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Showing posts with label diversity. Show all posts
Wednesday 20 June 2018
4 Fangirling-Worthy Webcomics With Central F/F Romance (That Are Also Available In Print!)
Ladies who love ladies are amazing.
So, as it's Pride Month, and I'm a Queer lady who loves the nerdy things in life, I think it's time we celebrate some central F/F relationships, don't you?
This short list of comics features romantic relationships ranging from the sexy to the innocent, and ladies who have their own unique personalities and situations.
Available to read online (for free!) or in printed form, let these ladies bring a little love to your lives!
Friday 15 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Coming Out Aro
'This was the perfect opportunity to come out. These were the people who deserved to know, if anyone did... But what if? Part of him whispered. What if they don’t accept you? What if everything goes wrong?'
Thursday 14 June 2018
Friday 8 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Lady Love
'Ava stops and stares. There is Sara Lance, trained assassin and former vigilante, face down on her desk drooling. When Sara snorts and a little drool bubble forms at the corner of her mouth, Ava has to slap her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing out loud.'
Sara Lance, former Black Canary, current White Canary, general bad-a**, assassin, and time-ship captain; an amazing hero.
She's awesome. She's also a Bisexual lady with an open preference for the ladies over the dudes.
She leads the way for Queer rep. in the Arrowverse (that's all the CW's DC superhero shows.)
Thursday 7 June 2018
Comics Wrap-Up - Where Insects Hide
Ooooo-kay! Let's take a look at the comics-y stuff I have for you this week! (Buckle up, my nerdlets!)
Tuesday 5 June 2018
Month In Review(s) - May 2018
May. May was hectic.
Some good stuff happened. Some not-good stuff happened.
Such is life I suppose!
Labels:
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DC,
disability,
diversity,
everyday life,
fanfiction,
Friday Fics Fix,
mental health,
micropoetry,
mini-review,
Nerd Church,
really mini reviews,
review,
wrap-up
Friday 1 June 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Johnlock Blogging
'(Don’t worry, if you were, which you weren’t. He’s fine; some poor kid found him in a ditch, pretending to be a dead body in the name of science.)'
You can't be a blogger without being at least a little bit obsessed with blogging.
You can deny it if you like, but it's true.
We all have a serious fascination with the slightly weird processes which combine to make this thoroughly modern medium. (...and that was a weird sentence! *shrugs*)
Thursday 31 May 2018
Comics Wrap-Up - One More Off-Key Anthem
I don't know whether you've noticed lately, but these comics wrap-ups are less thorough than they used to be - but don't panic! That's on purpose.
It was getting to the point where I was trawling things formulaically and obsessing over not missing anything.
So I figured I'd take it back to basics - sharing comics-related stuff I found awesome or funny or whatever over the course of the week! 😎
Tuesday 29 May 2018
Really Mini-Reviews! - Swing Time by Zadie Smith and The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
What have I got for you today?
Some more awesome-sauce Really Mini-Reviews!
So, here are my reviews of Swing Time by Zadie Smith, and The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware:
Sunday 27 May 2018
Nerd Church - Reactive
My new favourite thing* is YouTube reaction videos.
Not of the clickbait-y type. (Y'know, where either the original video or the reaction is like 'you'll never guess what happened next!' or has some sort of cheap/misleading title? Those ain't my thing.)
*Well... one of my favourite things, I'm a complex person dammit!
Friday 25 May 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Harry and Draco and a Fic I Love For Reasons Unknown
'They began to acknowledge one another in the halls, not in a way that anybody else took any degree of notice to, but as their silence slowly became louder to one another they spoke in hushed whispers in empty corridors and alcoves and in the back of the library.'
I don't know why I like this week's fic.
There's just... something about this fic. I don't know why.
There's not much of a plot. The prose is over-dramatic and over-flowery in places. And I have no idea what's going on with the characterisation.
Sorry, that's not much of a ringing endorsement is it?
Maybe I'm not explaining it right. Cos this fic totally rocks.
Why? Well, because... because... I have no f**king clue. It's somehow amazing though.
Thursday 24 May 2018
Thursday 17 May 2018
Friday 11 May 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Just Your Resident Mildly Evil Demigod... and His Lover
'Tony wasn’t sure who’d be unhappier: the team when they found out he was sleeping with their resident mildly evil demigod, or Loki when he found out that Tony would be late for their dinner date on account of being buried alive.'
Yes, that is a quote from this week's fic. Yes, it is awesome.
In my defence, I haven't rec'd FrostIron in ages! I've held myself back for a remarkably long time 😉
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Month in Review(s) - April 2018
April... ha, so, what's May lookin' like? 😅
April happened. I lived through it *starts singing I'm still standing by Elton John and doing an incredibly embarrassing dance.*
My grandmother is still in hospital - she went in at the beginning of March - but she's definitely improving. We're basically waiting for a social care package in place so that she can go home, because there's no way my 88-year-old grandfather can take care of her.
And on the last day of April my laptop - which had been hanging on on a wing and a prayer, granted - gave up the ghost.
On the plus side, I reached over 3k Twitter followers in April! I love you guys, really! XD
On the plus side, I reached over 3k Twitter followers in April! I love you guys, really! XD
Friday 4 May 2018
Friday Fics Fix - The Sense of Things
I found a fic which has synaesthesia in it dammit!!!!
For those of you who don't know, synaesthesia is: a) a melding or running together of two senses, and b) something that I have.
For those of you who don't know, synaesthesia is: a) a melding or running together of two senses, and b) something that I have.
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Really Mini-Reviews! - Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina and Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
I don't read many memoirs.
When I do, they've got be that little bit unusual. That little bit extraordinary.
Friday 20 April 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Show Your Scars
Fanfiction's gonna change the wooooooooorld! XD
Cos fic authors - nerds, fangirls, fanboys, and non-binary fan folks - look at the stigma and the cr*p of previous generations, and say NO!
No to stigma on mental health. No to body image stigma. No to silence on sh** that hurts people!
*takes a deep breath*
Cos fic authors - nerds, fangirls, fanboys, and non-binary fan folks - look at the stigma and the cr*p of previous generations, and say NO!
No to stigma on mental health. No to body image stigma. No to silence on sh** that hurts people!
*takes a deep breath*
Thursday 19 April 2018
Friday 6 April 2018
Friday Fics Fix - Greek Chorus
Occasionally, I remember that I'm a book blogger (I know, right? Shocker!) and find a suitably book-related fic to recommend to you, my lovely nerdlets.
This week, I was lucky - I didn't have to look that hard.
Some weeks I literally have to trawl through soooooo many fics, and it takes me hours to find one decent enough to rec. to you all (seriously, I love fanfiction, but there's some utter cr*p out there.)
Plus, you know me, I love bringing you things which make you think - new takes on characters and storylines, deeper examinations of events, diverse rep. that we often just don't get in mainstream stuff.
This week, I was lucky - I didn't have to look that hard.
Some weeks I literally have to trawl through soooooo many fics, and it takes me hours to find one decent enough to rec. to you all (seriously, I love fanfiction, but there's some utter cr*p out there.)
Plus, you know me, I love bringing you things which make you think - new takes on characters and storylines, deeper examinations of events, diverse rep. that we often just don't get in mainstream stuff.
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