The Lit Bae BookClub Discussion!

Join The Lit Bae Bookclub on Monday evening, June 29th from 6pm-8pm to discuss our bookclub picks.

HQ RVA
3104 Semmes Ave
Richmond, VA

The 2 bookclub options are:

1. Juliet Takes A Breath (the graphic novel)

Juliet Takes a Breath is a young adult novel by Gabby Rivera about Juliet Milagros Palante, a queer Puerto Rican teenager from the Bronx who comes out to her family and moves to Portland, Oregon, for a summer internship with a feminist author. The story follows her journey of self-discovery as she navigates her identity, family expectations, and the complexities of feminism, race, and sexuality in a new environment filled with queer brown dance parties, a new love interest, and challenging realizations about her idol, the white feminist author.

2. the Rainbow Ain't never Been Enuf

Your favorite Black queer studies professor Kaila Adia Story says the rainbow ain’t never been enough in this introduction to the current state of queer intersectionality, or lack thereof. Story argues that to be queer is to be political, and the carefully glittered façade of solidarity in the pride movement veils dangerous neoliberal ideals of apolitical queer embodiment. The rainbow as a symbol of communal solidarity is a hollow offering when cis white LGBTQ people are allowed to opt out of divesting from white supremacy, misogyny, and transphobia.

You can read both bookclub picks or just one, it's up to you!

I hope to see y'all there!