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Monthly Archives: October 2014
And then she put her down and kissed her
You really want to make a writer happy — surprise her with an adorable picture of her lady couple in the middle of the night out of nowhere. Thanks, Yeaka! Shulamit and Aviva are characters from these novels.
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Tagged fan art, femslash, lesbian, lesbian books, lesbian characters, lgbt, lgbtq, queer, qwoc, shoujo ai, yeaka
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Characters like us
This just in: “I want a queer and/or trans character whose storyline doesn’t revolve around their marginalization” does not mean “I never want fictional characters to ever face microaggressions or challenges ever again!” Watching a character like me deal with … Continue reading
“Kiss me so I’ll be able to feel it when we’re apart.”
The wizard Isaac is leaving on a royal spy mission, leaving behind his warrior captain wife Rivka for a few days. It’s my birthday today, so I’m posting pure self-indulgence. Characters from The Second Mango and Climbing the Date Palm, drawn by Erika … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, drawing, fictional characters, fictional couples, graphite, novels, romance, warrior, warrior woman, warrior women, wizard
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Fairy tales where the cute, plucky cook winds up with the queen
In The Second Mango and Climbing the Date Palm, plus the upcoming sequels, the ladies who love ladies get the happiest endings! l Queen Shulamit and Chef Aviva were drawn here by Kayaczek.
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Tagged chibi, cute, fairy tales, femslash, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, queer, shoujo ai, yuri
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Lady lovin’ in the sukkah
Aviva and Shulamit, the lady couple from The Second Mango and Climbing the Date Palm, share a cuddly moment during Sukkot. Drawn by Becca Schauer based on characters created by Shira Glassman.
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Tagged Art, etrog, femslash, jewish, judaism, lesbian, lesbian art, lgbt, lgbtq, lulav, queer, qwoc, sukkah, sukkot, women-of-color
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Dragon protecting the etrog
The very BEST way to keep your etrog safe is to have it guarded by a dragon, of course! Rivka knows best. (Dragon pic by yeaka.) Characters from The Second Mango and Climbing the Date Palm, queer Jewish feminist fantasy lit with eBooks … Continue reading
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Tagged Dragon, dragons, etrog, fairy tales, fantasy, fantasy art, holidays, jewish, jewish holidays, judaism, lulav, sukkot, warrior woman, warrior women
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“The Summer We Got Free”: powerful family drama with queer themes
Holy shit. Okay, so maybe reading this book in one sitting, alone in my apartment, wasn’t such a smart idea. I’m a wimp and there was some pretty fucking powerful, heavy, HEAVY, I mean heavy like those magnets that make something tiny … Continue reading
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Tagged black, black fiction, black lesbian literature, black literature, black women, books, fiction, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, literary fiction, novels, qpoc, queer, qwoc
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Shira Glassman 