Emma Lumeij

Dec 20, 2024 | nytimes.com | Joumana Khatib |Emma Lumeij

It is empathetic, odd, delicate, hysterical and quietly moving. Reading Adina's story of self-discovery stunned me. Everyone has felt odd or out of place at some point in their life. In fact, when I was a child I felt so strange and unlike anyone around me that I theorized I actually was an alien from another planet. Turns out, I was just gay. This has been a year of a lot of self-discovery and growing up. Reading "Beautyland" made me feel not alone in that.