Wedi’i enwi’n Un o Lyfrau Mwyaf Disgwyliedig 2022, dyma casgliad doniol a smart o draethodau personol sy’n archwilio croestoriad cwiardeb, perthnasoedd, diwylliant pop, y rhyngrwyd a hunaniaeth, gan gyflwyno un o leisiau newydd mwyaf gwreiddiol heddiw.

Mae bywyd Jill Gutowitz wastad wedi bod ar gwrs gwrthdaro gyda diwylliant pop – o’r amserymddangosodd yr FBI wrth ei drws achos rhywbeth y trydarodd amdano Game of Thrones i’r caneuon pop oedd yn drac sain i adegau gwaethaf ei bywyd. Ac wrth gwrs, y diwrnod pan daeth Orange Is the New Black ar y sgrin a thorri’r drws i rywioldeb Jill ei hun. Yn yr archwiliadau gonest hyn o hunaniaeth, chwant a hunan-werth, mae Jill yn archwilio prif ffrydio diwylliant lesbiaidd.

Mae Girls Can Kiss Now yn gyfuniad ffres a meddwol o straeon personol, arsylwadau miniog, a hiwmor chwerthinllyd. Mae’r casgliad amserol hwn o draethodau yn ein helpu i wneud synnwyr o’n gorffennol ddiwylliant pop hyd yn oed gan ei fod yn pwyntio’r ffordd tuag at ddyfodol agos llawen, cynhyrfus, cwiar.

Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Vogue, BuzzFeed, Bustle, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Electric Lit, Thrillist, Glamour, CNN, and Shondaland. Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick Mirror, a funny, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, relationships, pop culture, the internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices today.

Jill Gutowitz’s life – for better and worse – has always been on a collision course with pop culture. There’s the time the FBI showed up at her door because of something she tweeted about Game of Thrones. The pop songs that have been the soundtrack to the worst moments of her life. And of course, the pivotal day when Orange Is the New Black hit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jill’s own sexuality. In these honest examinations of identity, desire, and self-worth, Jill explores perhaps the most monumental cultural shift of our lifetimes: the mainstreaming of lesbian culture. Dusting off her own personal traumas and artifacts of her not-so-distant youth she examines how pop culture acts as a fun house mirror reflecting and refracting our values-always teaching, distracting, disappointing, and revealing us.

Girls Can Kiss Now is a fresh and intoxicating blend of personal stories, sharp observations, and laugh-out-loud humor. This timely collection of essays helps us make sense of our collective pop-culture past even as it points the way toward a joyous, uproarious, near-and very queer-future.