Cheer up love and pom poms6/8/2023 ![]() As Bebe schools Annie in being a team player, and Annie tutors Bebe in history and self-advocacy, their friendship evolves into a romance and leads to a memorable homecoming night. Bebe admits she feels pressure to be perfect to avoid conflict she’d rather brush off passes from creepy schoolmate Jonah than confront him. ![]() The team tries to support Bebe, but as Annie notes, “they’re treating you like a mascot, not a person.” Meanwhile, Bebe’s overprotective parents make their support of her transition contingent on getting good grades. The former childhood friends reacquaint when Annie, needing extracurriculars, reluctantly tries out for cheerleading. ![]() Frasier seamlessly integrates the backstories of Annie, a chubby, white, sarcastic brainiac, and Beatrice (known as Bebe), a Latinx-cued teen who rose to school popularity as the state’s first trans cheerleader and who worries about putting people out. ![]() This sharply observed graphic novel overturns high school archetypes to present a nuanced portrait of queer cheerleaders. ![]()
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