My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 1

too relatable i fear. she is me i am her.

I remember reading Fun Home and the diaries of Ariel Schrag as a baby gay and feeling seen, probably for the first time.

Reading Nagata Kabi's works feels the same way. We need graphic, well told stories of the queer experience out there. The fact that these diaries also are so much about the feelings of isolation so prevalent to the human experience make them practically essential texts.

I don't know, I just feel like she's a major talent and it makes me feel so good when I'm at my lowest points not to feel alone. Her work definitely makes me want to create, and that's no small thing for someone who hates so much of what he does as much as I do.

Anxiety about family, friends, work, sex, and overall enjoyment of life explored in painstaking detail, with humor and humanity. I'm obsessed.