![]() ![]() ![]() Is her mentor, Harlowe, who champions positivity toward women’s bodies, really the heroine Juliet thinks she is? How can Juliet call herself a queer feminist when she isn’t sure what those words mean anymore? Where does religion-whether it’s Juliet’s Catholic faith or any other-fit in to feminist ideologies? Who is Juliet, anyway, and who does she want to become? Juliet doesn’t know what preferred gender pronouns are, what it means to be polyamorous or why activists of color sometimes distrust their well-meaning white friends. Juliet’s mother won’t talk to her after Juliet comes out, Lainie isn’t returning her messages, and the feminist scene in Portland is more complicated than Juliet expected. She’s packed the inhalers she needs to control her asthma, her girlfriend, Lainie, has promised to call, and her extended family sends her off with a traditional Puerto Rican dinner.īut the summer doesn’t quite turn out as planned. An internship with her favorite feminist author means spending the summer in the hippy, happening city of Portland, Oregon-far away from her home in the Bronx. The summer after her first year of college is going to be great for Juliet Milagros Palante. ![]()
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