The more Gabrielle tells him about her book the more he wants to know about her life, the relationship with her younger girlfriend, Olivia, and her determination to "stop using my penis in sex".

As her book takes form, their friendship is tested as is Gabrielle's relationship with Olivia.

[1] The film is part of a multi-platform production, consisting of a live drawing show, a book and a web series that follows the eponymous Gabrielle through her process of writing the aforementioned book while contemplating her relationship with younger girlfriend.

[4] In LGBTQ Arts Review, Dan Ramsden critiqued the film for the "stakes" not being high enough, and yet applauded it overall for its normative portrayal of both lesbian sex and relationships, feeling that "there is a tendency in most films for lesbian romances or erotic topics to either be coming-of-age stories, or hyper-erotic.

This was done through natural characters and dialogue rather than soft-core porn which made it feel a lot more identifiable.