Super Late Bloomer
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A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye's gender transition. Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she began her gender transition in 2016, she decided to use her popular webcomic, Up and Out, to process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren't alone. Julia's poignant, relatable comics honestly depict her personal ups and downs while dealing with the various issues involved in transitioning-- from struggling with self-acceptance and challenging societal expectations, to moments of self-love and joy. Super Late Bloomer both educates and inspires, as Julia faces her difficulties head-on and commits to being wholly, authentically who she was always meant to be.
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Like [b:Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir 50483509 Spellbound A Graphic Memoir Bishakh Kumar Som https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1578997342l/50483509.SX50.jpg 75452035], this read like a webcomic. In this case because it literally is a webcomic collection. And because it's litrally a webcomic collection it is less of a continuous narrative and more of a...series of 3-panel comics. Some are funny, some are downers, but it made for a quick read that captured a lot of Kaye's individual transition experience.
There are so many different ways of existing, yet the society we live in would like us to believe that there's only one way to be a woman, and another for being a man. Would be nice if people were less judgemental. And now back to the book: Julia leads us in this diary like series of comic strips, on her journey of transitioning, during good days and bad, from her relationship with her family, her workplace, and the drudgery of the Name Changing bureaucracy. It's a really heartfelt and genuine book, loved going through it.
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