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Wyrm Theyfriend

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Joined 2 years, 3 months ago

Hi! I'm one of the admins here, and I like to read all sorts of things! Non-fiction graphic novels are my favorite, but I also like YA SFF quite a bit, and enjoy exploring other things besides.

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Emily Faas: Those Who Bear Scars (2023) 3 stars

“You think I want to kill you, dearest?”

Arms dealer Viveca Hua, her loyal lieutenant …

I didn't like this one as much as most of the others in this universe, because I found these takes on the characters much less sympathetic. I loved the ending, though, and I think it made the rest worth it. I'm very glad I read it but probably won't repeat.

Sonja Eismann, Maya Schöningh, Ingo Schöningh, Gantala Press, Citlalli Andrango, Cecilia Larrea, Bandana Tulachan, Vanessa Penuela, Cesar Vargas, Dương Mạnh Hùng, Phạm Thu Trà, Greta di Girolamo, Consuelo Terra, Helen Quinones Loaiza, Trilce Garcia Cosavalente, Chandri Narayanan, Sadhna Prasad: Movements and Moments (Paperback, Drawn & Quarterly Publications) 5 stars

An ambitious feminist anthology chronicling Indigenous rebellions around the world

In 1930s Bolivia, self-described Anarchist …

The included pieces were disproportionately from Quechua cultures and I was more than a little surprised to find zero African pieces in a collection listed as representing feminism of "the Global South", but every included piece was both beautiful and fascinating, and I'll likely read this again someday.