Check the end for free giveaways from indie authors! So if you spent anytime in book advertising spaces on something like Instagram or Threads or Blue Sky or Tik Tok, you're going to see this sort of collection of shared vocabulary. These will tend to self-collect into difference sub-genres, but there's still a fair amount… Continue reading What the Hell Does “Morally Gray” Mean?
We’re a few weeks out from the release of Brand New Day. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and thought it had wonderful performances from everyone involved. At the same time, I find it terribly frustrating. On Threads, my “hot take” was that Jean Grey was being shoved into a narrative that didn’t have enough room… Continue reading Making Jean Grey a Spider-Man Villain Misses the Point
San Diego Comic Con was this past week, so we got a lot of announcements out of it. I’m particularly interested in the Venom relaunch for obvious reasons.
Check out the end for free books and special offers from indie authors. Join the newsletter to get a free short story, news, and updates on my work and releases. In the past few months, I’ve started selling my books at physical markets with a little more intentionality. I’m doing the artist alley thing. Book events.… Continue reading We’re Failing to Reclaim the Word “Smut” So We Need to Regroup
Check out the end for free books and special offers from indie authors. Join the newsletter to get a free short story, news, and updates on my work and releases. Pheonix ExtravagantYoon Ha LeeFantasy2020Prose Novel, Adult, LGBTQIA+ From Storygraph: “Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint.One day they're jobless… Continue reading Reading Highlights Q2 2026
Think of your favorite straight character. How do you know that they’re heterosexual?My favorite thing to do in comic book discussions is say “okay, but what does the text actually say?” Because comic book readers are notorious for pulling one panel or one issue out of context and drawing all their conclusions from that. You… Continue reading PRIDE: The Punisher is Textually a (Closet) Bisexual and Your Straight Bias is Making You Miss the Fun
Like any good little queer, probably autistic, sci-fi reader, I dearly love the Murderbot books even if I’m not fully caught up with them (shh, leave me alone). So when the show was announced, I was obviously excited. When I saw that Alexander Skarsgard was the lead I was like “hm.” Not because I don’t… Continue reading PRIDE: MurderBot Isn’t Non-Binary
Hello. I’m asexual. I’m also non-binary. I tend to settle on “queer” when it comes up in conversation to cut through the chatter.Good, now we’re caught up.Asexuality is one of those things people just really really really struggle to understand. So much so that even some of my fellow aces gatekeep it into this hyper-exclusionary,… Continue reading PRIDE: Asexual People Can Have Sex and That’s Good for Everyone
The Met Gala happened recently. For those unfamiliar, it’s ostensibly a fundraiser for The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that is also a big fashion who-si-whatsit. It began in 1948, and it’s gone through a few iterations to get to the big celebrity blow-out that we’ve come to know. In the age… Continue reading The Met Gala Isn’t The Capitol, and I Need You to Stop
Check out the end for free books and special offers from indie authors. Join the newsletter to get a free short story, news, and updates on my work and releases. Project Hail Mary is still all over a lot of my subreddits, especially the crafting ones. Embroidery, cross-stitch, crochet, all still coming out with Rocky and… Continue reading Understanding Movie Adaptations: Where the HELL is my MCU-flavored Black Alien Goo?
