I Honestly Wish My Teen Self Had Had Access To Books Like This

A bulletpoint, quick-fire, review of Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide To 21st Century Sexuality by Mae Martin

Can Everyone Please Calm Down?: A Guide To 21st Century Sexuality by Mae Martin

Mae Martin uses She/They pronouns.

Graphic: reviewer’s own, made with Canva

I received a free review copy of this book via NetGalley, which provides digital copies of books to reviewers as an opportunity to provide a fair and honest review.

This does not affect the content of my review.

• This is Queer non-fiction, discussing all things Sexuality, and aimed at a Young Adult audience.
• I honestly wish my teen self had had access to books like this.
• Acceptance is powerful, and I love the way Martin is so chill-casual about accepting everyone.
• She’s also funny as f**k.
• In explaining her issues with ‘born this way’ (which are valid,) though, she inadvertantly over-simplifies the stance itself.
• Likewise, Mae Martin does seem slightly unaware of how liberating the ability to claim a label can be.
• I sometimes felt that Asexuality and Aromanticism and the Ace/Aro-spectrums, were something of…