It's been a lot of life changes and nearly twenty years since I read any substantial amount of Dykes to Watch Out For, and I was honestly surprised how relevant a lot of the storylines still feel. It was also a little terrifying coming back to it with the knowledge that I'm now about the same age as most of the primary characters and we're far enough into the future that I'm experiencing the exact challenges they predicted in many cases. I have also grown to really appreciate the nuanced portrayals of characters with significant personal flaws, who don't end up becoming about those flaws and who often grow to better manage them.
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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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Wyrm Theyfriend rated Emergent Strategy: 5 stars
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want.
Inspired by Octavia …
Wyrm Theyfriend rated Emergent Strategy: 5 stars
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want.
Inspired by Octavia …
Wyrm Theyfriend finished reading Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
In the tradition of Octavia Butler, radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want.
Inspired by Octavia …
Wyrm Theyfriend finished reading The Out Side by The Kao
Change is afoot as the best-selling Dykes to Watch Out For series moves to Alyson. …
This hit way harder than I expected
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Dykes and sundry other carbon-based life-forms to watch out for by Alison Bechdel
Change is afoot as the best-selling Dykes to Watch Out For series moves to Alyson. Alison Bechdel continues to illuminate …
Dykes and sundry other carbon-based life-forms to watch out for by Alison Bechdel
Change is afoot as the best-selling Dykes to Watch Out For series moves to Alyson. Alison Bechdel continues to illuminate …
Wyrm Theyfriend rated We Will Rest!: 4 stars
We Will Rest! by Tricia Hersey
We don’t believe we are worthy of rest unless we burn ourselves out to accomplish it. Our thinking has been …
Wyrm Theyfriend finished reading We Will Rest! by Tricia Hersey
We Will Rest! by Tricia Hersey
We don’t believe we are worthy of rest unless we burn ourselves out to accomplish it. Our thinking has been …
Dykes and sundry other carbon-based life-forms to watch out for by Alison Bechdel
Change is afoot as the best-selling Dykes to Watch Out For series moves to Alyson. Alison Bechdel continues to illuminate …
For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
First published in 1975, Shange's choreopoem has been read and performed because it truly revealed what it meant to be …
Wyrm Theyfriend wants to read The taking of Miss Janie by Ed Bullins (Twentieth century North American drama)
The taking of Miss Janie by Ed Bullins (Twentieth century North American drama)
The Taking of Miss Janie tells the story of a decade as young college students in the mid-1970s struggle to …
Wyrm Theyfriend wants to read The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown by Martha J. Cutter
The Many Resurrections of Henry Box Brown by Martha J. Cutter
On March 23, 1849, Henry Brown climbed into a large wooden postal crate and was mailed from slavery in Richmond, …
Wyrm Theyfriend wants to read The iceman cometh by Eugene O'Neill
The iceman cometh by Eugene O'Neill
A play about people who have been battered by life, who have done shocking things according to glib, conventional standards …