i already had no interest in reading perfume & pain but i just read that interview where she talks about "twinkhood" and oh my goddd she is the worst
saying she was drawn to pulp novels because "it tends to feature fem-on-fem relationships, which you don't see as much in contemporary queer media" AND "i've always felt more of a connection to gay male culture than I have to lesbian culture. you know, pop stars and uppers and laughing" what universe is she living in !? we all know laughing is antithetical to lesbian culture. anyway thanks for giving me a new writer to hate on xx
it's funny that you mention the author's gripes about the lack of fem-on-fem relationships in media, because the main character in p&p gripes about exactly the same thing, almost word for word, only i assumed that it was something the author was mocking because HUH?
the whole experience is like being at a party and listening to a washed up drunk 40-something year old try to be edgy while they constantly glance around to see how their comments are landing, anxious that their age has - in their mind - barred them from creating any kind of significant, innovative cultural contribution.
it's performative rancidity. commit wholeheartedly to being rancid or shut up 🫵