An intense, sweet memoir about growing up queer, fat, nerdy, trans, and Christian in southern Louisiana.

I don't fault the author for his excellent work; I simply agree that most of these heroes were half-baked at best, and thus not that interesting to me.

Heartbreaking and sweet.

I was hoping for recipes that wouldn't be too much hassle. Heh.

Unless you've got access to a wide variety of ingredients (boneless duck breast, Calabrian chili, chaat masala, Chinese sausages, dashi, elderflower syrup, mirin, Shanghai bok choi, Shaoxing cooking wine, shishito peppers, shiso leaf, Thai bird chili...), you'll find it difficult to even get started with most of these recipes.

The recipes in the "Sides and Basics" chapter are well worth looking at, some of which use very few ingredients prepared simply.

Heartbreaking and loving, lonely and luminous.

A children's book to cherish. It teaches words like "this and that, somewhat and whatnot, either, very, sort of, just, rather, a little, neither and both", and also values like diversity and inclusion. If we'd had this book in kids' hands decades ago, non-binary people might find the world a little more kind to them today. The best we can do is get that started now.

A cute story without many words (some of them in English and a few in Spanish), showing a grandmother who responds with encouragement when her grandson dresses up like a mermaid.

I take it this "The Real Thing" series is short memoirs. This one, at least, was a meticulously footnoted and genuinely sweet story of love, and of discomfort that heals.

Short and to the point. Truly one of the wisest Vulcans ever born on Earth.