This book contains obscene sexual activities and sexual nudity; alternate gender ideologies; and profanity
This graphic novel is a deeply personal exploration of the author’s gender identity throughout eir life, all at once gentle, charming, and horrific. In one vibrant page, when Kobabe discovers David Bowie for the first time through eir dad’s cassette tape, suddenly e is flying through the air, transported by the music and the lyrics. It’s an explosion of the sudden feeling of being seen: This was the first time e heard queer people referenced in song. In another moment, Kobabe depicts eir first pap smear. It’s something that e explains can only be lived bodily. Next to these words, e is illustrated, stabbed through with a blade.