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Justin Vivian Bond, the renowned cabaret artist dubbed “the greatest of her generation” by the New Yorker, offers an engaging and candid memoir of her formative years. Bond recalls the discovery of shared family items like Mom’s Revlon Iced Watermelon lipstick, the challenges of being a transgender youth in traditionally heteronormative spaces such as the Cub Scouts, and the intimate friendships that shaped her early life. With wit and detail, she explores the complexities of sexual power and vulnerability, the experience of bullying, and the burgeoning of a creative identity that would later define her as one of the most celebrated performers in the cabaret world.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Justin Bond
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