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Talking with Alison Bechdel about Feminist Martial Arts, Lockdown, and Her New Book “The Secret to Superhuman Strength”
“My bookish exterior perhaps belies it,” write Alison Bechdel in The Secret to Superhuman Strength, “but I’m a bit of an exercise freak.” That is, it turns out, an understatement. Alison Bechdel shares her process of writing this latest book over the last ten years, collaborating with her partner, and the “huge blossoming of lesbian culture.”
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A Quick and Easy Guide to Making Consent Exciting, Not Scary: An Interview with Isabella Rotman on Her New Book
Rotman’s comic A Quick and Easy Guide to Consent is a fun, well-written, and much needed refresher that I strongly recommend to anyone with a body that wants to connect with others and their bodies.
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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.
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Roxane Gay, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, Jane Lynch To Star in Audible Adaptation of Dykes To Watch Out For
With a killer voiceover cast and a creative team with strong theater cred, the Audible version of Dykes to Watch Out For looks hot.
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Tegan and Sara’s “Junior High” Brings Their Origin Story to a Graphic Novel
Queer youth need to see a hero’s journey from queer icons who’ve lived it! And they need to be able to relate to it, not to write it off as ancient history.
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This Butch4Butch Manga Made Me Feel Heartbroken and Heartfixed
The Girl That Can’t Get A Girlfriend is an autobiographic manga by Mieri Hiranishi that follows her first crush, her first relationship, her first breakup, and trying to move on afterwards.
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“Men I Trust” Is a Beautiful Graphic Novel About Loneliness, Connection, and Capitalism
Tommi Parrish’s stunning new graphic novel Men I Trust is about two lonely women. It appears to be the story of their connection, but as it unravels it becomes darker, deeper, and, ultimately, in its own way, more hopeful.
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Queer Graphic Novel “Coven” Will Fill the Buffy-Shaped Hole in Your Heart
Do you like witches, gays, and found family, and fictional teen angst? Is there a Buffy- or Baby-Sitter’s Club- or Motherland: Fort Salem-shaped hole in your heart? Good news, this one’s for you!
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“Flung Out of Space” Grapples With Patricia Highsmith’s Misanthropic Lesbian Life
Patricia Highsmith liked three things: women, writing, and cigarettes.
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Callie and Arizona Get The Happy Ending They Deserve in This Fan-Created “Grey’s Anatomy” Comic Book
Fandom, at its best form, is restorative. These artists and writers have banned together to give the gay women fans of Grey’s Anatomy a happy ending to warm their hearts, for free download! And you can have it right now!
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It Should Always Include Lube: Talking with A. Andrews About “A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex & Disability”
A. Andrews’ comic A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex and Disability is a well-written, thoughtful, and enjoyable guide that I strongly recommend to all disabled and able-bodied people alike
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In “SFSX,” Tina Horn Builds a Purity-Obsessed Sci-Fi Vision of our Dystopian Present
Autostraddle recently spoke with Tina Horn via video call to chat about the first volume of SFSX, her myriad influences, building community around art, the sex worker rights’ movement, and incels.
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Holigay Gift Guide: Queer Comic Book Movies and the Queer Comic Book Ladies In Them
We’ve seen a lot of canonically queer women in comic book movies lately; here’s the gift guide for those who are thrilled about that development.
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Yao Xiao’s “Everything Is Beautiful, And I’m Not Afraid” Is as Queer and Hopeful as The Comic You Already Love
Everything Is Beautiful is one part beloved comics, one part brand new material, and all parts trademark Yao Xiao — warm colors, probing questions, deeply personal reflections, and an endless exploration of the binaries Yao has spent her life trying to navigate.
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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.
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Drawn to Comics: “Slam!” Is the “Whip It” of Comic Books
If you love roller derby, you’re going to love this book.
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8 Dark Queer Graphic Novels to Read While Waiting for My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol 2
Did you love My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris? Here are 8 more queer graphic novels with mind-blowing art and dark themes.
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With “Bury the Lede,” Gaby Dunn Reshapes the Modern Thriller
“Bury the Lede” follows the familiar, even classic format that makes a hard-boiled detective story work, but Dunn takes that wireframe and expands upon it to make something unique.
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Tag Yourself: A Quiz to Find Out Which Grease Bats Character You Are Once and for All
Whether or not you’ve read Grease Bats, or PURCHASED THE GREASE BATS BOOK that just came out, you’ll probably find one of the crew who’s your comic character alter ego. Want to find out which one? Take this quiz!
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“My Two Lesbian Ants” Will Carry You Through Christmas
Behold! Great tidings of comfort and joy!