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“It was hugely important to me that the cover accurately...
“It was hugely important to me that the cover accurately reflect the book’s two central characters, both of whom are girls of color (well, Medea is technically 3,000 years old, but she looks like a girl in the book), and the romance between them is a central focus of ‘About A Girl,’” McCarry said of the cover. “The extraordinary AIDS activist Pedro Zamora kissed his boyfriend on-screen (on MTV!) in 1994. I think 20 years later we should probably be able to handle girls kissing on a book cover.”
McCarry and Co. didn’t use a stock image to create the arresting cover, but, instead, worked with photographer Sandy Honig and models Lola Pellegrino and Kimmie David to create the photo.
(via 'About A Girl's Same-Sex Kiss Cover Should Be The Norm - MTV)
