{"id":3098,"date":"2016-03-04T16:15:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T00:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2016-03-04T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T00:15:44","slug":"chin-up-dreamboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/chin-up-dreamboat\/","title":{"rendered":"Chin Up, Dreamboat!"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Rachael Jackson\r\nStaff Writer<\/pre>\n<p>Nawwal Moustafa, a Western graduate, brings a fresh page to the adult coloring book genre. Rather than mandalas, Moustafa explores lost loves and broken hearts with her companion piece for lesbian breakups, \u201cChin Up, Dreamboat!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The book, slated to release in May, focuses on lesbian relationships because they are rarely represented in popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never seen a Disney coloring book with two princess. There is always a glass in between you and pop culture in the sense of straight media,\u201d explained Moustafa. \u201cIf you\u2019re like me, if you\u2019re gay, then with this at least you have something there for you in your corner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moustafa has been gaining national attention with a Buzzfeed article and support coming from across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Buzzfeed article was unreal to me. That was kind of a dream situation,\u201d Moustafa admitted. \u201cI thought in the 30 days I could reach my goal of 1,200&#8230; I didn\u2019t know it would happen the first day!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Western also played a part in the creation to this book; during her junior year, she came out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was all brought to my attention and I figured it all out very quickly. Probably a year before I came out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a little scary, but I knew there was a lot of support with Triangle [Alliance] and Safe Zone. When I did come out, it was the best decision I ever made,\u201d she said. \u201cI remember right after I came out and a professor walked by and I said, \u2018Hey man, I\u2019m coming out!\u2019 and he came and gave me a hug. It was a great feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donate to her Kickstarter by March 13 by way of her website: <a href=\"http:\/\/chinupdreamboat.com.\">http:\/\/chinupdreamboat.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nawwal Moustafa, a Western graduate, brings a fresh page to the adult coloring book genre. Rather than mandalas, Moustafa explores lost loves and broken hearts with her companion piece for lesbian breakups, \u201cChin Up, Dreamboat!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}