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Drawn to Comics: “George and Johnnie” Shows Love is Not a Lie, Friendship is Real

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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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.

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

Women scientists on an Antarctic mission to save the planet, a history of Black scientists, a call on Twitter to create positive, non-sexist, and diverse science gifs featuring women and more!

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Drawn to Comics: 24-Hour Comic Day is Back With More Cats Than Ever Before

Checking out the #hourlycomicday hashtag on Twitter is a great way to find a bunch of your favorite artists, as well as new ones you haven’t seen before, giving you a little snapshot of their lives.

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“Monster Hunter World” Gives Gay Gamers the Gift of Fighting Alongside Cat Companions

Even if I don’t especially want to kill the dinosaurs, who have been killed enough by now in my opinion, seeing Budgie whacking a T Rex in the face with a lute that I made her to distract it long enough for me to chug a health potion really does just warm my heart.

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Jo Abernathy’s Comics Are a Perfect Bite of Pure Joy and Happiness

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

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

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Notes From A Queer Engineer: A Land Built On Dikes

During the 1800s, most land creation in Boston was accomplished via sea walls (“dikes”) and infill.

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Katchoo and Francine are Back in “Strangers in Paradise XXV”

It’s secrets and intrigue and lesbian looooove and just so very Terry Moore.

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Drawn to Comics: Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell Talk Trans Sex Work, TV Influences and Their Comic “The Pervert”

Over the last two years, a story about a trans girl living in Seattle and surviving through sex work was published in issues of ISLAND Magazine. Now, It’s being put together as one book, The Pervert, by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydell.

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“Doki Doki Literature Club” Doesn’t Subvert Dating Sim Misogyny as Much as It Thinks It Does

Rather than simply acknowledging the ridiculous trope of no female agency in dating sims and attempting to explain it away from a meta perspective, I wish the game had instead just given the girls more agency.

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Relevant To Your Interests: Be The Gym Leader

I do not like gyms. They smell like people. Not in the good way. Here’s some nerd gear to get you through.

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Drawn to Comics: Kelly Thompson’s “Hawkeye Vol. 1: Anchor Points” is the Perfect Feminist Comic to Pair with “America”

By focusing on Kate Bishop instead of Clint Barton, that means we get a tonal and moral shift to one focused on women and girlhood and feminism. And it means we get a kickass, fun and thoughtful comic about one of the best young superheroes in the Marvel Universe.

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3 Ways To Actually Improve Electoral Process Integrity (With Science!)

How cryptography, human-centered design, and statistics can be used in support of our democracy.

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Drawn to Comics: America Vol 1: “The Life and Times of America Chavez” Punches You In the Face (In a Good Way)

“The first time I read a comic with America Chavez, it was Young Avengers and it changed my entire view of comics. I had never seen a character that was so much like me and such a badass. The first time I read a comic with America Chavez written by former Autostraddle writer Gabby Rivera, it changed everything all over again.”

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“Life Is Strange: Before the Storm” Episode Three Is Such a Frustrating End to Such a Beautiful Thing

“The question I asked after Episode One was always hovering, and it’s up to Episode Three to answer it: Is this story as doomed as it seems it has to be, and is that a story we should allow ourselves to get invested in? I super wish I could tell you that the day was saved and everybody is okay or, most of all, that the story honored itself to the very end. I wish a lot of things, let me tell you.”