Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by lmb1011
Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera
5.0
Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a copy for review.
Content Warnings: homophobia, homophobic language (there are reclaimed slurs used a LOT. and while the characters using them are the ones reclaiming them, i understand that can still be triggering for people), racism.
I went into this graphic novel knowing very little. I saw the cover, graphic novel and LGBT and figured it would be a delightful story. and I was right. We follow Juliet, a young gay Puerto Rican girl growing up in the Bronx who really identifies with a feminist book and reaches out to the author in hopes of securing an internship with her.
What follows is a story about self discovery, acceptance, learning how to stand up for yourself and a really good conversation about White Feminism taking charge of the feminist narrative and how frequently we get things wrong for our QBIPOC sisters.
The art is gorgeous and the story moves quickly and I think it brought up a lot of good topics for conversations.
But this was adorable. And real. And I loved it. And I loved that it drew attention to White Feminism vs actual feminism and learning to love yourself and figuring out the world and family love.
Content Warnings: homophobia, homophobic language (there are reclaimed slurs used a LOT. and while the characters using them are the ones reclaiming them, i understand that can still be triggering for people), racism.
I went into this graphic novel knowing very little. I saw the cover, graphic novel and LGBT and figured it would be a delightful story. and I was right. We follow Juliet, a young gay Puerto Rican girl growing up in the Bronx who really identifies with a feminist book and reaches out to the author in hopes of securing an internship with her.
What follows is a story about self discovery, acceptance, learning how to stand up for yourself and a really good conversation about White Feminism taking charge of the feminist narrative and how frequently we get things wrong for our QBIPOC sisters.
The art is gorgeous and the story moves quickly and I think it brought up a lot of good topics for conversations.
But this was adorable. And real. And I loved it. And I loved that it drew attention to White Feminism vs actual feminism and learning to love yourself and figuring out the world and family love.