A review by beklovesbooks
Puberty Is Gross But Also Really Awesome by Gina Loveless

challenging funny informative lighthearted

2.5

The information was presented in a bold, funny, colorful way that would appeal to tweens. It was thorough covering many topics and adding lots of fun details. It seemed very sensitive to those in non-traditional families frequently substituting “step-mom”, uncle, or foster mom for parents in examples. It also strongly emphasized LGBTQ, first in a detailed chapter about what all was POSSIBLE in gender identity, sexuality, and everything related, then again in countless background references to two moms, cross-dressing etc. And there was a lot of information about how to better live out your non-conforming gender without or before surgery. If there are two extremes of how to handle this topic, this book was close to the liberal extreme.