Fat loud lesbian. Leftie. SF/F writer, pop enjoyer, cat lover.
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Roxane Gay: Hunger (2017, HarperCollins Canada, Limited)
“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. …
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be …
Eeeeeh.
It was fine, but there was nothing special. I didn't love it and I'm not gonna bother getting any of the other books in the series.
A studious girl and a quiet, straight-A boy start a controversial podcast together that challenges their courage and forces them …
"You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living in a …
Maurice is a novel by E. M. Forster. A tale of homosexual love in early 20th-century England, it follows Maurice …
2014 Best Writer Eisner Award nominee KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) team up …
Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.
This has really put to word a lot of the stuff I've found myself unable to say. Beautifully intersectional; relevant, and reminded me of my own privilege.
Good for:
- Intersectional feminism
- Friendly prose, not too dry
- Introduction to new ideas without being patronising or overly elitist
Though not a graphic novel, this high illustrated nonfiction book explores how we came to …
So. This is a good start to queer theory, however misses out a few key things.
It completely ignores the idea why some people reject the word queer.
It also claims, bewilderingly, that cishet people can be queer. Kinksters... are not queer. Sorry, pals. It takes a lot of time to discuss lived experiences of actual queer people and then ignores the fact that a lot of queer people don't want cishet people in our spaces.
"I'm queering heterosexuality by engaging in kink." Sure, Jan.
Other than that I feel like this is a good introduction to queer theory in both academic and non-academic contexts. And it's given me a lot of recommendations for other theorists to read!!
Station Eleven is a novel by the Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel. It takes …
EDIT: 28/4/19: Yes. Wonderful. Brilliant. I still adore it.
Astounding. I love it. I love it so, so much.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised …
On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow …
The Metamorphoses is a narrative poem penned by the Roman poet Ovid. Widely considered to be his ultimate work, comprising …
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
