Yo! That’s Not Cool #9: Broken Resolutions
“Spend less money? Nope!”
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Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #43: LDR
Sometimes you find yourself navigating the dreaded territory of a long distance relationship.
Drawn to Comics: 6 Women Superheroes Who Should Come Out as Lesbian or Bisexual in Their Next Movie
Recently we’ve had queer women in Jessica Jones and Marvel’s Runaways, but Marvel and DC’s cinematic universes are still disturbingly straight.
Baopu #44: My Self-Doubt
It’s hard for me to believe in myself, 200% of the time.
“Butterfly Soup” and “GENDERWRECKED” Are the Queer Indie Games You’re Looking For
These days, I constantly crave queer ass stories about queer ass characters. Luckily for us all, there are some incredible indie game creators who are here to give the people what we want: gays!
“Lost Wage Rampage” Is Your Morning Coffee Spite Play, Highly Recommend
Friedhoff games always give players a space to vent rage without real-world consequences; Lost Wage Rampage is no exception, and whoo boy, do we got a lot of rage.
Grease Bats: Heartbroken
“The first girl I loved punched me in the face at recess in fourth grade.”
“Lesbians Who Tech” Is Back at It Again With the Badass Queers and a Lot of Good Ideas
Tegan and Sara’s keynote speech, a Desi feminist and DJ from Harvard samples some beats off my her phone, how augmented and virtual reality can be used in politics, how tech is helping the resistance and much more from Lesbians Who Tech!
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #42: Too Much
“I’ve been thinking a ton lately about internalized ableism and homophobia.”
Drawn to Comics: “Dating a Trans Person Changed My Partner’s Life” Starts a Good Discussion About Trans Life and Love
“The joy these people are feeling for having found happy, loving and affirming relationships is radiating off of the page. These are clearly trans people who have found happiness with who they are and where they are in life, and the art goes a long, long way to show that.”
9 Ways Being a Junior Developer Is Like Being a Baby Gay
You’re almost too gay to write a function.
6 Women Speedrunners to Follow After Awesome Games Done Quick 2018
Aside from the record-breaking amount of donations received, women speedrunners were more prominent than ever at this winter’s AGDQ.
20 Afrofuturist Songs, Books and Artists to Help with Your “Black Panther” Withdrawal
Let’s fill that Black Panther-shaped hole in your heart.
If You Love Brave Little Toasters and BB8 You’re Gonna Want To Play “Rumu”
This is a game about a vacuum that is not about vacuuming, and it’s a game about sadness that is not a sad game. I did cry at the end, but I basically always cry at the end.
Drawn to Comics: “Bingo Love” Is a Black Queer Romance That Lasts a Lifetime and Will Make Yours Better
Everyone who’s been clamoring for a romance comic about queer Black women written by a Black woman and with art by women has gotten exactly what they want with “Bingo Love.”
I Built a Lesbian Sex Robot
It did not go well.
Yo! That’s Not Cool #8: Practice Being Me
I discovered the #1 thing that isn’t cool: giving a damn about someone’s opinion of me.
Playlist: Cardio Is My Boss Battle
We’ve got one warm-up song to help you be the very best like no one ever was, as well as two songs of cooldown, totaling about five minutes, from everyone’s favorite queer farming simulator. And everything in between.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Badass Princess Engineers and Gaming Manifestos
So much good STEM news this week! Come and get your links.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #41: Good Talk
“I guess there just aren’t enough hours on the bus.”