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this book tries to be too many things and i think i might DNF

“My younger self had always been able to find role models in the culture around me when my real life failed to provide them.”
Hm an interesting thought

I like that each chapter ends with a message to the reader, directly reaffirming the reader’s personhood and individuality and needs. Kudos

Only 14 pages in and I already know this book is going to shake me to my core

i was cooking @ hinterland

I thought the book would be fun but it’s actually so sad and full of grief 😭😭😭

the hailey bieber reads 💀💀

DNF :(

Hone stretch!

so far, not what i expected

the section on asian fetishization was hitting

Spotify cut me off for 13 days 😔

Resume "Boys"

Finished April 14, review to come!

“I grafted my face onto the ones I saw and built my daydreams around a collage of other identi-ties. Sometimes I felt like I belonged. Mostly, I didn't.”
And this one of many reasons why representation matters.

“[Pop culture] were the things we talked about …whenever we walked into new situations where we were visibly different. Maybe we were missing privilege and whiteness, but we could watch what everyone else was watching and try to close the distance between us and them.”

I think this is going to be a DNF…

Hmmmmmmm

"The Rihanna Fantasy" - a good chapter; I like the framing of the personal vs pop culture in this...

Love the framing of this memoir, one that I get all too well being of similar age to the author. [I think it would be weird if someone other than the author narrated their memoir audiobook, but Lee's narration skills are not great... I would be the same way, and I'm enjoying the story if not the narration :/]

I can’t explain how obsessed I am with this

Okay, well that first essay has left me emotionally destroyed

LOVING this book!

As an Asian immigrant woman, this book is very relatable and timely read that I think many people will also be able to connect with.

Yeah I should reread Anne of Green Gables 🥹