So this book, I want to say, wasn't like... egregiously bad? They all come from videos so I guess this is the It Gets Better project's attempt to reach out to kids who don't have internet access? Maybe? It's not clear.

I read this for a project on queer youth suicide, so of course I'm coming at it with a critical perspective, but I'm also coming at it as a traumatized queer person who made it through high school okay but is still grappling with what living in a homophobic and transphobic world did to me as a young person. For the former, this book is a fascinating insight into the discourses from 2010 that appeared and are perpetuating about queer survival, coming out, and survival. For the latter, this book was very, very painful in parts, painful in ways that high school was not, as I start to recognize the discourses that traumatized me. I'm not saying this book does not have the possibility to help young queer people, but I also think there are things tossed around in there (including one that shames people for attempting suicide, which like.... okay....) that are dangerous.

A lot of the essays also just... make better videos? So maybe also go check those out. But also thank you for this book so I can take a selection and not watch all 1000+ videos.