Grace takes a look at the pop culture of her teen years and how it influenced her coming out. Not the 90s Ellen Time cover, nor the non-event coming outs of the 2010s, the 2000s were a particularly transitional time in lesbian culture. She writes about the negative stereotype at the heart of Mean Girls, the Disney Channel‘s lack of representation, JK Rowling, and Katy Perry‘s “I Kissed a Girl” among others. Recommend the #audiobook!
My LGBTQ order from Books Are Magic finally arrived! #LGBTQ #LGBTQYA #Essays #Nonfiction #Fiction
