HELLO I am going to need everyone to pre-order this asap. I finished it yesterday, in advance of talking to @brittalundin for next week’s Fansplaining, and it is SO GOOD I CANNOT.
Notable highlights include:
- The most clear and accessible breakdown of fan/creator interaction I’ve ever read (specifically about a TV show and its predominantly female audience; obviously there many kinds of fans and many kinds of creators)
- A beautifully drawn and really nuanced group of characters
- A VERY charming teen f/f romance (Teens. Are. So. Awkward.)
- A++ mom character, she is a DELIGHT
- Real variation in fans’ perspectives on fandom/how it relates to creators/canon, something that I don’t think I’ve seen much of in fandom YA novels, which usually hug closely to the protagonist’s view
I’m literally going to press this book on every single person who works in the entertainment industry—including those who write about it—but this is also a novel about fandom by someone who’s been in fandom for a very long time.
So quick!!! Pre-order it!!! Or request that your local library order a copy!!! (And if you don’t have a specific local bookstore to support, can I recommend this wonderful list of queer indie bookstores with online shops!)
After you’ve pre-ordered the book, you should listen to our first conversation with Britta, from last year, to prep for next week’s episode!
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Kara’s obsession w food also makes a lot if sense when u remember that for kara, until she became supergirl there really wasn’t much physical activity she could do that gave her endorphins bc she wasn’t using her powers and just normal everyday activity does nothing for her like is there anything other than sex and food that would do much? I am not an expert on the subject so idk but when you have Massive PTSD and need stress relief and physical activity doesn’t work and all your other senses are constantly dialed up to a bajillion it makes sense Kara loves food
in this house we love and respect Kara Danvers with all our hearts and desperately want her to go to therapy
Fellow storytellers, lend me your ear!
Listen, you ever have the problem where you’ve got a biological conundrum where someone’s got a mutation, or superpowers, or the dog is an alien, but you’re wondering how you can make it plausible that vets, doctors, scientists just MISSED this little bit of information during lab tests?
I present to you:
Dark DNA <–[ psst, link to youtube video about it. Or, like, just google it ]
It’s like dark matter, but in your DNA!
It goes like this:
Genetic sequences do things like tell your body how/when to produce insulin (or the proteins responsible for superpowers).
But the genome of the mice being studied were MISSING the sequences that do that, despite the fact that they were OBVIOUSLY producing insulin since the mice weren’t dead, even if the genome didn’t actually explain HOW they were doing that.
Scientists DID eventually deduce where they’re pretty sure the missing
sequences are, but literally only knew to go looking because they knew
there was something to look for in the first place.So. When pseudo-science fails to explain how
superpowers/mutations/supernatural markers could go undetected, fall
back on the Real Science of:D A R K D N A
Euripides, from “Orestes”, An Oresteia (trans. Anne Carson)
Trimberly Fanvid – “Tired”
GAY GIRLS GUIDE TO LESBIAN ROMANCE NOVELS WITH A HAPPY ENDING
Annie on my mind- Nancy Garden
Keeping you a secret- Julie Anne Peters
Leaving L.A.- Kate Christie
Me and you and daisies- Lily R. Mason
The world unseen- Shamim Sarif
Wildthorn- Jane England
Tipping the velvet- Sarah Waters
Dare truth or promise- Paula Boock
And Playing the role of herself- K.E. Lane
Hunter’s Way- Gerri Hill
Ash- Malinda Lo
The price of salt- Patricia Highsmith
Patience & Sarah- Isabel Miller
The Gravity between us- Kristen Zimmer
Her name in the sky- Kelly Quindlen
Taking the long way- Lily R. Mason
Fingersmith- Sarah Waters
Everything Leads to You – Nina LaCour
i feel like it’s worth noting that although her name in the sky had a happy ending, a lot of the book deals with a lot of internalized as well as external homophobia and the bullying that the girls face can be kind of extreme, so be careful if you’re looking for feel good books!
and i forgot to add: She’s My Ride Home – Jackie Bushore
Embrace in Motion / Car Pool / Wild Thing / Just Like That / One Degree of Separation / Love by the Numbers / Substitute for Love / Finders Keepers / In Deep Waters / Warming Trend / Sugar / In Every Port / Roller Coaster / All the Wrong Places / Paperback Romance / The Kiss that Counted by Karin Kallmaker
The Wild One / Dreams Found / Getting There / Dream Lover / Always and Forever / The Feel of Forever by Lyn Denison
Sierra City / Love Waits / Devil’s Rock / Artist’s Dream / Storms / Coyote Sky / No Strings / One Summer Night / Gulf Breeze / Dawn of Change by Gerri Hill
Curious Wine by Katherine V Forrest
Silent Heart / Under the Southern Cross by Claire McNab
Butch Girls Can Fix Anything by Paula Offutt
Once More with Feeling by Peggy J Herring
Sea Legs / Sumter Point / Worth Every Step / Out of Love / The House on Sandstone by KG MacGregor
Payback by Gabrielle Goldsby
1049 Club by Kim Pritekel
Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher / Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary by Monica Nolan
Starting from Scratch / 96 Hours by Georgia Beers
Just Business by Julie Cannon
Something in the Wine by Jae
Wild at Heart by Layce Gardner
Green Eyed Monster by Gill McKnight
Babyji – Abha Dawesar
NEVER FORGET MY FAVORITE BOOK GUYS IT’S SO GOOD AND SO UNDERAPPRECIATED
a love story starring my dead best friend by emily horner
Tell me again how a crush should feel – sarah farizan
The summer i wasnt me – jessica verdi (this one is set in a gay-conversion camp though so fair warning!)
When Women Were Warriors – Catherine M Wilson. (Lady warriors with weapons! and POC main character?!)
the dark wife by Sarah Diemer
Intimacy is beyond kisses and cuddles and sex. Intimacy is getting a headache and taking a nap, and waking up to your laundry folded and your partner rubbing your back. Intimacy is crying and yelling at night about your past to someone who listens and comforts you. Intimacy is watching shows in your pjs for hours and eating pizza together and being able to communicate love through holding hands. It’s never running out of conversation but doing it anyways to enjoy silence.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Intimacy was defined by my health teacher as: Being able to feel vulnerable with someone while still feeling safe.
intimacy, according to my professor of philosophy, is to be able to say “I do not know” without fear of being judged.
– I remember thinking I would never feel at home on Earth. I still don’t, in a way. But I feel at home with you.
– Always.
fucktonofanatomyreferencesreborn:
fujo:
SenshiStock’s gallery consists of millions of pictures that are free to use as reference.
General Drawing Poses
Sit and Kneel
Dramatic and Reaching Drawing Poses
Magic and Hogwarts Drawing Poses
Staff Weapon Pose Reference
Hammer, Axe and Bat Pose Reference
Sword Weapon Drawing Reference
Small Bladed Weapon Pose Reference
Gun Weapon Pose Reference
Bow and Arrow Archery Stock
Foreshortening and Perspective Poses
Dynamic Flying Falling Action Poses
Deafeated or Laying Drawing Poses
Magic Crystal
Magical Girl Wand Weapon
Transformations and Dance
Cards
Back Pose Reference
Pin Up Inspired Poses for Drawing
Performances Poses
Life in General Poses
Fights and Fighting Pose Reference
Leaning Poses
Classic Sailor Senshi Poses
Wings
Sailor Moon Villains
Pairs
Romance or Couples Pose Reference
All the Male Stock
Hanging Stock Drawing Reference
Three or More Groups
Instruments
Mirrors
Whip
Technobabble
A glorious fuck-ton of human pose references.
reblogging because i feel like maybe i can draw again. sometime maybe soon.
THANK YOU AAA
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