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My Queer Year

A Guided Journal
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My Queer Year by Chess Needham and Ashley Molesso is a unique journal designed to guide readers through a personal exploration of their queer identity. It offers prompts, activities, and reflections aimed at fostering self-discovery and personal development, capturing the essence of living an authentic life. This book serves as a companion in a journey of understanding oneself, offering insights and encouragements along the way.
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Format: Hardback
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My Queer Year

Explore queer identity and plan for your best year ever with My Queer Year, a guided journal and planner that centres and celebrates LGBTQ+ identity, created by queer and trans artist team Ash + Chess.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

My Queer Year is a guided journal designed to celebrate and explore LGBTQ+ identity. It includes dozens of guided prompts, organized into four-week themes like "Community," "History," and "Identity." Additionally, it offers fun sidebars about LGBTQ+ events and icons throughout history, calendar-style planning pages, and plenty of space for free writing. This hybrid guided journal-planner is a thoughtful, engaging tool for self-exploration.

My Queer Year boasts a deluxe packaging with holographic foil, neon-bright illustrations, tabbed planning sections, and an engaging, easy-to-navigate design.

Each copy of My Queer Year comes with 3 sheets of bonus stickers!

The book features Ash + Chess's vibrant full-colour art, showcasing their signature colourful, risograph-style illustrations. It includes retro colour palettes and bold, vibrant iconography such as flags, hearts, rainbows, stars, and more.

This joyful, inclusive, and beautiful guided journal-planner makes for a perfect gift or self-purchase for LGBTQ+ folks of all ages.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780762474899

Publisher: Running Press,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Running Press Adult

Illustration: 50 full-color spot illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 660g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Ash + Chess is a cute stationery company run by queer and trans power couple Ashley Molesso (she/her) and Chess Needham (he/him), based out of Richmond, VA. They create greeting cards and art prints that utilize bold, retro color palettes and they often use their artwork to make a political statement.

Their company made its debut at the National Stationery Show in May 2017, and since then over 150 retailers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia sell their art and stationery.

Ash + Chess have worked on many collaborations, including artwork for Belletrist, a book club run by actress Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss; book illustrations for HarperCollins and Workman Publishing; t-shirt designs for The Style Club x Forever 21; and exclusive designs and patterns for Plaza Style, a Japanese retail brand. They are the authors of their own illustrated book about LGBTQ+ history, The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook.

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