Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays

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Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Vogue, BuzzFeed, Bustle, Marie Claire, Harpers Bazaar, Electric Lit, Thrillist, Glamour, CNN, and Shondaland

Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerableevery page twinkles with brilliance. Refinery29

Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick Mirror, a funny, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, relationships, pop culture, the internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices today.

Jill Gutowitzs lifefor better and worsehas always been on a collision course with pop culture. Theres the time the FBI showed up at her door because of something she tweeted about Game of Thrones. The pop songs that have been the soundtrack to the worst moments of her life. And of course, the pivotal day when Orange Is the New Black hit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jills own sexuality. In these honest examinations of identity, desire, and self-worth, Jill explores perhaps the most monumental cultural shift of our lifetimes: the mainstreaming of lesbian culture. Dusting off her own personal traumas and artifacts of her not-so-distant youth she examines how pop culture acts as a fun house mirror reflecting and refracting our valuesalways teaching, distracting, disappointing, and revealing us.

Girls Can Kiss Now is a fresh and intoxicating blend of personal stories, sharp observations, and laugh-out-loud humor. This timely collection of essays helps us make sense of our collective pop-culture past even as it points the way toward a joyous, uproarious, nearand very queerfuture.

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Fresh and witty. Vogue
Compulsively readable. The Skimm, 9 Cant-Miss Books to Read This Spring
Gutowitz maps the current lesbian canon with a lot of humor and more than a few wonderful, and wonderfully mortifying, personal anecdotes. Wired
Comedy goldIf you were to mark every single funny thing in this book, you would mark the entire book.Isaac Fitzgerald, Today
Ever-hilarious and insightful...Gutowitz explores how lesbianism went mainstream.Bustle, The Most Anticipated Books Of 2022
Between every one-liner and guffaw, Gutowitz delivers not just herself, but universal truths everyone can relate to.USA Today
[A] thrilling excavation of lesbian pop culture... a perfect combination of humor and sincerity, of wit, self-deprecation, and most importantly, self-love. Associated Press
HilariousGirls Can Kiss Nowis going to be one of the most important accessories of 2022. Glamour, Most Anticipated Books of 2022
"Alaugh-out-loud look at the mainstreaming of queer culture...Gutowitzs book is perhaps the definitive authority on what it means to be gay and a little too online.Harper's Bazaar, The Best, Buzziest New Books of 2022
A hilarious, heartfelt eye-opener, helping readers laugh, get emotional, and, most importantly, consider how the world has wronged the lesbian community and the work that still needs to be done for true acceptance. Shondaland, The Best Books
Super-funny, personal, honest, insightful and filled with pop culture references, Gutowitzs essays on queer culture will leave you laughing out loud. CNN, 20 of the most anticipated new books
One of the most anticipated queer releases of the year. BookRiot, 24 Must-Read LGBTQ Books Out in March
Irreverent and insightful[a] heartfelt celebration and defense of the importance of pop culture in helping queer people feel seen. Buzzfeed, 19 Hot LGBTQ+ Books From The First Half Of 2022
An equal mix of illuminating analysis and laugh-out-loud anecdotes. Thrillist, 27 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Winter
Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerableevery page twinkles with brilliance. Refinery29
HilariousJill Gutowitz explores how pop culture has shaped society's perception of lesbianism, how it's impacted her own life, and, ultimately, what we can expect from a very queer future that's in store for us. Marie Claire,2022 Book Releases to Get Excited About
"Incisive and funnyGutowitz blends candid reflections on the experience of being closeted with witty analysis on how the media affects ones perception of the world. Fans of the personal essay will be eager to see what Gutowitz does next.Publishers Weekly(starred review)
"Shines with humor, vulnerability, and poignancy...formally inventive and searingly personal...A witty essay collection about pop culture and queerness. KirkusReviews
"Readers who recall where they were because these iconic moments were lifechanging whenOrange is the New Blackdebuted or when paparazzi pictures of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson arguing were published will relish re-living their importance with Gutowitz."Booklist
"Every single sentence glitters, quivers, and shakes with a kind of unhinged lesbian brilliance that is both wickedly funny and deeply self-aware. GIRLS CAN KISS NOW is not only the gayest book of essays Ive ever read its one of the best."Gabrielle Korn, author ofEverybody (Else) is Perfect
"Jill Gutowitz's brain is full of lightning bolts. I loved every word of this hilarious and heartfelt book." Diablo Cody, award-winning screenwriter and author ofCandy Girl
Snaps, crackles and pops with sharp one-liners and biting wit.But when Gutowitz deftly uses her encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture to interrogate her own personal history and relationship to her queerness, her prose reaches a level of depth and tenderness that left me reeling with emotion.10/10. You must read this bookif you're gay, human, or both.Ryan O'Connell, author ofI'm SpecialandJust by Looking at Him
Queer social media icon Jill Gutowitz weaves pop culture, relationships and humor together in a memorable, enjoyable collectionLesbianism and shame intersect in an entertaining, thought-provoking way in these irreverent stories. GMA
Youll certainly be entertained, but there is a certain level of tenderness and care that really makes this book shine. Buzzfeed

Author Bio

Jill Gutowitzis a writer from New Jersey. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vulture, and more. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and a very small cat.