by Soph Myers-Kelley Monzusu, illustrator and curator of the stories in this book, is a Japanese adult with ADHD as well as a parent of children in the “gray zone of developmental disorders” (2). She created My Brain Is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders, because she had such a hard time finding the stories of regular, neurodivergent people when researching for herself and her children. At the time she wanted “a frame of reference, real examples of how I should raise my sons, and to see stories of people with my condition holding down a job,… Read More
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
by Gladys Ochoa (The following manga this review covers contains suicidal ideation, gaslighting, self-harm, eating disorder, and is of a sexual nature.) Depression, hopelessness, loneliness, isolation. Nagata Kabi expresses them in vivid detail throughout the manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. The manga is about her life after high school, the harsh reality of transitioning into adulthood. Trying to find a place of acceptance, she goes through various part-time jobs to create a feeling of normalcy, only for her parents to dismiss her. Without the stability of high school, and without the validation of her family, she falls deeper into… Read More