"A warm and tender memoir of growing up as a lesbian under section 28 to becoming the editor-in-chief of DIVA magazine"
I enjoyed reading this lesbian memoir very much. Roxy Bourdillon has a wonderfully warm and natural voice, it was so easy to want to pick up and keep reading. I’m sure many readers will find this relatable and educational: whether you are someone who has been through similar experiences to Roxy – like being a queer person who attended school under Section 28, being a lesbian trying to date online and in London – or are interested in charting the similarities and differences in the intimate journeys of queer people over the past years. The book is the story of Roxy’s life particularly through the lens of being ‘a woman who really, really loves women’, but also inevitably shows the rounder life around the edges of this, like Roxy’s supportive relationship with her late grandma. It’s interspersed throughout with lists, snippets, letters and journal extracts, from what Roxy would put in a ‘coming out kit’, practical tips on navigating a Pride parade, to her defence of scissoring.
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