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From: Hannah Gómez <hannahgomez_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:44:04 -0700
I adored this book when I read it last year! One thing that struck me as particularly interesting was how it implies that in this world, *everyone* is queer - and therefore no one is, because it's not a thing at all. You're just attracted to whomever you're attracted to, period. I suppose there are only two characters (Enki and June's mom) who are pretty explicitly bisexual, but I get the impression that it's meant to imply that nobody thinks of bisexuality as anything that even needs a label.
I also love that June refers to virginity as a sort of pesky thing to just get rid of so you can begin having the fun kind of sex. I don't have a copy of the book on me at the moment, but it's something to the effect of "Gil and I took care of that chore ages ago," which is so fantastically flippant and NEVER expressed in YA (or even the idea that some people view sex as a thing they just know they are meant to be having, and therefore the first time isn't something that needs flowers and romance) that I found it something to laugh at and be so refreshed by at the same time.
Hannah Gómez, MA, MSLIS hannahgomez_at_gmail.com http://hannahgomez.wix.com/portfolio
(520) 481-8778
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Received on Mon 17 Mar 2014 12:44:31 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:44:04 -0700
I adored this book when I read it last year! One thing that struck me as particularly interesting was how it implies that in this world, *everyone* is queer - and therefore no one is, because it's not a thing at all. You're just attracted to whomever you're attracted to, period. I suppose there are only two characters (Enki and June's mom) who are pretty explicitly bisexual, but I get the impression that it's meant to imply that nobody thinks of bisexuality as anything that even needs a label.
I also love that June refers to virginity as a sort of pesky thing to just get rid of so you can begin having the fun kind of sex. I don't have a copy of the book on me at the moment, but it's something to the effect of "Gil and I took care of that chore ages ago," which is so fantastically flippant and NEVER expressed in YA (or even the idea that some people view sex as a thing they just know they are meant to be having, and therefore the first time isn't something that needs flowers and romance) that I found it something to laugh at and be so refreshed by at the same time.
Hannah Gómez, MA, MSLIS hannahgomez_at_gmail.com http://hannahgomez.wix.com/portfolio
(520) 481-8778
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Received on Mon 17 Mar 2014 12:44:31 PM CDT
