The Diary of a Sugarbaby - Gagliastro, J. Q.
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"I was a sugarbaby, I admit. I am not proud of it, though others seem to sensationalize the lifestyle. They see glitz and glamor, never food or a place to sleep. Film and literature have only shown one side of a sugarbaby's life. They villainize us and make us out to be either sluts or golddiggers or airheads. And well, they're right. I am no saint. I am a whore. A selfish, greedy, ageist whore who is worth nothing except in bed. Life was no fairytale as a sugarbaby. But it was one grotesque, unlawful act after another. Yet somehow, that life pales in comparison to my life as a Minor. While…mehr

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"I was a sugarbaby, I admit. I am not proud of it, though others seem to sensationalize the lifestyle. They see glitz and glamor, never food or a place to sleep. Film and literature have only shown one side of a sugarbaby's life. They villainize us and make us out to be either sluts or golddiggers or airheads. And well, they're right. I am no saint. I am a whore. A selfish, greedy, ageist whore who is worth nothing except in bed. Life was no fairytale as a sugarbaby. But it was one grotesque, unlawful act after another. Yet somehow, that life pales in comparison to my life as a Minor. While sugaring and Minority have similarities, no one could've prepared me for what the Divided did to us." In J. Q. Gagliastro's dystopian future, the aging patriarchy and rising hate crimes have led to a mass genocide of queer Americans. Oppression has killed what was left of the United and sired what has now become the Divided, a world where human trafficking is legal, the youth are sexualized, and heteronormativity is enforced. Dime, a former sugarbaby, chronicles his experiences as the nation around him embraces gerontocracy, and he himself becomes the property of an Elder. Deprived of his freedoms, his family, and even music, Dime clings to his memories all the while grappling with the concepts of family, home, and depth in love. A scathing satire on queer erasure, a cautionary tale on the capitalization of American universities, and a brutally honest reflection of its time!
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J.Q. Gagliastro is the nonbinary American (Sicilian-Levantine-Swedish) author of "The Diary of a Sugarbaby" and "Mercury to the Moon." "The Diary of a Sugarbaby" is widely known as THE queer dystopian bestseller. NYC's Queer Book Club selected it as their October 2024 book pick. On August 10th, 2024, Gagliastro appeared on Chicago's WGN TV with journalist Sean Lewis. TDS was featured in "The New York Review of Books", both April and May 2024 issues. Gagliastro developed the sugarbaby merch line and completed an eight-stop Sugarbaby Book Tour (NYC, D.C., Chicago, West Hartford, Glastonbury, Annapolis, Keene, and Philadelphia). TDS is a #1 bestseller in LGBTQ+ Fiction on Amazon's Bestsellers List and a #2 bestseller in Dystopian Fiction on Ingram's Bestsellers List. An instructor at the University of Florida shortlisted TDS as required text for their queer studies program. Over 1,000 copies of TDS have been sold. The Manhattan Book Review called TDS "'The Handmaid's Tale' on steroids!" Kirkus Reviews called it "a frightening novel about an unthinkable future!" And according to The BookLife Prize, TDS is a "dark satirical work of sci-fi!" While TDS is fiction, Gagliastro ties in their experiences as a homeless sugarbaby and twists them into a dramatic political satire. "Mercury to the Moon" is a fantasy space odyssey and is set to release in 2025! Please subscribe to jqgagliastro.com and follow @jq.gagliastro on Instagram for upcoming projects, books, tour dates, merch, and more!