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PB User: seema [Public Entry] Date: June 16, 2026 [Mood: sapphic & nostalgic] [Music: "Girls Like Girls"—Hayley Kiyoko]
What sweet summer read that takes me right back to my angsty baby gay years. I feel like this book really has two audiences: millenialish readers like me who grew up listening to GLG, and teenagers like the MCs who are still pretty early on in their queer journeys, maybe just questioning. The former group will enjoy the nostalgic punch this book packs and get to reminisce on the girls we once were and how far we've come, and the latter group I hope gets to have one more piece of representatives media that just makes them feel as seen and reassured and normalized as they deserve. The book is not as groundbreaking as the song and music video were a decade ago (and I'm thankful for how far we've come to make that true), but it is still important. One note I have is that the narration is heavy on the melodrama and is in a POV where the narrator is kind of conversational with the reader which is a little funky, so it took some acclimation in the first few chapters, but it was smooth sailing once I got into it and ultimately felt fitting for the characters and story. Don't judge too quickly and mistake the YA genre for a lack of meaningfulness :)
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Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
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PB User: seema [Public Entry] Date: June 16, 2026 [Mood: sapphic & nostalgic] [Music: "Girls Like Girls"—Hayley Kiyoko]
What sweet summer read that takes me right back to my angsty baby gay years. I feel like this book really has two audiences: millenialish readers like me who grew up listening to GLG, and teenagers like the MCs who are still pretty early on in their queer journeys, maybe just questioning. The former group will enjoy the nostalgic punch this book packs and get to reminisce on the girls we once were and how far we've come, and the latter group I hope gets to have one more piece of representatives media that just makes them feel as seen and reassured and normalized as they deserve. The book is not as groundbreaking as the song and music video were a decade ago (and I'm thankful for how far we've come to make that true), but it is still important. One note I have is that the narration is heavy on the melodrama and is in a POV where the narrator is kind of conversational with the reader which is a little funky, so it took some acclimation in the first few chapters, but it was smooth sailing once I got into it and ultimately felt fitting for the characters and story. Don't judge too quickly and mistake the YA genre for a lack of meaningfulness :)
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No way did JVN just legitimately with his full chest read out his whole entire book report on Bill Clinton's sex scandal that he wrote when he was 11 years old. It took TEN MINUTES of this audiobook and I was flabbergasted the whole time that it was still going on. With all due respect, how the hell is that relevant to this point of his story where he is a full adult and which has NOTHING to do with Bill Clinton? If a content break was needed (the reason he cited for doing this), just end the chapter and advise readers to put the book down for 10 before reading on. This is maybe the most absurd thing I've ever encountered in a memoir.
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No way did JVN just legitimately with his full chest read out his whole entire book report on Bill Clinton's sex scandal that he wrote when he was 11 years old. It took TEN MINUTES of this audiobook and I was flabbergasted the whole time that it was still going on. With all due respect, how the hell is that relevant to this point of his story where he is a full adult and which has NOTHING to do with Bill Clinton? If a content break was needed (the reason he cited for doing this), just end the chapter and advise readers to put the book down for 10 before reading on. This is maybe the most absurd thing I've ever encountered in a memoir.
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If anyone is reading or re-reading this for the lead up to Hayley’s movie release (June 19th US Release!) I will be playing this on my way to and from watching the movie this week and thought I would share Here is a playlist of Sonya’s AIM messages, in order, with chapter number mentioned. And of course I had to end with Hayley’s Girls Like Girls!
- SOS by Rihanna (Chapter 2)
- Portions for Foxes by Rilo Kiley (Chapter 6)
- It's My Life by No Doubt (Chapter 8)
- Escape by Enrique Iglesias (Chapter 8)
- Lover's Spit by Broken Social Split (Chapter 13)
- Pieces of Me by Ashlee Simpson (Chapter 15)
- Toxic by Britney Spears (Chapter 20)
- Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie (Chapter 20)
- Over My Head by The Fray (Chapter 23)
- Milkshake by Kelis (Chapter 27)
- Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers (Chapter 27)
- Maneater by Nelly Furtado (Chapter 34)
- Numb by Linkin Park (Chapter 34)
- A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton (Chapter 34)
- Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol (Chapter 34)
- Dirty Little Secret by The All-American Rejects (Chapter 34)
- Bring Me to Life by Evanescence (Chapter 34)
- Too Little Too Late by Jojo (Chapter 35)
- Hey Ya! by Outkast (Chapter 35)
- My Happy Ending by Avril Lavigne (Chapter 35)
- Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap (Chapter 35)
- Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
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