Ah, Pose.
Have any fellow Littens been as obsessed with this #Netflix show as I have been? I‘m crazy about it! I‘m done with season one but I want to read, watch, listen to ANYTHING with a similar vibe- 80s, Ball Culture, LGBT, etc. Any recommendations? 💗 #LGBT #Pose #Queer #QueerLit #LGBTQ
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The House of Impossible Beauties 5y
The House of Impossible Beautiesbookishkai Season 2 is airing now on FX. I adore the show, especially Billy Porter as Pray Tell. Watch “Paris Is Burning”, which is THE documentary on ball culture, and there‘s a more recent follow-up whose title is escaping me at the moment. As for books, recent ones would be Like A Love Story, King Queens and Inbetweens, and House of Impossible Beauties. If you‘re looking for more general queer book recs, let me know, I have about a million. 5y
bookishkai And it‘s not specifically about drag/ball culture, but does discuss the politics of class issues and gender identity, and is one of the most powerful books I‘ve read in my life:Stone Butch Blues 5y
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BlameJennyJane @collegecatlady thanks tons! I picked this up on Kindle. Yay! 5y
BlameJennyJane @bookishkris thank you thank you! I saw Paris is Burning in college and have it on my watchlist cuz that was half a life ago! I also preordered Like a Love Story but haven‘t opened it yet so that and House of Impossible Beauties are up next! I‘ll check out the other two as well. Don‘t be surprised when I come to you for more queer recommendations! Most of what I read and watch is pretty mainstream/popular... so I need the recs! 😊😊 5y
bookishkai You‘re very welcome. If you don‘t mind, I‘ll tag a bunch of books in this comment thread, and then you can just come back to it when you want. YA is ripe with queer rep these days, much more than adult fiction. I‘ll rec what I consider “essential” queer reading, which is a mix of fiction and non, with a pretty equal rep of gay men and lesbians. Trans rep, and non binary, is still a work in progress. 5y
bookishkai Absolutely stunning books and essays by Paul Monette: Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir, Last Watch of The Night, andBecoming a Man: Half a Life Story 5y
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Storybookishkai My favorite:The Sea of Light 5y
The Sea of LightBlameJennyJane That would be fantastic @bookishkris ! I appreciate your thoughtfulness and willingness to tag some additional reads. And I follow you so as you discover new reads I‘ll keep up on it. And if you think of anything else, esp non-binary reads... Is love to hear about it- Fiction, non-Fiction, you name it! 🤗 5y
bookishkai YA about girls: Annie On My Mind, All of Us With Wings, Ivy Aberdeen‘s Letter to the World,Keeping You a Secret 5y
Keeping You a Secretbookishkai @BlameJennyJane, it‘s no trouble at all. I love love love talking queer books with people who are interested! 5y
bookishkai YA about boys: Pretty much everything David Levithan has written, but especially Wide Awake, Two Boys Kissing, and Boy Meets Boy. We Contain Multitudes. Locke & West. Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda. There Goes Sunday School.Autoboyography 5y
Autoboyographybookishkai Trans and non-binary (all genres): I Wish You All the Best. Zenobia July. Becoming Emily, Just Girls, and Nico and Tucker by Rachel Gold. Confessions of the Fox. Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl.Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story 5y
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Storybookishkai Read these, and then watch the PBS miniseries (there are two) before watching the Netflix one.
Tales Of The City: Tales of the City 1 (Tales of the City Series) 5y
Tales Of The City: Tales of the City 1 (Tales of the City Series)bookishkai The Kate Martinelli books by Laurie R KingA Grave Talent: A Novel 5y
A Grave Talent: A Novelbookishkai Memoirs: Mama‘s Boy by Dustin Lance Black.When We Rise: Coming of Age in San Francisco, AIDS, and My Life in the Movement 5y
When We Rise: Coming of Age in San Francisco, AIDS, and My Life in the MovementEKonrad Saw the cast of Pose at a TV event in Hollywood. They‘re all just as amazing and inspiring in person as they are onscreen! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
BlameJennyJane @bookishkris these recommendations are fantastic! I‘m already digging in and so very much appreciate the time it took for you to include all of these! I edited my originL post to include some hashtags so others might find as well. And I have space for more # if you have ideas! 💗 5y
bookishkai Hahaha, @BlameJennyJane I was thinking this afternoon that I have SO much more to add! Tomorrow when I go back to my library/craft room and look at my other bookshelves, I‘ll put some more in the comments. 5y
BlameJennyJane @EKonrad that is so exciting!!! I would have LOVED to experience something like that! 😻 5y
BlameJennyJane @bookishkris well, you add away!! Lol. I welcome it. 😁 5y
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