by Cameron Parkins | Mar 2, 2023 | Book Review
Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I’ve Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself. Written by S. Bear Bergman, Saul Freedman-Lawson (Illustrator), Arsenal Pulp Press, 2021. This tender, open-hearted self-help and...
by Cameron Parkins | Jan 29, 2023 | Book Review
Love Lives Here, A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family Written by Amanda Jetté Knox, published by Penguin Random House, 2019. All Amanda Jetté Knox ever wanted was to fit in and enjoy a stable life. While her mother and stepdad were loving parents, their...
by Cameron Parkins | Dec 30, 2022 | Book Review
I Wish You All The BestWritten by Mason Deaver, published by PUSH, an imprint of Scholastic, 2019 On New Year’s Eve, in a small town in North Carolina, high school senior Ben finally works up the nerve to say those three little words to their parents, “I am...
by Cameron Parkins | Nov 28, 2022 | Book Review
FINE, A Comic About Gender Written and illustrated by Rhea Ewing, Published by Liverright Publishing Corporation, a division of W,. W. Norton & Company, 2022 As graphic artist Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by a question: What...
by Cameron Parkins | Nov 5, 2022 | Book Review
The Every Body Book, The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families Written by Rachel E. Simon, LCSW and Illustrated by Noah Grigni, Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020 This gender affirming, body positive, beautifully...
by Cameron Parkins | Oct 16, 2022 | Book Review
The Sunbearer Trials Written by Aiden Thomas, published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, 2022 Aiden Thomas, bestselling YA author of Cemetery Boys (2020) delivers a dazzling, magical dystopian Mexican-inspired fantasy tale. The...