Juliet Takes a Breath

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Even though it's not a typical fast moving plot, I still felt myself constantly reaching for this because it was endlessly interesting in other ways then plot. Like those archaic views are actually the same as understanding gender and the implications it decrees. The number of queer women around at all times in this novel was impossible to ignore and it made my heart sing.

Perhaps some of the strongest and most important parts of this story are the parts I’m least qualified to comment on—I’m very much aware that while as a queer woman I related to Juliet on lots of levels, our experiences don’t intersect on race. I’m a big graphic novel/comic book fan but I’m bad at keeping up with the interesting ones coming up so I’m really enjoying seeing all the queer storylines that are becoming available. I loved the character dynamics and being able to see plainly see the cultural appropriation in certain parts irked me, but that was the point.

Yes camaraderie and self empowerment are important, but I HATED how Juliet upheld her book as a bastion of feminist literature and Harlowe was iconicized for her mediocrity. Me dan ganas de comprar este libro en físico y arrancarle todas las páginas para hacer un mural con ellas en mi cuarto. It's such a great coming of age story about a 19 year old in 2003 becoming acquainted with radical feminist theory and coming to terms with the ways she's been silenced or lied to. I attempted to brush it off to differences in lifestyle (The whole “Let’s have a ceremony for your period” “I’m honored you’d bleed out of your vagina in my household” is NOT my thing, but I recognize that is how other people live their lives and that’s fine!

She goes to become the intern of a powerful feminist guru, and discovers the brilliant women of color propping the guru up (and holding her accountable, for the most part). The book starts with Juliet writing a letter to the author of her favourite book, a book that she originally started reading as a joke, but that turned out to have such an impact on her that she started to question her view of life. Queers still haven't figured out that stringing together as many oppressed identities as they can think of doesn't create an argument.Juliet Milagros Palante is 19 and is heading to Portland, Oregon, to do an internship with a well known feminist author, Harlowe Brisbane. For me it’s really important seeing families fighting for their children, trying to understand them and sometimes coming to the realization that being queer is just the way we are, without an explanation. The book is a bit of a fantasy, where everything that's wrong gets solved, it all ties up a bit too neatly. On top of all that, Juliet Takes a Breath also has themes of different kinds of romantic relationships and how self-love plays an important role in that.