Lighthearted and funny at times, a bit heavy on the millennial humour. I actually have not seen the majority of the media covered in these essays. Perry put the millennial range from 1981-1996 - as a 1995 baby to her 89, I came up about 6 years behind her and was too young and/or uninterested in things like Dawson’s Creek, The L Word (a lesbian faux pas I know, but actually reading this essay makes me glad I haven’t watched it) and Glee. There is unfortunately an essay about Harry Potter, and since this was published in 2021, I feel like Perry could have either cut it or made more of Rowling’s transphobia than just a footnote. We don’t need to be platforming that woman in this day and age.

I did enjoy the essays whose content I could relate to more - I was 11 when Katy Perry’s I Kissed a Girl came out and though the song is objectively terrible for the gays, lord did the video awaken something in me. Something I proceeded to squash down really hard for the next 14 years, mind you. Some of Perry’s other experiences with comphet were sadly relatable in this way - the 2000s were a tough decade to be growing up and getting to grips with your queerness, with homophobic slurs being tossed around left, right and centre with impunity.

Fine, but if you’re looking for queerness and pop culture, I’d actually recommend Girls Can Kiss Now by Jill Gutowitz over this one!