“Have you ever felt really close to someone? So close that you can’t understand why you and the other person have two separate bodies, two separate skins? I think it was Sunday when that feeling began.” Let me give you a little background on me before I tell you how awesome Annie On My MindRead More
Erica Gillingham reviews She Loves You, She Loves You Not… by Julie Anne Peters
She shoves the tray between us and cuts through. The name on her badge reads FINN. I watch her dump the tray, load up the hot plates along her arm, then serpentine through the tables and chairs. Dyke! my gaydar screams. She has that self-confident aura. Plus, she’s wearing carpenter shorts and leather hiking shoes.Read More
Erica Gillingham reviews The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
I had heard of Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel long before Bechdel published her first graphic memoir, Fun Home. But, not being one of the cool kids, I didn’t read it. Fast-forward many years, some Christmas money and one gay bookstore later and I finally had my very own copy of TheRead More
Erica Gillingham posted Between You & Me by Marisa Calin
MY BEDROOM. SEPTEMBER. EVENING. CLOSE-UP. HEART-SHAPED PINK SUNGLASSES. HIDING A FACE. MUSIC PLAYS. THE SUN FALLS ACROSS THE BEDROOM IN A BRIGHT SHAFT OF LIGHT. CUT TO: WIDE SHOT. GIRL LIES ON HER BED, PROPPED ON HER ELBOWS, CHIN IN HER HANDS. Phyre, sixteen, that’s me! And this is my life. Or how I pictureRead More