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Intersex Awareness Day: 6 Book Recommendations!

October 26th is the annual Intersex Awareness Day! Considering how many millions of people in the world are intersex, it’s depressing how rare it is to find books by intersex people or that feature intersex characters. Our crew of contributors to these recommendations list knew of six we’d recommend. As always, representation may be explicit or implied, so is potentially open to interpretation. Note that some intersex people consider themselves queer and some do not. We opted to include these books under “queer” for the tagging and shelving systems we use, but we do so with the understanding that not all intersex people are queer and that being intersex doesn’t automatically mean a person is queer. The contributors to the list are Nina Waters, Meera S. and an anonymous contributor.

At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender: Life Lessons from a 50-Year-Old After Two Decades of Self-Discovery by Shou Arai

At age 30, Shou Arai came to a realization; they had no gender. Now they were faced with a question they’d never really considered: how to age in a society where everything is so strongly segregated between two genders? This autobiographical manga explores Japanese culture surrounding gender, transgender issues, and the day to day obstacles faced by gender minorities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community with a lighthearted, comedic attitude.

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

“I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent driver’s license…records my first name simply as Cal.”

So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of 1967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.

Nabari No Ou by Yuhki Kamatani

Apathetic schoolboy Miharu Rokujou is content to meander through life in the sleepy village of Banten. But his quiet existence is shattered when the Grey Wolves of Iga, a powerful ninja clan, attempt to kidnap him in broad daylight. Only then does Miharu discover that the ultimate power of the hidden ninja realm – a power that can do both great good and great harm – is sealed within his body. As battles erupt among rival ninja clans seeking to control him, Miharu must overcome his apathy and learn the ways of the ninja if he wants any shot at survival.

Ring by Kōji Suzuki

A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure.

Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his niece’s inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern society’s fears to a rural Japan – a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic–haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tape’s mystery before it’s too late – for everyone – assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip.

The Day of Revolution by Mikiyo Tsuda

Kei Yoshikawa is a feisty young boy, troubled by problems at home and annoyed at school. One day after a sudden fainting spell, Kei is examined by the doctor and given shocking news – he is actually supposed to be a girl!

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability, and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West – a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.

What are your favorite books with intersex representation? Please do tell us, we’d love to read more!

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Media Interaction 2023

March

Before Dawn - this is a doujin featuring Kyon and Itsuki Koizumi from the series Haruhi Suzumiya. The anatomy isn't the best at times but it makes up for it with its writing. I appreciate that most of the dialogue in this doujin is narrated by Kyon which is faithful to the source material and I found the narrative about closeted homosexuality to hit really hard.

Algorithm - this is yet another of the many English-translated Kyon and Koizumi doujins I read through this month. The art is very nice but the dialog is just fucking ass, to be honest. I don't have very much to say about this one there was no impression left on me besides the art style which is unfortunate. I did find out later after reading this doujin the artist that made this went on to publish their own original works under the pen name Mikiyo Tsuda which I found hilariously inspirational.

Boy Meets Boy - another doujin featuring Kyon and Koizumi. This one was fucking awful I genuinely felt like I needed to brush my teeth or take a shower after reading it. I really DO NOT LIKE when consent is ambiguous or vague and this is unfortunately a common trope in yaoi doujins I have noticed. The art was also incredibly extreme to the point where it humored me to look at how awful, depraved, and dirty each illustration looked. After reading this one I genuinely felt like I needed a few minutes to recover.

I Don't Understand Adults - another Kyon and Koizumi doujin. The art is kinda janky and hard to understand what's being illustrated when looking at the panels. Kyon and Koizumi have been dating for a month but Kyon has an encounter with Koizumi 7 years from the future and it puts a strain on his relationship. I'm not very fond of angsty tropes so this one was very mild.

Game Boys - this is a short comic series featured in various issues of Genus Male, a male-only spin off of adults-only furry anthology comics. For gay furry porn, this is a very interesting and genuinely good comic about early 2000s online queer culture and self-expression in role-playing communities as well as the struggles of closeted homosexuality in real life. This was actually well written and illustrated and didn't solely focus on gay furry sex. I found a majority of the dialog to hit pretty hard and I think this is a very fascinating retrospective on early furry culture and homosexuality within such communities like furries, role-playing and gaming.

Genus Male Issue 1 - a lot of the art featured in this first comic anthology is excellent but most of the writing accompanying any of the short stories is just kinda mild. There was one short story that really stuck out to me though because it portrayed sex work in a way that wasn't incredibly demonizing but that was my biggest takeaway from reading the first issue.

Super Tecmo Bo - this is an album featuring The Alchemist and Boldy James. This is genuinely an excellent album from start to finish and another rare occurrence of enjoying every single track on an album. The use of samples is mesmerizing and I really like that each track crossfades into the next. I think this is gonna be another one of the top albums I've listened to this year I can not stop going back to it.

Secret Meeting - this is a doujin featuring Char Aznable and Garma Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam. This is probably the most outstanding quality doujin I have ever read so far which is expected from this particular circle (GOMIX) and the most satisfying depiction of this specific pairing. There is just so much that I adore about this doujin I got really lucky to purchase a physical copy of this because the other Charma doujin released by GOMIX is no longer available for purchase online unless it were to be sold second hand which I highly doubt I'll find any time soon. (as I went back to edit this before publishing I scored a physical copy of this second hand weeks later after typing this in my drafts) The art is extremely attractive and identical to the original manga for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. There was a small note from the artist on the first page and what I could piece together from the shoddy Google translation on my phone is that they highly recommend reading volume 11 of the origin because "it's literally BL". The artist also stated they are very partial to the universal century timeline which I think is just very cute of them to state their own personal preference within the Gundam franchise. Something I'd like to add that is just a very special personal preference for me regarding any fan works like this is when either of the characters say "I love you" to each other. When Garma tells Char how much he loves him after they both climax that shit is the world to me.

Rooster Fighter - this manga series is still publishing so from what I've read up to the most current translated chapter I think this is the most stupidly fucking awesome thing I have read. The art is very detailed and the world-building is genuinely good??? I sincerely love how chickens are illustrated in this manga. I'm hoping to pick up the first few physical copies that have been released so far in the US since a lot of the online fan translations I've found vary in quality. The only thing I have to point out about this series is that there is a lot of NTR... with chickens...

Side Trips - 1967 debut studio album by American band Kaleidoscope. I liked maybe a maximum of 2 songs off this album and struggled to hit the skip button when listening to the rest. The genres used on this album are all over the place and made it feel like whiplash to listen to each track. My favorite track on this album would be Keep Your Mind Open

At Home - 1969 second studio album by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue. I liked a few songs from this album, which was about it. I enjoyed any track that particularly featured the use of a sitar as an instrument but besides that, I can tell this is another one of those one-hit-wonder type bands. My favorite track on this album would be Love Buzz

The Addiction Of Wanting To Touch You - another doujin featuring Kyon and Koizumi from Haruhi Suzumiya. genuinely very mild but the English translation is at least legible. This artist chose not to use screentones or any sort of shading that fleshes out the characters so I am puzzled looking at each panel trying to understand what's being depicted. Something that is a constant theme in these doujins with Kyon and Koizumi is whenever they start to make out they instantly say "did Haruhi wish for this" implying that Haruhi Suzumiya is a fujoshi and she wishes to see two men kiss each other.

Genus Male Issue 2 - the illustrations are nice as always but a lot of the stories in these comic anthologies are just weird wacky hijinks that end with gay furry sex so nothing really stuck out to me in this issue besides the art.

Hetalia Axis Powers - wow this has aged horrifically. From racist stereotypes to far right Japanese nationalism to fujoshi bait to historic revisionism to weird jokes about incest. Its revisionism is so all over the place the most I obtained from a history lesson is cringe. The jokes in this anime are about as racist as a G4 host getting ready to review a MegaTen game. There is not much left for me to discuss about this series when going back to it and watching it in its entirety.

On Air - this is a doujin featuring Char Aznable and Garma Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam. The art in this was so cute it almost made me EXPLODE!! The dialogue and interactions between each character are very sweet and everything I want to see depicted with a pairing that's special to me which is very rare when reading a lot of these kinds of fan works. I am hoping to find this doujin available for purchase online since I really like it enough to add it to my collection.

Hetalia World Series - no different than the first series (very bad) but way more boring. There is a large focus on Eastern European countries but all of them have identical designs with atrociously revised history that doesn't accurately represent any of their personalities. I often found myself really bored watching this series when the attention wasn't on such countries as Japan, Switzerland, and Lichtenstein. I did really enjoy the Nekotalia segments and I wish there were more of them.

Evil Empire - 1996 second studio album by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. Very excellent hardcore album from start to finish there is not a single track I don't like and the sociopolitical commentary is still extremely relevant nearly 2 decades later.

Hetalia The Beautiful World - the new art style of this series is hideous and the fujoshi bait is at full throttle. This series in Hetalia is surprisingly less racist than the first two and the historical revisionism is toned down a bit because there's barely any history at all. This series was evidently different than the first two and no longer featured any sort of segments and cutaways which surprisingly made the pacing go even faster but was still a mundane watch-through. The overall drastic change made it feel less like a funny web series and more like 5-minute shorts made for TV despite still being classified as an ONA. I think this is where Hetalia really began to die out as both a series and a fandom.

Meeting Place - this is the prequel to Before Dawn, a doujin featuring Kyon and Itsuki Koizumi from the series Haruhi Suzumiya. The narrative about online gay relationships hits very hard just like the sequel and is probably the best fan work I've seen written with this paring that doesn't reek of homosexual fetishization. I've grown rather fond of this artist's style as I read more translations of their works and I'm hoping to purchase some of them to add to my collection.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - overall excellent saga within the Universal Century Timeline. I don't think I have ever engaged with any media that has had such an honest nonoffensive sincere depiction of autism which made this series more personally impactful to me than the first. I enjoyed the focus on character drama in this Gundam series and I surprisingly felt very emotional about the romance Kamille shares with Four which is very rare for me to experience when a series establishes love interests. I think what makes Kamille and Four so likable as lovers for me is how sincere and direct their feelings are for each other which overlaps with the depiction of Kamille's autism. This series was very intriguing to me, especially with the introduction of cyber newtypes and that any prominent character classified as a cyber newtype was very autistic coded. There were also a lot of new excellent mobile suit designs in this series and I never really expected to take to the gunpla aspect of this franchise because man do I need to add more of those little colorful plastic fellas on my wishlist.

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these two men hate you

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this weeks book haul.

[thebookishlifeofmylie]

Who made me a princess 👑

OOHH guys i’m gonna cry so much!!!

I’ve just finised the last chapter of this manwha and god my heart and my soul is now shattered. The feels just overflowing and I want more chapters to be released!!!!

Cry cry....

Title: Who made me a princess

Author:  Mikiyo Tsuda

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Visiting my parents’ house where I left my comics when I went to uni in a different city. I kind of want to go through them, and I really want to organize.

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Princess Princess Plus Chapter 2

Tumblr PREVIEW ONLY (+bonus close up), DOWNLOAD BELOW.

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rbdete5OsLM1VSYjlEZnZ0eE0/view?usp=sharing

Remember to support Zaou Taishi and buy her mangas!

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If you, like me, have seen posts going around with links to independently owned owned shops for clothes and jewelry but you don't have a whole lot of interest in buying clothes or jewelry for pride this year, I made a list of queer media including:

books

comics

manga

webcomics

music

movies

podcasts

video games

youtubers

And most of them are smaller/independent!

Thanks go to @hoegrove for making the banner and to @harringrovetrashh @haxpr0cess and @ohmybgosh for all their help with suggestions!

Books

A Taste of Honey - Kai Ashane Wilson 

The Weight of the Stars - K. Ancrum

The Scottish Boy - Alex di Campi 

Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

Alan Lennox and the Temp Job of Doom - Brian Olsen

The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth 

Wayward Son + Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

Captive Prince - CS Pacat

How to Fix a Mechanical Heart - J.C. Lillis

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee

Hoofin' It - RJ Blain

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Saenz

One Man Guy - Michael Barakiva

Paradisa - Michelle Ianntuonno

Parrotfish - Ellen Wittlinger

We Are Lost and Found - Helene Dunbar

Stay Gold - Tobly McSmith

Press Start - Rose Sinclair & Jonathan Lopez

Comics 

Fence - C.S. Pacat

Teahouse - Emirain

Pumpkinheads - Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks

Monster of Elendhaven - Jennifer Giesbrecht

Something is Killing the Children - James Tynion IV & Werther Dell'Edra

City of Night - Jon Rechy

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me - Nakamura Asumiko

The Dark - Mark Sable & Kristian Donaldson

Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker 

Marvel: America #1 - on-going series starring America Chavez - Gabby Rivera

Manga

Become You - Ichigo Takano

Coyote - Ranmaru Zariya

Seven Days - Monday to Sunday - Venio Tachibana & Rihito Takarai

Our Dreams at Dusk - Yuhki Kamatani

My Brother's Husband - Gengoroh Tagame

Beauty and the Beast Girl - Neji

Desire - Maki Kazumi & Yukine Honami

Princess Princess - Mikiyo Tsuda

Webcomics

Novae - Kaixju

Small World - Wonsun Jin 

The Croaking - echorise

Star Fighter - hamletmachine

Check Please - Ngozi Ukazu

Long Exposure - mars

Band vs. Band - Kathleen Jacques

Podcasts

Welcome to Nightvale

Alice Isn't Dead

The Adventure Zone

Anime

Yuri on Ice

Given

No. 6

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Promare

Donghua

Antique Bakery

Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers)

Nabari No Ou

Music

George Michael

Elton John 

Queen 

Patrick Wolf

Woodkid

Years & Years

Troye Sivan

Tyler Glenn

Judas Priest

Tyler Carter

Yungblud

Lil Nas X

The Cliks

Against Me!

Adam Lambert

Janelle Monet

Hayley Kioko

Frank Ocean

Tyler the Creator (*might be triggering)

Sam Smith

Halestorm

Halsey

Lady Lamb

Movies

A Single Man (*triggering content: dead gays)

But I'm a Cheerleader

The Birdcage

To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything

Fried Green Tomatoes (*triggering content: dead gays)

In & Out

Kinky Boots

Fucking Amal

My Beautiful Laundrette

Tangerine

The Way He Looks

I Love You, Phillip Morris

The Normal Heart (*triggering content: the AIDS crisis)

Pitchfork

Devil's Path

Boy Erased

The Sum of Us

Please Date My Son

Jenny Getting Married

B+B

Boy Meets Girl

Love, Simon

Papi Chulo

Handsome Devil

Alex Strangelove

Pride

Porcupine Lake 

Out in the Dark

Blue is the Warmest Color

Second Skin

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Stay near me... even closer... I can't utter that single phrase If only I could be so selfish I'd amaze you 

...I'd rather be your fiance.

I fell in love with Love DNA XX (Zaou Taishi & Eiki Eiki) back in 2009. This adorable and irreverent yuri manga hasn’t let go of my heart since then. I had a great time working on cosplay from it this year, and hopefully we can revisit the characters again some day.

Cosplay made by me ( @thornprick)

Aoi Koshiro 🌸 @thornprick

Sakura Kokonoe 🌸 @tashkun

Photography by GooJunky Photography

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Atsumare! Gakuen Tengoku. By the mangaka Mikiyo Tsuda (also known as Taishi Zaō) 

 This manga taps into many things I like. It's an humoristic manga about the supernatural, with red-haired male twins as heroes, a lot of twincest jokes, and the involvement of vampires and werewolves. What's there not to love? Outside of that, I don't think of it as a great manga. It's fun to read and cute, but if you miss it, it won't change your life. It's also the manga that made me discover the notion of "onmyōdō/onmyouji". 

 In this manga, one of the recurring characters is a chubby boy by the name of Kitano Hisaya. His chubbiness isn't a plot point in the beginning of the manga. It is mentionned in the last chapters of the first volume, when a callous, arrogant, vain and snobbish vampire girl calls him a "fat pig". His friends immediately take his defense, while Kitano is left puzzled because it's actually the first time in his life he was ever called by such a name. 

 At the end of the first volume, the mangaka explains that Kitano is her first attempt at drawing a chubby character, explaining why his shape and silhouette keeps changing slightly from chapter to chapter. She explains she ended up liking him more and more, and she also calls out the readers thinking the chubby boy ruins this bishounen and pretty girls-filled manga, by saying that his chubbiness is actually what makes him cute, and that he is perfect as he is.

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*sigh* Eiki Eiki is drawing art for a new manga and DAIGO is promoting it by saying "don't worry, this one's normal". Am I reading too much into it or does it feel awfully disrespectful towards his sister's work in general, and grossly hypocritical considering he did voice Shougo?

I would’ve said yeah, you’re probably reading a little too much into it since ‘normal love’ is just the general name for het stories, and most Japanese people don’t really think about what that English word ACTUALLY means and how offensive it is as contrasted with BL/GL

BUT

reading his tweet, and the way he goes out of his way to say ‘don’t worry!’ or ‘fret not!’ and whatnot as if they can breathe a huge sigh of relief there’s no double-dick in this story THANK GOD is just ://////

I don’t feel like he’s like…trying to be offensive. I think he just doesn’t realize that his attempt at a joke is super not funny, and that’s just as bad -_-;

Also am I wrong for being really irritated that Zaou was supposed to be taking a break because of physical strain and stress and Eiki too, but here they are collaborating yet again on this random shoujo thing (for the uninformed: Tsuda Mikiyo is the artist of this manga Eiki is consulting on that DAIGO is talking about; that’s Zaou Taishi’s shoujo manga penname) when Back Stage!!’s manga is sitting there probably never getting touched again??

Like I wish they hadn’t started it at all. We have the novels, and that’s fine. But they got our hopes with the manga and then couldn’t hack it :/

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Anime: Princess Princess Autora: Mikiyo Tsuda Duración: 12 capítulos Emisión: 5 de abril del 2006 al 21 de junio del 2006 Manga: 5 tomos Sinopsis: Princess Princess es una historia que involucra las vidas de tres chicos elegidos para vestirse de chicas en la escuela sólo de chicos a la que van, que resulta ser también la escuela de mayor élite del área. El protagonista principal, Tōru Kouno, acaba de ser transferido a esta escuela de chicos, Fujimori, después de estar viviendo con su tío durante un tiempo. Él es uno de los chicos elegidos para ser una de las Princesas, que es una bizarra tradición para romper con la monotonía de la vida estando siempre con chicos. Los estudiantes (basados en ciertas calificaciones) son elegidos para ser Princesas y se les hace disfrazarse de chicas (normalmente de moda Lolita) y atender a las funciones del colegio así. Opinión personal: Una serie muy divertida y entretenida. No he leído el manga pero me gustaría hacerlo, ojalá se animara alguna editorial española a editarla^^. Los chicos que hacen de princesas son muy carismáticos y se desarrolla bastante bien su historia familiar. Creo que quedó un poco corta porque las relaciones entre los personajes se podrían haber definido todavía un poco más, o profundizar en las historias de los miembros del consejo de estudiantes pero de todas formas, es bastante entretenida. Puntuación: 8/10 Recomendable: Sí. Una comedia con ligero toque de shonen-ai^^