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The adventures of Princess Naomi and her Zayde Dragon
Princess Naomi is very lucky. She has two moms who love her very much, one of whom is queen of the whole kingdom! She’s also got a dragon who looks after her. Princess Naomi, her mothers, and the dragon are … Continue reading
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Tagged cartoon, childhood, children, comics, Dragon, dragons, fairy tale, family, fantasy, grandfather, grandpa, grandparents, jewish, lesbian moms, lgbt, lgbt fairy tales, lgbt families, princess, two moms, yiddish
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Firebreathing dragon lights menorah
Ever wanted to read a series with canon femslash and a warrior woman who loves her dragon? During all eight days of Chanukah, use the code latkes to get 20% off The Second Mango and Climbing the Date Palm (but only on those links, not … Continue reading
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Tagged books, celebrations, chanukah, Dragon, dragons, fantasy, fantasy art, femslash, hanukkah, holidays, jew, jewish, jewish lesbians, jews, lesbian, lesbian lit, lesfic, menorah, queer
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I Love You a Latke!
Latkes for everyone! During all eight days of Chanukah, use the code latkes to get 20% off The Second Mango and Climbing the Date Palm (but only on those links, not on Amazon or the paperbacks.) Artwork by Yeaka of the four main characters of the … Continue reading
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Tagged books, chanukah, Dragon, family of choice, fantasy lit, hanukkah, holidays, jew, jewish, jewish fiction, jewish holidays, judaism, latkes, lesbian, lesfic, lgbt, lgbtq
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Portrait in jasmine and grapevines
For I am unworthy, and she is lost these many years. She said I am heartless, and thus, unworthy. King Jahandar and his childhood sweetheart, driven away in fear of the responsibility of being his moral center. Who is she? … Continue reading
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Tagged angst, Art, book, books, fantasy, fantasy books, fictional characters, flowers, grapes, heterosexual romance, novel, romance, ya fantasy
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“Whatever you face, I’ll help you.”
“Whatever you face, I’ll help you.” Aviva took both of her hands and lifted them to her mouth. She kissed each set of knuckles sweetly, then led Shulamit over to the food. Being queen can be stressful, but it helps … Continue reading
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Tagged bisexual, Bisexuality, fairy tales, fantasy, femslash, glbt, lesbian, lesbian books, lgbt, lgbt fantasy, lgbtq, queer, qwoc, women-of-color, young adult, young adult fiction
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Aviva and the baklava
Aviva, the working-class, bisexual chef turned royal mistress, as drawn by Jane Dominguez. Here we see her in a scene from Climbing the Date Palm in which she works all night by herself to accomplish a seemingly impossible task just to ensure … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, art nouveau, baking, baklava, bi, bisexual, bisexual characters, Bisexuality, chef, cooking, culinary, f/f, f/f romance, fairy tales, femslash, Jane Dominguez, jewish, jewish characters, lesbian, lgbt, lgbt fantasy, lgbtq, queer, qwoc, shoujo ai
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The bi characters in Date Palm
An excerpt of Climbing the Date Palm, the sequel to The Second Mango, featuring its two bisexual characters. Chef Aviva calls out Prince Kaveh’s casual misogyny while teaching him the fundamentals of culinary knife work, and then they commiserate over the … Continue reading
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Tagged bi, bi characters, biphobia, bisexual, Bisexuality, books, cartoons, chibis, fairy tales, feminism, fiction, lgbt, lgbtq, queer, tropes
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Canon femslash and worker’s rights!
Queen Shulamit and Chef Aviva from The Second Mango are back for another adventure; in Climbing the Date Palm they’re charged with the rescue of a foreign prince’s labor activist boyfriend, while also trying to figure out how to become moms to an heir. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, aviva, bisexual, books, chef aviva, climbing the date palm, fantasy, fantasy art, femslash, fiction, jewish, lesbian, lgbt, lgbt parenting, lgbtq, mommy, moms, motherhood, novels, queen shulamit, queer, queer lit, reading, shapeshifters, Shira Glassman, shoujo ai, shulamit, swan, the second mango, ttc, women-of-color, young adult
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Climbing the Date Palm: a bisexual fairy tale about faith, justice, and family
A fantasy novel about labor rights? It’s true! Here’s the eBook link; print is coming soon. Prince Kaveh, the youngest son of the king of the City of Red Clay, is bisexual, and is completely besotted with Farzin, the engineer … Continue reading
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Tagged afl-cio, bi, bisexual, Bisexuality, books, climbing the date palm, Dragon, dragons, f/f, f/f romance, fairy tales, fantasy, femslash, fiction, gay, jewish, jewish books, justice, labor rights, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, m/f romance, m/m, m/m romance, novel, queer, romance, shoujo ai, shounen ai, slash, social justice, unions, wage theft, workers rights, ya books, yaoi, young adult, young adult fantasy, young adult fiction, yuri
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Story time
Isaac the wizard entertains the children of visiting nobility while their parents are busy with the queen. He has lots of stories from all his years of adventure, but his favorites are the ones he shared with Captain Riv.Drawn by … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, chibi, childhood, children, fairy tales, fantasy, illustration, isaac, kids, storytelling, wizard, wizards
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