Baopu #37: Turn Me Upside Down
I feel like I’m stuck being the ‘now me.’
I feel like I’m stuck being the ‘now me.’
Sonic Mania isn’t just heavy on nostalgia; it’s a really good video game.
“Wait! Don’t leave me all alone here with this white guilt!”
Artists’ Alley is full of comics and drawings and zines and buttons and stickers showing gay and bi and queer and pan and trans and gnc characters of all types being happy and being themselves. It’s hard not to spend all the money you have in just one afternoon, and in fact, I bought a lot more comics and pins than I was planning on buying.
“This is fine. I don’t need to graduate school.”
What I’m about to share isn’t a new idea, but times are hard, life is short, and dammit, we all deserve something good right now!
“For me, there’s pretty much always been a clear line between sexual intimacy and emotional intimacy.”
If you love roller derby, you’re going to love this book.
“There is a point at which my body reaches maximum capacity for stress and responds to emotional stimuli, positive or negative, with tears.”
In this world, Nat and Bert are women with their own unique flaws and strengths that have nothing to do with the fact that they are queer. They argue and they kiss and they laugh and they care very deeply about each other, all while trying to save the day in a life or death situation.
“You know they don’t like to be called white.”
This isn’t just gonna be another post about, like, Apple Watches. I know y’all already know about those.
We’ve got not one, not two, but three images of Harley and Ivy kissing in this article!
“You got any snacks?”
“Now that I’m a grown-up (sike!), I find myself capable of doing just about anything! … Anything, of course, except asking for help when I’m going through a thing or something is hard for me.”
“Middle-earth’s got 99 problems, and mountains are basically 98 of them.”
“I like to describe Hi-Fi Fight Club as equal parts Empire Records, Sailor Moon and The Baby-Sitters Club. I think there’s some D.E.B.S., Scott Pilgrim, Josie and the Pussycats and Lumberjanes in there as well.”
When I saw it, somehow I knew it was mine.
Each party member has different strengths (like big, powerful demon dreamboat Jodariel can wreck opponents but is very slow, or sweet; nervous doggo Rukey is fast as heck but not great on defense).
“Mommy, why are you lying on the floor like that?”