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Girls Like Girls Review
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
CW: Loss of a Parent, Suicide, Suicidal Thoughts, Underage Drinking and Drug Use, Dangerous Driving, Near Death Experience, Breaking and Entering, Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Controlling Parent, Domestic Abuse, Toxic Friendships, Fade-To-Black Sexual Activity, Vomit, Child Abandonment, Swearing, Grief, Violence, Injury, Bullying, Mentioned Abortion, Gaslighting, Classism, Sexism, Accidental Outing
3.5/5
I grew up watching Hayley Kiyoko on Disney Channel and have been following her music career for quite a while. When she announced that she was writing a book, I knew I had to read it, no matter what. For those who use YouTube more than me, you may have realized that this book is based on the music video for the song of the same name. I didn't realize this until listening to the acknowledgments at the end of the book. Based on my experience, I recommend reading the book before watching the music video, assuming you haven't seen it yet. The story ventured outside of my comfort zone, but kept reeling me back in. I honestly didn't know if I liked the book until the very end, but I had refused to DNF a Kiyoko book.
After her mom dies by suicide, Coley moves to a small town in Oregon. It's the summer before her senior year of high school and she's now stuck living with the father that skipped out on raising her. He's a man she doesn't know or trust. While out biking to avoid being home, she nearly gets run over by a group of popular kids. They likely wouldn't have taken her under their wing if it weren't for their ring leader, Sonya, being intrigued by Coley. As the summer goes on, the two girls become inseparable. Will they unravel their feelings for each other or will their family lives and social circles drag them down?
It's important to note that Girls Like Girls is set in 2006. Kiyoko was 15 that year and therefore able to pull from her own memories of how teenagers lived in 2006. There's AIM, LiveJournal, tattoo chokers, no smartphones, and different slang. There are also a lot of references to the popular music of that time. I recommend looking up the songs you're unfamiliar with for the full experience. Of course, the mindset towards human rights was also of the time. Many characters, Coley and Sonya included, could have benefited from therapy, but that wasn't as openly talked about 17 years ago. Homophobia was also more publicly accepted at the time. These issues haven't gone away, but it's nice to see that things have improved.
Speaking of queer content, Girls Like Girls is a story about two very different teen girls realizing they are attracted to their own gender. It becomes clearer throughout the story, that despite Sonya coming from a well-off family, Coley is in a much safer environment to come out as gay. Sonya has a controlling mother and a few openly homophobic friends. Coley finds several other queer people in her community and a number of allies. I am relieved that we got a little bit of Sonya's POV, because the relationship between Coley and her would read as irredeemably toxic otherwise. I am also relieved that the book takes the time to address the toxicity that's there. If you're patient, the book will address everything you're wondering about.
I experienced Girls Like Girls as an audiobook. It was mostly read by Kiyoko doing Coley's POV. I enjoy her voice and love when an author reads their own book. She was joined by one of my favorite audiobook narrators, Natalie Naudus, for Sonya's LiveJournal posts and emails. There are a few other voices throughout for small parts. While I enjoyed the ensemble cast of voices, I disliked the music and ambient sounds that were mixed in. If it had been consistent throughout the whole book, I would have liked it. Instead, the additional sounds would appear out of nowhere and temporarily take me out of the story. Please keep that in mind if you're trying to decide between print and audio.
Kiyoko's writing style will appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen, especially those looking for queer content. It's a summer romance, for one. It handles dark topics well without being the kind of book to make the audience cry. It's a small town setting with a new girl trying to become a part of a group of friends who have known each other for years. It's not usually my type of genre, which is why I potentially would've DNF'd it had a different author written it. There were scenes that made me uncomfortable, but I was often reeled back in by the action. I don't regret sticking it out to the end. I enjoy the way the story resolves. Of course, you'll have to read it yourself if you want to know the ending.
If you're interested in a small-town YA romance with queer content and dark topics, Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls is the book for you. Should you pick it up and stick it out, you'll be rewarded with a music video summary of the book. Give it a chance, it's the kind of book you'll remember!
#hayley kiyoko#girls like girls book#girls like girls#celebrity author#wlw#queer teen characters#teen romance#summer ya#book blog#bookblogger#queer books#queer characters
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No Context Reasons You Should Watch Dead Boy Detectives
#dead boy detectives#OKAY SO HERE'S THE THING#1. these are the least annoying teen characters I've seen in just about anything#2. it is actually queer and diverse but also it's funny and heartfelt and gloriously dumb#3. if it *does* get cancelled you're not left in an awful go2 type place#so like if you like dumb supernatural stuff give it a go
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so hes a little queer boy, ash was a little queer trans boy is what ur saying link link
#his room is so queer teen from tiktok coded. so baby trans boy coded#wheres the LED lights and the pride flags on the ceiling#ash on a trans friendly event? who wouldve guessed#evil dead#ash williams#ash vs evil dead#best accidentally trans character ever
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Everyone on the internet going “but where was Rio at the end of the episode?? Where did she go?? Why wasn’t she with the rest of the coven???” Like. BABES. There was a DEAD BODY in that house. A DEAD HUMAN BODY. There was a dead human body IN THE HOUSE. Sit on it. Think for a second. Yeah? Yeah?? Thereeee we go you go there 👏🏼👏🏼
#instagram threads is a wild place#it is absolutely astonishing to me how many people have no idea what is happening in this show#and more than that#just have absolutely no concept of Agatha as a character#I’m 99% sure most of these people don’t even realize she’s queer#I might lost my mind if I have to read another tweet by a straight man about any of these witches#anyway!! thanks for being gay tumblr and understanding character nuance 👍🏼#agatha all along#agatha all along spoilers#aaa spoilers#agatha spoilers#agatha harkness#rio vidal#lilia calderu#jennifer kale#alice wu gulliver#teen#kathryn hahn#aubrey plaza#agatha x rio#agathario#vidarkness#agatha teen#marvel
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okay so i'm not trying to make this a ~thing~ or a hot take or whatever, but can we talk about how all the hyped up queer shows still predominantly feature mlm couples? i'm not saying there aren't wlw shows/movies or the mlm-focused shows don't also feature wlw characters/couples, just... they either get nowhere near the same amount of hype, have some other main plot, end with at least one of them dying or experiencing something traumatic, get cancelled after one season in the middle of their arc, or they're not the main couple. And that's not to discount the representation you can get from secondary characters of course but just... ugh I want a heartstopper or rwrb or young royals or skam or love, simon or i don't even know... with girls. And I know I'm not the first person to bring this up and I know it's not that simple, but seeing all the hype for heartstopper and rwrb this week makes my heart ache a little bit so i needed to say this somewhere.
#and tara and darcy are super cute and great but they're not the main couple#and this isn't a dig at heartstopper or rwrn or any of the other things mentioned *at all*#i love them all i promise#i just also have more room to love a cute queer sapphic teen show too#oh and i know they're not teenagers in rwrb but y'all know what i mean#like the cutesy hyped gay media#that could have some angst but ultimately it's cute and about the main couple#so like something like yellowjackets is great but just not what i'm talking about#and i know some skam universes/seasons have had wlw main characters - i love fatou and kieu my on Druck (Skam Germany)#but og evak and some other evak versions clearly got the most hype#heartstopper#young royals#rwrb#skam#druck#gay media#queer media
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I never thought something would mean this much for me. I've always been chill with my queerness; I let it flow wherever and I don't focus much on it. But being bisexual has always been a label for me. Headcanoning characters as bisexual is just par for the course. And tonight, getting Buck confirmed bi hit me like a truck. Seeing that play out has me feeling so seen and proud and I am typing through tears on my couch that I get to have this.
So anyone who has something shitty to say because it isn't with eddie can consider themselves blocked. In this moment I swear to god it's not about them. Next week I'll go back to my fun shipping but this week is for me. For those of us who never realized how much having a character so dear to us be bi would mean.
#911 fox#911 abc#evan buckley#evan buck buckely#bisexuality#queer#i survived the trenches with teen wolf and jeff davis#seeing those headcanons play out with a character i LOVE means the world
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Day 25 of Characters That Are Definitely Queer but Comics Won’t Let Them Be:
Cassie Sandsmark
#dc#dc comics#young justice#teen titans#wonder girl#cassie sandsmark#cassandra sandsmark#Wonder Woman#pride#pride month#lgbtq+#characters that are definitely queer
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Watching interviews with the show runners and seeing them talk about how the entire Witches road set is practical and how for the show they really wanted to use practical sets and makeup as much as possible has made me love and appreciate it even more
And the pace being slow enough for good character development but engaging enough to not get boring. And the underlying mysteries and slow reveal of backstories is just everything I love in a show.
I think Agatha All Along is one of the best products from Marvel in a while and I hope the last couple episodes bring it home
#agatha all along#I also realized the only male character is literally “TEEN who is queer#like if you don’t like this show it is quite literally not FOR you
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Radio Silence Review
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
CW: Suicidal Thoughts, Abusive Parent, Animal Death, Underage Drinking, School Stress, Depression, Arson, Death Theeats, Toxic Internet Culture, Stalking, Unhealthy Weight Loss, Positive References to Harry Potter and Scott Pilgrim, Anxiety, Racism, Queerphobia, Classism, Fire Injury
5/5
I've wanted to read Alice Oseman's Radio Silence for quite a while, but it was the most recent season of Heartstopper that motivated me to read it now. If you're familiar with Oseman, you might know that all of their stories are set in the same universe. You may also know that they don't always connect to each other. I had assumed that Aled (a character in the Heartstopper comic and Radio Silence) was renamed Issac for the show. When I realized his story was very different, I looked into why. Aled was left out in hopes that Radio Silence will get an adaptation. So, if you were wondering, you do not need to be familiar with Heartstopper to understand and enjoy Radio Silence. The story takes place after and is very much its own thing!
In Radio Silence, Frances Janvier is head girl of her school and achieving top grades. She's on track to go to Cambridge, but she's been missing out on a fulfilling social life because of it. The only two things she does in her free time are art and listen to a podcast called "Universe City". When she accidentally finds out that she knows the anonymous creator of the podcast, she starts to help with the show and get close to him. This is Aled Last, a depressed boy with an abusive mother and a missing twin sister. Time spent with Frances allowed both of them to embrace their true selves. Unfortunately, the problems in Aled's life may be too much for their friendship.
Being used to Heartstopper and Loveless, both by Oseman, I was unprepared for how dark Radio Silence was. While no main characters die, there are feelings of hopelessness and fear that can affect a reader. It's the first book I've needed a reading break from since Jennette McCurdy's memoir. In addition to the topics I've already mentioned, this book covers racism, single parent-hood, mental illness, flaws in the education system, suicidal thoughts, toxic internet culture, and stalking. The topics are all handled quite well, I just wish I had read a content warning going into it. For me, it helps to prepare for what I'm about to read instead of going in blind. All reading needs are valid!
The thing that drew me to Oseman in the first place was their inclusion of asexuality. While you do not need to be ace yourself to write ace characters, I do see it as a nice bonus. Being ace, Oseman tends to include that rep in most of their books. Over the course of Radio Silence, Aled discovers that he is on the asexual spectrum. It's something he's afraid to share as he doesn't know how others will react. I've had this same fear every time I've started being interested in someone new. Seeing realistic representation of my identity will always feel rewarding.
Oseman is great at writing varied and authentic queer identities. Aled is also into guys and potentially gender fluid. The podcast he creates often pulls from his own life and the main character of it is gender fluid. Frances knows she's bisexual before the book starts. She doesn't get a romance arc in this book, so it's not a big part of the plot, it's just a part of who she is. There's also a gay character and a lesbian character. Queer people flock together and it's clear that Oseman knows this.
I think that Radio Silence is mostly written very well! The pacing allowed the book to take up many months and feel like it. Every mysterious part of the story was revealed at the right time. The characters were all complex and interesting. The messages all got across. What I struggled with was how Frances was telling the story. Though it's all from her point of view at some time in the future, this feels uncertain and inconsistent. It's as if sometimes she was just describing it in the moment. She was also annoyingly repetitive at times. I think it would have worked better if she was either an unreliable narrator or if it was all in the present. It wouldn't need to be present tense, but lines like "I would always" or "I never saw [person] again" could be left out. There's always going to be something a book struggles with and that's okay.
Radio Silence is not just a must-read for Alice Oseman fans, but a great book for anyone upset with the school system, wanting a friendship love story, or looking for a serious read that turns out okay. If you decide to read it you'll be treated to bits of the fictional podcast, fashion ideas from the characters, and lots of queer rep! If this sounds like a book for you, trust your gut and pick it up!
#alice oseman#radio silence#aled last#frances janvier#heartstopper#book blog#bookblogger#queer books#queer characters#ace representation#queer friendship#contemporary ya#books about tumblr#queer teen characters#asexuality#bisexual biracial
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Dead Boy Detectives is everything I ever wanted in a show.
That's all I have to say, really.
#dead boy detectives#crystal palace#edwin payne#charles rowland#renew dead boy detectives#season 2#this show is everything i wanted as a teen but never had#its what sherlock and supernatural were too scared to be#and it's way better#female characters are fun and complex#queer characters are respected and not unnecessarily tragic#poc characters aren't just there for the sake of it#representation matters#niko sasaki#jenny the butcher#cat king
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I don't have any huge opinions on Agatha, but in general, I just really love casual queerness in mainstream television.
When Agatha and Rio first share the screen, there's sexual innuendo. It's cheeky and fun, but you wouldn't assume there was anything behind it. As the episode progresses, it gets more and more real and less sexual and more indicative of a real and tragic romance. The chemistry becomes palatable.
Then there's just all these little moments sprinkled in like Rio calling Agatha 'sweetheart' or some pet name which uh lol for who we know Agatha to be and the way she's perceived feels WILDLY out of place UNLESS it's romantic.
Then Rio defending Agatha and talking about how her mother treated her (I think?). Like they know each other intimately and it's very clear how at that point.
By the time we get that "she is my scar" moment, I think it's fairly clear to the coven there's more going on between them. At the very least, it's intended to be very obvious to the audience.
And then they almost kiss, and that seals it. So even if a certain group of people were attempting to ignore that Agatha is queer despite all they'd seen, they couldn't anymore! Lol
#agatha all along#and I'm not ignoring Teen and his wonderfully open gayness#and his lovely relationship with his boyfriend#i was just thinking about Agatha and Rio starting out on this level#and also Agatha being the main character for a marvel Disney series and being explicitly queer
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and some more gravity falls edits. wendy tucker.... guy whos literally so cool and relaxed and definitely not 100% faking it
#i just think wash having a baby gay crush on tucker would be so cute okay. hes the cool older queer teen#lavernius tucker#rvb#red vs blue#gravity falls#tucker#rvb falls#dont compare the hairs too close lol. wtf is 'consistency'#i could not find a single character in the show with locs i had to come up with what they would look like in the style of the show okay#and yeah. robbie is who you think he is
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OH, DEER
for @sterekdrabbles 31.01.24 challenge. the prompt words were: SCENT, OBSCENE and CONTAIN.
#established relationship, #werewolf derek hale, #stiles stilinski's scent, #food, #pov stiles.
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Reaching for the venison jerky—dude, seriously?!—Derek drops a pack into the shopping cart before leaning in and sniffing Stiles's throat, growling at the scent right there in the snack aisle.
It is weird and hot, in embarrassingly equal measure.
“Venison’s from the Latin venari. Means ‘to hunt’... Did you, uhhh,” Stiles gulps. “Did you kn—oh, God.” His entire body shivers as Derek tongues his jugular.
S-l-o-w-l-y.
Stiles can't contain himself; he full-on moans, loud and unbridled and obscene.
“MADISON! CLEAN-UP ON AISLE FOUR!”
When Stiles' eyes drop absurdly to his own crotch, Derek innocently asks, “We need tissues, babe?”
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#sterekdrabbles#100 words of sterek#sterek#sterek ficlet#sterek fic#sterek fanfic#sterek fanfiction#stiles stilinski#derek hale#established relationship#stiles x derek#derek x stiles#teen wolf#teen wolf ficlet#teen wolf fic#teen wolf fanfic#teen wolf fanfiction#fanfiction#fanfic#fic#ficlet#queer fic#queer characters#queer#m/m#queer writer#food#tw food#tcats writes#teencopandthesourwolf
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women who were the only girl with F/F ships in their mostly-sapphic teen friend group, and had to feign interest in the Pretty Gay Anime Boys Of The Week to talk to their friends at all, deserve financial compensation
#fandom#why do so many queer women only like M/M ships? like I've heard the 'it's less personal so I can enjoy it more' explanation and You Do You!#but I don't think I'll ever fully understand#and my god was it tiresome in my teen years#I was the only one who cared about the female characters like 75% of the time- and we were all queer girls!#we'd all read the same book or manga and I'd be like 'so when female main character-'#only to get steamrolled with 'OMG THIS GUY AND THIS GUY ARE MY EVERYTHING!!! THEY NEED TO GET MARRIED!!!' from all sides#repeat for every. single. thing. we all watched or read together#and if I liked something that didn't have shippable men nobody else would engage with it
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Who was going to tell me Agatha All Along is like- actually gay?? I know I saw so many posts about the lesbian coded witches, and how Billy canonically is dating hulk jr in the comics or whatever, but I didn’t know the show had like an actual queer couple? And kiss? Multiple kisses? I’m so used to Disney having ‘queer rep’ that’s blink and you’ll miss it- so I had such low expectations, but it was so good! I’m a lil obsessed <3
#I have opinions on the story itself and some of the character arcs#but the queer rep was too notch#healthy teen relationship and the most dysfunctional ancient lesbians you ever will see#I love it#agatha all along#agatha spoilers#agatha harkness#billy maximoff
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Day 38 of Characters That Are Definitely Queer but Comics Won’t Let Them Be:
Jaime Reyes
#dc#dc comics#jaime reyes#blue beetle#justice league#teen titans#lgbtq+#characters that are definitely queer
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