Yes No Maybe So

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Clear, truthful and open communication is a must with partnered sex. It's the best way to assure everyone is fully and freely consenting and physically and emotionally safe; to help sex and sexual relationships be as satisfying, positive and awesome as they can be. We can't just know or guess what we or others want or need, like or dislike, are or are not okay with: we need to communicate those things and have them communicated to us.

Not sure which activities put you or a partner at risk of what? No problem. You can find out right here. So yes, this book features a love story, but that’s not the focus of this book. Instead, this story shows the journey of two individuals who are fighting their own silent war inside of themselves and are just trying to find a way to survive in the world. Jamie is Jewish and Maya is a Muslim and it was so refreshing to see that even though they might not know all about the other’s religion, they are willing to learn. Yes, mistakes are made, Ramadan is misunderstood but it doesn’t end in two sides crossing their arms and walking away, instead they both grow as individuals and together.

I feel like if this book at least TRIED to make an argument for the republican side - after all, not every republican is a raging evil racist homophobic - then the book would've been tolerable. Two adorable teens - (a Jew and Muslim) - awkward, shy, perky cute, and naïve....come together during election year. Yes No Maybe So is a politically driven cutesy romance novel. I must admit I hated the first few chapters of the book (I'll get into why later), but now I'm all "heart eyes" thinking about Maya and Jamie.

And then once she doesn’t have him in her life for a few days, she decides he is more important to her than air and they proceed to……………make….out….hONEY NO There’s also the outdated slang that made me want to throw up, but that’s it’s own piece of fabric. Butterfly, butterfly: turn around. [jumper turns while jumping] [7] Butterfly, butterfly: touch the ground [jumper touches the ground as she is jumping] Butterfly, butterfly: show your shoe. [..thrusts out her shoe] Butterfly, butterfly: [n] to do. One, two, three, ... [up to the count of n, which increases by 1 with each set of jumpers] its really difficult to put my feelings into words because I absolutely DON’T want to discount anyone’s identity and I’m sure the authors didn’t mean to bring any harm when writing this book.

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Why does the girl always have to change herself for the guy? It’s not fair. Maya totally drops her perspective on dating to be with him. It’s not like Maya expresses earlier in the book that she has a different perspective from her parents or that her parents are forcing this perspective on her. It is apparent throughout the entire book that these are Maya’s beliefs. She is the one who does not want to date. And then she does a full 180 at the end of the book to be with Jamie. Now, if Maya had expressed extreme displeasure or a desire to "break free" or if it was shown that her parents are forcing their beliefs on here, then I might have thought of this differently. They became invested in religious freedom and discrimination and while their love story definitely played a part in it, the bigger part of this book—and where it shines—are the moments that show the reader that teenagers are not just sitting in front of their phone all day, doing nothing, but that they are actually worried about the political climate and where the world is going. It puts heavy emphasis on the passion children can feel about changing things and the helplessness they experience because they are told that they don’t matter until they’re 18 when they can vote. And the book completely subverted that statement to show that no matter your age, your race, your heritage, you can help make this world a better place. You just have to find your niche. The romance was done really well. Jamie and Maya are such awkward characters, well, Jamie definitely was. And seeing them grow closer and seeing their romance develop really made me swoon and feel butterflies in my stomach. I was rooting for these two so hard and I really enjoyed the way their romance developed and the way it was concluded. The only thing that I had an issue with was their fight that happened towards the end of the book, mainly because it didn’t feel authentic and felt like more of a plot device to create conflict in their relationship only to have them come together in the end. But apart from that, I ship them.

While this book is intended to make you mad and feel the passion that it is so evident these authors feel about the current state of America’s government- it left me with a feeling of hope. Hope that our generation can change things. Hope that even though I am young, I can make a difference, no matter how small. Hope that life can improve for the thousands who are suffering under oppressive and discriminatory governments and sovereignties not just in the US but across the world.

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Good for tangelos.” I tear a plastic bag off the roll. “Look. The sooner we get everything, the sooner we can leave.” Overall, I highly recommend reading this when it comes out! It’s very well written, and has just enough cuteness to it while also being completely relevant to our world today. how many doctors will it take? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 etc. (Go to 20 then go down to the next line) I prefer the following gender/sexual identity or role words (like man, woman, boi, femme, butch, top, etc.) to be used for me:Going door to door isn’t exactly glamorous, but maybe it’s not the worst thing in the world. After all, the polls are getting closer—and so are Maya and Jamie. Mastering local activism is one thing. Navigating the cross-cultural romance of the century is another thing entirely. Skipping rhymes need not always have to be rhymes, however. They can be games, such as a game called, "School." In "Kindergarten" (the first round), all skippers must run through rope without skipping. In "First Grade", all skippers must skip in, skip once, and skip out without getting caught in the rope, and so on. Also, there is "Mouse Trap", where there is a special pattern, and players must run through rope without getting caught. If caught, the jumper caught must hold the rope.