An article from a lesbian journalist about books she wish she'd had to read as a young teen. She takes books she did read and offers alternatives to them, usually happier and more uplifting.
A very interesting thing I feel is that a lot of heavier texts have been replaced with comic recommendations. I think this but also perhaps literature has a tendency to be more bleak and realistic? The comics recommended are much more upbeat than the ones she is replacing, perhaps because modern comics are more fantastical and humorous and thus would give a young lesbian girl a brighter outlook on life or a brighter escape from a possibly bleaker real life?
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