I recently picked up a copy of #99Erics by @juliaserano.bsky.social and I 100% recommend it
There's an excerpt shared in the link below if you want to check it out
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...if you are intrigued by these #99Erics excerpts, you can find links to buy the book or download the first 5 chapters for FREE at juliaserano.com/99erics.html. and if you like it, please give it a good review on places like Goodreads, Amazon, etc, as it really helps with getting the book noticed!
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...in "Bomb", @katcataclysm.bsky.social humorously debunks bisexual stereotypes (& the "Stereotype Trap" more generally) & critiques unscrupulous writers who turn their characters' sexual identities into plot-twists (7 minute read, no-paywall):
juliaserano.medium.com/bomb-a-bisex... #99Erics
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...ever wonder exactly what a "hipster" is? or why they increasingly hang out at queer bars? @katcataclysm.bsky.social has all the answers in this humorous #99Erics excerpt! btw, the photo is from ye olde Lexington Club in SF #RIP (4 minute read, no-paywall):
juliaserano.medium.com/hipsters-in-...
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...to get the "non-apophallized banana slug" joke in the last #99Erics chapter, you'll need this excerpt. it includes the improbable line: "It would be like the prisoner’s dilemma, but only with large corkscrew-like penises" (4 minute read, no-paywall):
juliaserano.medium.com/banana-slug-...
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...in the #99Erics chapter "The One & Only Writing Tip You Will Ever Need" @katcataclysm.bsky.social offers writing advice, makes math jokes, mocks Kurt Vonnegut's views on semicolons, & explains why ADVERB HATING is SEXIST & AGEIST! (5 minute read, no-paywall)
juliaserano.medium.com/the-one-only...
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..."Ethical Slut vs. Confused Slut" is about the absurdity of dating straight men after you've spent time immersed in queer women's communities. plus it introduces the much needed term "confused slut" into our vernacular (5 minute read, no-paywall)... #99Erics
juliaserano.medium.com/ethical-slut...
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...with the rest of this 🧵 I will share online excerpts from #99Erics for your reading/listening pleasure! starting with this video of me reading my favorite chapter "Posers" about how being queer is like bicycling to Alameda & how being bisexual complicates that...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BJh...
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screenshot from the linked-to 99 Erics book review that reads in part: Serano satirically tackles gender norms, linguistics, hipsters, and more as her fictional character writes a book about dating 99 different people—all named Eric. Kat Cataclysm is an absurdist short story writer and self-identified “weirdo”—an out bisexual, nonmonogamous “ethical slut” with an interest in baseball, linguistics, and delicious India pale ales. She’s also fictional, a not quite nom de guerre (but still a warrior!) of author Serano, and has a long-held desire to be a novelist despite her self-confessed title of “queen of conflict avoidance,” an unfortunate trait when most novels thrive on conflict. So instead, she commits to a “faux novel” about her “her supposed experiences dating 99 different people named Eric” as she seeks to subvert other conventions of fiction as well, vowing to never overcome adversity or grow as a person along the way. Kat uses these Erics as opportunities to draw out poignant points about gentrification, internalized homophobia, bisexual stereotypes, and the disposability of the gig economy while also obsessing over penis-chewing banana slugs or deal- ing with the fallout of an internet listicle on the common cold she authored literally going viral. When she sics a roomful of zombified children on a tiresome screenwriter, it’s clear she’s aware of her role as omniscient narrator. Serano has written about gender identity and feminism in her nonfiction books Whipping Girl (2007) and Excluded (2013); she explores many of the same ideas in her debut work of fiction. The writing is conversational in style, and though Kat claims to be uninterested in banal descriptions, the scene-setting in various California locales works well. Kat recalls the Manic Pixie Dream Girls so often used in male-oriented stories, but she’s decidedly more warts and all in her presentation, almost too quirky to function, ...
screenshot from the linked-to book review that reads: ...and enthusiastic about her role as ruler of all the Erics. The result is a lovable composite of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) and a less murder-y version of Marvel’s Deadpool, using absurdism and humor to break down the fourth wall and the very idea of “normal,” with all its silly little boxes and prejudices. If that makes the book sound serious, it isn’t—and that might be the most effective way it makes its readers think about identity. Knocks down literary conventions, sexual stereotypes, the fourth wall, and more in enthusiastic defense of the weird.
...plus #99Erics was selected as one of Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2021! this is from their review (www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...): "Knocks down literary conventions, sexual stereotypes, the fourth wall, and more in enthusiastic defense of the weird"...
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if you're still looking for summer reading, consider my silly, surreal, sex-positive novel #99Erics – DOWNLOAD the first 5 chapters from this link! it won 3 BOOK AWARDS: Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, IPPY silver medalist in LGBT+ Fiction...
juliaserano.com/99erics.html
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since it's #BiVisibilityDay, I have two bi-themed writings for y'all! first is this humorous critique of bisexual stereotypes – it's an excerpt from my hella-bisexual award-winning novel #99Erics (7 min read, no-paywall link): juliaserano.medium.com/bomb-a-bisex...
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