by Soph Myers-Kelley When I chose to read this book, I expected a journey of self-love, where the protagonist/author (Poppy Pesuyama) learns to love themselves despite gender incongruence between their body and their mind/spirit. Perhaps a therapist and their conversations together would be involved. It would be quite healing and lovely, in my opinion. What I actually experienced reading part 1 of Until I Love Myself was much darker. Yes, Pesuyama takes us on a journey to explore what they felt like, from a young age, as a gender non-conforming person. Growing up in Japan and growing up assigned… Read More
Hungry Ghost
by Soph Myers-Kelley If you have experience with an eating disorder, this book may be triggering for you. It could also be deeply and emotionally relatable. For those who are unfamiliar with eating disorders and want to learn what one person’s experience was like, this IS the book for you. Valerie Chu can’t remember a time when her mother did not watch what she ate. She remembers, since she was a young child, wanting to be gwai (a Chinese term roughly translating to good or obedient) for her parents. This includes being thin. The fictional—though realistic—Hungry Ghost by Victoria… Read More