{"product_id":"the-2000s-made-me-gay-grace-perry-9781250760142","title":"The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReductress\u003c\/i\u003e contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip through beloved 2000s media, interweaving cultural criticism and personal narrative to examine how a very straight decade forged a very queer woman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A Lambda Literary Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Honest, funny, smart, and illuminating.\" --Anna Drezen, co-head writer of \u003ci\u003eSNL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you came of age at the intersection of \u003ci\u003eMean Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe L Word\u003c\/i\u003e: Read this book.\" --Sarah Pappalardo, editor in chief and co-founder of \u003ci\u003eReductress\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday's gay youth have dozens of queer peer heroes, both fictional and real, but former gay teenager Grace Perry did not have that luxury. Instead, she had to search for queerness in the (largely straight) teen cultural phenomena the aughts had to offer: in Lindsay Lohan's fall from grace, \u003ci\u003eGossip Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, Katy Perry's \"I Kissed A Girl,\" country-era Taylor Swift, and Seth Cohen jumping on a coffee cart. And, for better or worse, these touch points shaped her adult identity. She came out on the other side like many millennials did: in her words, gay as hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrow on your Von Dutch hats and join Grace on a journey back through the pop culture moments of the aughts, before the cataclysmic shift in LGBTQ representation and acceptance--a time not so long ago, which many seem to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Perry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250760143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250760142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2021 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/25\/2021","brand":"Grace Perry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053386854655,"sku":"9781250760142","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2575a90c-c2d1-4b1c-975f-e6d4e5fdc985.jpg?v=1685024054","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-2000s-made-me-gay-grace-perry-9781250760142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}