#kiki gods monsters and the lucky peach

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Kiki from Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach is asexual!

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 6.21

Holidays

Atheist Solidarity Day

Baby Boomer Recognition Day

Banjo Lesson Day

Bill Murray Day

Create a New National Day Day

Day of the Martyrs (Togo)

Father’s Day (Egypt, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, UAE)

Ferris Wheel Day

Flag Burning Day

Go Skateboarding Day

Het Meetjesland Day (Belgium)

Independence Day (Greenland; assumed self-rule, 2009)

International Flower Day

International Music Day (f.k.a. World Music Day)

International T-Shirt Day

International Yoga Day (UN)

LP Day

Martyrs' Day (Togo)

National Aboriginal Day (a.k.a. First Nations Day; Canada)

National Arizona Day

National ASK Day

National Create a New National Holiday Day

National Day of the Gong

National Dog Party Day

National Heroes’ Day (Bermuda)

National Seashell Day

National Selfie Day

New Hampshire Statehood Day (#9; 1788)

Obscenity Day

Reaping Machine Day

Solstice [1st Day of Summer in Northern Hemisphere] (a.k.a. ...

Acophony (G’BroagFran of Anti-Music; Church of the SubGenius)

Alban Hefin (a.k.a. Litha or Midsummer; Celtic, Pagan) [4 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Aimless Wandering Day

Anne and Samantha Day

Aymara New Year (Año Nuevo Aymara; Bolivia)

Cuckoo Warning Day (it will be a wet summer if the cuckoo is heard today)

Daylight Appreciation Day

Day of Private Reflection

Day of the Martyrs (Togo)

Feast of the Great Spirit (Native American)

Fête de la Musique

Finally Summer Day/Finally Winter Day

Hump Day (Tasmania)

Indigenous New Year (We Tripantu; Año Nuevo Indígena; Chile)

Into Raymi (Incan Sun God Festival; Sacsayhuamán Andes Mountain Natives)

Jaanipäev (Estonia)

Jāņi (Latvia)

Juhannus Day (Finland)

Kupala (fertility rite)

Kupala Night (Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Russia)

Litha (Wiccan/Pagan; northern hemisphere)

Midnight Sun Festival (Nome, Alaska)

Midsomarsblog (Norse celebration of fishing, trading & raiding)

Midsummer

Midsummer Baal (Celtic)

National Celluma Light Therapy Day

National Daylight Appreciation Day

National Day of Greenland

National Energy Shopping Day

Polar Bear Swim (Nome, Alaska)

Saint Jonas' Festival (Lithuania)

Solsticio de Invierno (Bolivia)

Sommar Börjar (Sweden)

Tall Girl Appreciation Day

Tiregān (Iran)

Wadjet (Ancient Egypt)

We Tripantu (winter solstice festival in the southern hemisphere; Chile)

Wianki (Poland)

Willkakuti (Andean-Amazonic New Year; Aymara)

World Humanist Day

World Peace and Prayer Day

Yule (Wiccan/Pagan; southern hemisphere)

Stock Up On Antiperspirant Day

T-Shirt Day

Ulloortuneq (Greenland)

World Giraffe Day

World Handshake Day

World Humanist Day

World Hydrography Day

World Music Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Gin and Tonic Season begins

Johnnie Walker Day

Lambrusco Day

National Smoothie Day

Peaches and Cream Day

Third Tuesday in June

National Cherry Tart Day [3rd Tuesday]

Royal Ascot begins (UK) [3rd Tuesday]

Feast Days

Aaron of Brittany (Christian; Saint)

Alban of Mainz (Christian; Saint)

Aloysius Gonzaga (Christian; Saint)

Engelmund of Velsen (Christian; Saint)

Eusebius of Samosata (Christian; Saint)

St. Henry (Positivist; Saint)

Joseph Smith Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Leufredus (a.k.a. Keufroi; Christian; Saint)

Martin of Tongres (Christian; Saint)

Meen (a.k.a. Mevenus or Melanus; Christian; Saint)

Onesimos Nesib (Lutheran)

Ralph (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 29 of 60)

Premieres

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1868)

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, by Elton John and Kiki Dee (Song; 1976)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Animated Disney Film; 1996)

Minority Report (Film; 2002)

Mr. Tambourine Man, by The Byrds (Album; 1965)

Monsters University (Animated Pixar Film; 2013)

The Parent Trap (Film; 1961)

Toy Story 4 (Animated Pixar Film; 2019)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Film; 1966)

World War Z (Film; 2013)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 172 of 2022; 193 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 25 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Púyuè), Day 23 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 22 Sivan 5782

Islamic: 21 Dhu al-Qada 1443

J Cal: 22 Sol; Sunday [22 of 30]

Julian: 8 June 2022

Moon: 44% Waning Crescent

Positivist: 4 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Henry]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 1 of 90)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 1 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Cancer (The Crab) begins [Zodiac Sign 4; thru 7.22]

Summer [Season 3 of 4]

[canonlgbtqcharacters]

Kiki from Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach is asexual

[agentaletha]

Ace Character!

So I’ve started reading the Hugo Award nominees for this year and one of the novellas, Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson, has an ace character! It’s already won a Nebula award. It’s set in 2267 and “Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disaster.”

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36187158-gods-monsters-and-the-lucky-peach

She’s not the POV character, but she is a main character and has the most significant relationship (not a romantic one) with the POV character. Her name is Kiki and she’s young and enthusiastic and cares about people. She says that she “doesn’t like to fuck strangers. Or anyone, really. I don’t get much out of it.” They talk about it for a little longer - Minh (the protagonist) is not surprised or skeptical but does ask follow up questions if it’s hard for Kiki and how she deals with it. Later Minh tells someone else that Kiki is asexual. Overall low-key solid ace representation. I’m a bit surprised they used the actual word, but I appreciated it. I also enjoyed the novella itself - it tosses you straight into creative worldbuilding, with an intense look at RFP writing and funding (the author must be intimately familiar with this process and it cracked me up) and a shift in perspective on the old ‘any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’ idea, because if you live in a world where inexplicable things happen all the time, what’s one more really?