Results for: drawn to comics
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30 New Books of Queer and Feminist Interest to Get Excited About This Fall
Whether your thing is queer girl YA inspired by Greek mythology, groundbreaking poetry collections, challenging and mind-expanding critical nonfiction on art, power, illness or design, or weird and dynamic short fiction, this fall brings you some new titles you won’t be able to stop thinking about.Â
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“They Want Trans Shit to Be a PSA”: A Trans Woman Writers’ Roundtable
“I was going to do a story about trans women arming themselves? And all the edits we got back were like, ‘Can your characters look directly at the reader and quote trans murder statistics from last year?'”
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The Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2017
2017 has been pretty awesome for a ton of new queer and/or feminist things to read! Here are some of the best.
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I Effing Love “Drawn to Sex: The Basics” by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan
Accessible queer sex education, now available for everyone.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Punk, Ghosts, and “Coady and the Creepies”
They’re here, at least one of them’s queer, and surprise: she’s not the one who dies! “Coady and the Creepies” rocks queer and disability representation, punk history and more.
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“My Favorite Thing Is Monsters” and the Queerness of Horror
Emil Ferris’s debut graphic novel, about a ten-year-old half-Mexican tomboy who is obsessed with horror films and detective comics, explores the intersection between gender, sexuality, race and class.
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14 Comics That Celebrate Female Friendship For Galentine’s Day
These comics and graphic novels make women’s friendships the focus.
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Lez Liberty Lit: One Hundred And One Books To Read
The oldest library in the world, why emoji don’t mean linguistic death, a history of zines, what to add to your queer summer reading pile and more.
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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.
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GIVEAWAY: You Can Win A Kate Beaton “The Princess and the Pony” Prize Pack!
Aw Yiss! Princess and the Pony prize pack!
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Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: “The Gilda Stories” and Queer Black Vampire Myth
The Gilda Stories was published in 1991 and hasn’t been out of print since — it uses the vampire myth to tackle new themes, including Black American life and queerness.
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Lez Liberty Lit #76: Sideways Stories
Zines and sci-fi by people of color, queer magical realism, everything’s an essay, rewriting the diary and more.
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Lez Liberty Lit #77: Let’s Talk About Harper Lee
Recent books featuring queer people of color, travelling and reading, reading and your brain, your favorite curse word and more. Plus coverage of the Harper Lee coverage.
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Let’s Make “Beyond” The Greatest Queer Sci Fi/Fantasy Comics Anthology Of All Time!
Two queer comic professionals are starting a brand-spanking new anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy comics featuring queer characters and stories. And the best part is, they’re looking for contributions from people like you!
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Read A F*cking Book GIVEAWAY: Win a Copy of “Blue Is The Warmest Color”
We want to hook two commenters up with copies of Julie Maroh’s graphic novel, Blue is the Warmest Color!
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Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Diane Obomsawin’s “On Loving Women”
If you only have about an hour and you’re in the mood for pig-eared coming-out stories and illustrations of naked, horse-faced lesbian lovers lounging on vintage sofas drinking wine, On Loving Women is the book for you!
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Read a F*cking Book: “Out of Hollow Water” by Anna Bongiovanni
It evokes the feeling of sitting with your friend at night, sipping red wine and looking in their sketchbook. This looks amazing, you’d say. And you’d mean it and the moment would feel extraordinarily intimate because you feel like these drawings are only for you.