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20 Afrofuturist Songs, Books and Artists to Help with Your “Black Panther” Withdrawal

Let’s fill that Black Panther-shaped hole in your heart.

A. Tony Jerome March 1, 2018 17 Comments
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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.

dufrau March 1, 2018 7 Comments
Geekery

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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.”

Mey February 27, 2018 8 Comments
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I Built a Lesbian Sex Robot

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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.

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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.

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Laura Mandanas February 22, 2018 5 Comments
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“I guess there just aren’t enough hours on the bus.”

A. Andrews February 21, 2018 10 Comments
Geekery

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I’d suggest hopping on board now so you can say you were there when they had their first kiss. It’s gonna be worth it.

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Webcomics

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Happy Lunar New Year! Will Baopu survive the Lunar New Year dinner challenge?

Yao Xiao February 18, 2018 4 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: “The Prince and the Dressmaker” Is a Stunningly Gorgeous Book About Being Yourself

We’re all lucky enough to see an exclusive preview of this book about dresses, gender, true selves and love right here.

Mey February 13, 2018 8 Comments
Webcomics

Grease Bats: Don’t Cancel Your Sex Date

“That’s it, I’m cancelling my Valentine’s three-way to celebrate with you!”

Archie February 10, 2018 16 Comments
Webcomics

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“The deadline’s today??”

A. Andrews February 7, 2018 7 Comments
Geekery

Notes From A Queer Engineer: A Tiny Dino With Rainbow Feathers

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Laura Mandanas February 7, 2018 11 Comments
Geekery

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Webcomics

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I know the drill. A few weeks of feeling WEIRD.

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Geekery

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The most wholesome comics content on all of Twitter is about two line-drawn girlfriends who sometimes shapeshift into orbs.

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Don’t doubt yourself.

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A bird in the water next to a boat docking station.
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