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Grease Bats: The Book Is Out Today and It’s Queer, Hilarious, Familiar, Perfect

It’s hard to overstate how much I loved this book and how much I think you will, too.

Vanessa September 3, 2019 11 Comments
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Drawn to Comics: “A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns” Is Quick, Easy and Spectacular

If you’ve got people in your life who could use some help, Archie Bongiovanni and Tristin Jimerson have a brand new book that will explain how to use they/them and other gender neutral pronouns, and also why it’s so important.

Mey March 13, 2018 17 Comments
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“Check Please” Creator Ngozi Ukazu Chats with Tillie Walden About Her New Book “Spinning”

You know what one of my most common questions at school visits is? “How do you come out?” Kids actually ask me this, in front of their peers and teachers. It’s unbelievable to me, it’s so brave.

Mey November 7, 2017 8 Comments
Book Features Geekery

Drawn to Comics: Talking to Grace Ellis About Queer Fantasy Coffee Shop AU Comic Moonstruck!

“It’s a really queer book. And don’t worry! We’re going to take good care of your spooky babies, even when the going gets rough in the story. They’re in good, safe hands.”

Mey July 4, 2017 5 Comments
Book Features Geekery

Drawn to Comics: 15-Year-Old Maggie Thrash Interviews Herself in This Brand New Exclusive “Honor Girl” Excerpt

“After that summer, all I wanted was reassurance — not from other people necessarily, but from myself. I would have loved to talk to my adult self and ask her a million questions: Am I ok? Do I make it out of my teens alive? Who do I turn out to be, in the end?”

Mey May 2, 2017 15 Comments
Book Lists Geekery

6 Awesome Books About Women Kicking Ass In STEM

Finish out your summer with some queer engineer approved picks.

Laura Mandanas August 24, 2016 19 Comments
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Drawn to Comics: Lynda Barry’s “The Greatest of Marlys” Knocks You Back Into Adolescence

Just like life itself, and especially childhood, “The Greatest of Marlys” is a complete roller coaster of emotions and experiences that takes you all over the place in unexpected ways.

Mey August 9, 2016 4 Comments
Book Lists Geekery

Queer Your Tech’s Summer Reading List: Books About Technology

I want to spend some time this summer really cracking in to books about technology, especially when the ideas therein have special and specific interaction with the queer digital space I occupy for so much of my time. Here’s my list.

A.E. Osworth June 11, 2016 10 Comments
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Notes From A Queer Engineer Recommends “Lab Girl”

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is one of the most exquisite pieces of science writing I’ve ever read. As a researcher and professor of geobiology for the past 20 years, Jahren has earned accolades for her work. Here, she shares her passion.

Laura Mandanas June 1, 2016 7 Comments
Book Lists Geekery

Relevant To Your Interests: Books About Hackers

I’m reading a book about hackers right now and feel like maybe some of y’all want to join me. Just a feeling I had.

A.E. Osworth September 16, 2015 9 Comments
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Drawn to Comics: Kate Beaton Tells Us What Would Happen if Lois Lane Met Wonder Woman

Kate Beaton talks to Autostraddle about why Ida Wells is her hero, the fascinating Filles de Roi, and obviously Wonder Woman.

Mey September 15, 2015 17 Comments
Geekery LGBT Book Reviews

Drawn to Comics: Maggie Thrash’s Debut “Honor Girl” Captures Teenage Camp Queerness

“So much of being a girl in this society is about people trying to CONTAIN you. When I think about camp, I get this gut feeling, remembering the sky above my head. No walls, no parents. During the school year, you’re just trying to survive. Camp is a chance to be someone freer- an actual person.”

Mey September 8, 2015 7 Comments
Geekery LGBT Book Reviews

Drawn to Comics: “Not Funny Ha-Ha” Takes a Frank and Personal Look at Abortions

Abortion, the actual thing and not the Political Issue, can be really difficult to talk about, and that’s exactly what makes such an easily approachable book like this so necessary.

Mey August 4, 2015 15 Comments
Book Features Geekery

Getting Your Lit Nerd on with Reading Apps

“After flying 2,678 miles and over the Pacific Ocean, I realized that I was gonna have to rebuild my collection. But this time, it would be digital (and therefore move-proof).”

Loraine February 22, 2014 18 Comments

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