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started this book awhile ago and still need to finish it! abt a young lesbian whose parents are accused of and on trial for an awful crime, set during the satanic panic and picks up years later. very moody and immersive and terrifying and encapsulates the not-knowing, fear, and often absurd humor of being a young person in such an unthinkable situation
Jun 7, 2024
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This book got me back into reading this year! Its dark, queer, very well written, and centers around the satanic panic.
Dec 25, 2024
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tbh a very dark book focused on aggressive religious upbringing and questioning it within an apocalyptic situation. loved it so much I bought it after reading it from the library. Read the content warnings though!!
May 19, 2025
sickening and uncomfortable and shocking and upsetting but so incredibly well done.
Mar 12, 2025
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chicago hang success !! it was so lovely to meet everyone today <3 more plans incoming soon đĽmossyelfiejoe_m_millerbashfulchicken
Aug 18, 2024
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my sister just had a baby and i am considering the type of aunt?/guncle ? (the designation becomes tricky w gender lol) i may be. but ultimately the archetype of âcool auntââmysterious, distant-yet-warm, uninvolved in family dramas, arrives at family gatherings wearing strange, somehow stylish clothes, bearing copious gifts and floating on an air of urban lifeâresonates most soundly with me
this has also led me to reflect on how my momâs sister played such a key role in my  youth by revealing to me a foundational truth that this is not all that there is! âtwas a very hopeful message to me, a miserable child/teen unsuited to christian suburban life, forced to procure my wardrobe primarily from the womenâs section at the department store because that is what my mother deemed reasonable (and kohlâs cash)Â
some of the notable moments my aunt bestowed upon my adolescence include:
⢠taking me to see moonrise kingdom at the indie art deco theater in a nearby mountain townÂ
⢠driving me to philly for shows at tla even though she had no idea who the artists were and would stand in the back; also paying for all my meals and whims on our south street jaunts
⢠curating a collection of signed books from author visits at her local library, which sheâd always drop off nonchalantly as gifts (charles santore picture books, lemony snicket !)Â
⢠signing me up for 5ks and carting me along to her races
⢠explaining to me what a âlesbianâ is and taking me to meet said lesbians in a dimly lit new york restaurant where i tried alligator sausage and felt so urbaneÂ
⢠general trips to ny for broadway shows and museums Â
⢠introducing me to rummikub
⢠letting me roam free at community music festivals from late afternoon til dusk, where iâd encounter children from different counties, get in harmless trouble and infuse my life with the intrigue of those unknown to me but in those brief momentsÂ
Sep 25, 2024
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these landed all at once and iâm feeling tapped into a wellspring of compassion and gratitude
Dec 6, 2024