Juliet Takes a Breath

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But don’t worry, Juliet has something kinda resembling a plan that’ll help her figure out what it means to be Puerto Rican, lesbian and out. For example: it was all very focused on equating body parts and menstruation to womanhood, which is downright violent to trans people. This is brightly colored, lively adaptation of the novel of the same name (which I read and loved over the summer).

Complementing the excellent storyline of finding wonderfully strong friendships through empathy, relatability, and shared identities, are other themes highlighting the importance of communication in a deteriorating relationship and of discovering new feelings for someone. Highlighting women’s divine essence and power, and their cosmic sisterhood, while not confronting any of the systemic or political oppression women - especially non-white women - face was infuriating. It's too bad because the ideas really have potential--the general plot outline sounds just like the coming out / of age novels I love, the affectionate parodies of white feminism were spot-on (the excerpts from Raging Flower were fucking brilliant). Juliet learns and absorbs so much - about non-white revolutionists, polyamorous and other non-heteronormative relationships, safe spaces, trans rights, allies.I do, however, see that this book is valuable for WHO is experiencing these life events in fiction -- there are still so few books that portray queer women of color at all. While I do appreciate literature about experiences foreign to my own, representative literature that serves as a mirror to my own life is spiritually fulfilling, so to speak. I remember what it is like to come in contact with words like “preferred gender pronouns” “allyship” “polygamy” Juliet’s journey is extremely well-rounded and does not miss a beat when it comes to expressing what an intersectional feminist looks like.

From the very moment Juliet Milagros Palante referred to herself as a ferocious cunt I knew I'd like this book. I love the representation and think seeing more queer people of color in the media people consume is incredibly important. so many things that are all over my Twitter feed but rarely seem to make it to commercial YA/NA literature, especially with a queer POV. The synopsis on the back of the book only scratches the surface of all the things covered in this book.Where Holden dismisses the believes of others over his own somewhat narrow-minded ideas, which are based on his misinterpretation of the Burns poem (which he never really bothers to find out more about), Juliet wants to learn more about the ideas in the book that she regards as her "Bible" and manages to arrange an internship with its author. I would like to warn for some transphobia that I don't think really gets adequately addressed though. Harlowe is racist, transphobic, man-hating and the most stereotypical "feminist" ever - but not actual feminist, the type of feminist most people think of and most people HATE.

During this year she quietly came out to some of her peers and started dating a white girl who Juliet doesn't feel tries to really understand her.we got to explore not just what it meant for juliet to be a lesbian, but also what it means to be a lesbian of colour living in a world that seems to want to put her down.

At first glance, she seems like the embodiment of everything Juliet wants: an icon, a mentor, a woman who accepts her flaws and works on them. as a queer person, I have this opportunity to deconstruct and potentially abolish heteronormative relationship structures and create relationship models that work for me, that work for my needs and that don't rely on mimicking straight codes of conduct. There is a nonbinary character in a few scenes at the beginning and a trans woman at the end, but since Harlowe's particular brand of awful white feminism is incredibly vagina-based I wish that had been addressed a bit more.

She arrives in Portland, Oregon for a summer internship with Harlow Brisbane—the author of one of her favorite books, and resident feminist icon—believing that working with her idol will help her to figure out her life, whatever that means. Talks about how womanhood is loving my pussy, folds within the inherent assumption that being a woman equals being a female. There’s the inevitable heartache that comes with facing life’s realities and meeting other’s truths. A review in the Los Angeles Times Book Review notes it became an "instant classic" after its debut from a small publisher.