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audaciaray's review
3.0
Moen's approach to gender and sexuality is light and cute, and I definitely enjoyed the read.
I'm not a regular reader of her comics though, and this piece on the Bitch Magazine blog was pointed out to me, about a strip in which Erica fetishizes trans men http://www.bitchmagazine.org/post/rad-ladies-who-draw-comics-erika-moen
Complex stuff, but basically - just because it's light and cute doesn't mean it isn't also transphobic and damaging.
I'm not a regular reader of her comics though, and this piece on the Bitch Magazine blog was pointed out to me, about a strip in which Erica fetishizes trans men http://www.bitchmagazine.org/post/rad-ladies-who-draw-comics-erika-moen
Complex stuff, but basically - just because it's light and cute doesn't mean it isn't also transphobic and damaging.
lurieta's review
5.0
I have read DAR as a webcomic in high school and college and it has been a beautiful journey to follow Erika's work, especially as she normalizes queerness, relationships, healthy relationship to sex and navigating mental illness.
saidtheraina's review
4.0
Love this. Moen wrote a regular webcomic for years and they are compiled in this book. I met her at a PLA gathering and we chatted for quite a while. So she signed my copy. It's a meandering story, which doesn't necessarily follow a set plot as it's just a regular autobio comic. However, she deals with being a lesbian who falls in love with a man, minutae of life, and other dramas of a young twentysomething coming to age. Great stuff, I can't wait for her next stuff.
oohsarracuda's review
1.0
Page 87 features an ugly "special ed" joke. What is with indie comics & cartoonists and ableism? It's practically a cliche at this point, and I'm beyond tired of it. Special Ed jokes are particularly nasty because it's children they're taking aim at - and dehumanizing.
abbeyjfox's review
4.0
autobiographical webcomic now released in book form. erika's grapples with her changing identity in a hilarious, honest way. not afraid to poke fun at herself, and others.
enjoyable. 3.5 stars, if possible.
enjoyable. 3.5 stars, if possible.
besha's review
3.0
I don’t particularly like diary comics, but this was recommended to me. Amidst the O I AM SO WHIMSICAL! MY LIFE IS SO QUIRKY! LOOK AT THIS CUTE THING THAT HAPPENED! I found a few strips that I read and reread and reread again because they touched a nerve. So.
juliawehr's review
1.0
Stylistically, Erika Moen's first volume of her collection of web comics are enjoyable, but content wise there's too much to be desired. I appreciate weirdness and quirkiness and honesty but these strips are gratingly gross and pointless, lacking any strong narrative or insight other than "sexuality is strange."