Poppy Pesuyama completes their epic tale of healing from sexual harassment at work, as well as the often painful journey of coming to terms with one’s own gender identity. This finale, contrary to the first volume, covers Pesuyama’s experience in working with a therapist and utilizing EMDR therapy. In a refreshing addition, Pesuyama also introduces other friendships (including with queer and gender nonconforming people) in detail and the way one other friend specifically deals with similar trauma to what Pesuyama experienced. We also get to see more dialogue between Pesuyama and the manga artist who abused her.
Until I Love Myself – The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist – Vol 1
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