Summary of Jonathan Van Ness's Over the Top

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 I had escaped my small town and cornfield notoriety, and was now free to live an authentic gay life in a gorgeous big city. I had become a hairdresser, and was meeting with a magazine about my web series. I was shocked when a woman called me a faggot.

#2 I had been going about my life, just business as usual, when the show came out. People stopped me everywhere I went, and I was shocked by how often they were vulnerable about the show changing their lives.

#3 I have learned that life is not neatly packaged up into easily understood boxes. Joy can live beside sorrow. Life is messy, unpredictable, and seldom tied into neat little boxes.

#4 I want to be vulnerable with people who deserve it, and I believe that everyone reading this has earned my honesty. I want to help myself heal and remove the shame that I’ve experienced, in the hopes that this will help others heal as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669363804

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Insights on Jonathan Van Ness's Over the Top

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had escaped my small town and cornfield notoriety, and was now free to live an authentic gay life in a gorgeous big city. I had become a hairdresser, and was meeting with a magazine about my web series. I was shocked when a woman called me a faggot.

#2

I had been going about my life, just business as usual, when the show came out. People stopped me everywhere I went, and I was shocked by how often they were vulnerable about the show changing their lives.

#3

I have learned that life is not neatly packaged up into easily understood boxes. Joy can live beside sorrow. Life is messy, unpredictable, and seldom tied into neat little boxes.

#4

I want to be vulnerable with people who deserve it, and I believe that everyone reading this has earned my honesty. I want to help myself heal and remove the shame that I’ve experienced, in the hopes that this will help others heal as well.

#5

The truth is, we all have our own fears and darkness, and we can’t judge people based on what we see on social media. We must read between the lines and