Artists I Love: Ggggrimes
Their art mostly depicts intimate moments between (incredibly cool) queer people of colour, with the captions sharing who each of the characters depicted are, including their ethnicity and gender identities.
The Queer Community Is Flourishing: HBO’s Full Bloom
HBO’s Full Bloom is a reality competition so filled with personal growth and uplifting spirits and a very ever-present essence of queerness.
Book Review: Tales from the Bottom of My Sole by David Kingston Yeh
This sequel to A Boy at the Edge of the World is just as gloriously delightful and brimming with the essence of life as the first in this series. I remain in awe of David Kingston Yeh’s writing.
Weekend Screens: Blackpink (plus Luca, Landscaping, Video Games) In Your Area!
Catching up on shows I wanted to start, and shows I’d been meaning to finally finish: Industry, Dare Me, Backyard Envy, We Are Who We Are, Fe@rless_, Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Body’, and the Blackpink Nextflix doc!
Currently watching: Violence! Magic! Adventure! Dogs!
Unflinching violence, millennials with magic, Carmen Sandiego, and dog groomers galore!
You Should Follow: The Papa Artist
A queer, trans-friendly artist who uses the prettiest colours to share art that is gender-affirming art, body positive, consent-focused, and calls for social justice activism.
You Should Read: The Hitman’s Guide to Making Friends and Finding Love
Jackson and Leland’s story is basically a really funny, m/m version of Killing Eve. I will 2000% be listening to this again soon, just to laugh as openly and loudly as I did allll throughout this book.
Teddy Paints: Cheerful, wholesome, diverse Trans pride!
Theo’s art radiates Trans Pride. His cheerful, colourful work is expressly and joyously queer –a true celebration of the lgbtqia+ community.
Sex-Positive Education: Spectrum Boutique
An online educational sex toy store for every body & experience level. They share excellent informative posts, recommend awesome inclusive books, and stock really really pretty sex toys.
Weekend Reads: Wonderful Romance Featuring Trans Characters
The impact that Penetration Test’s story (more specifically, its trans and HIV-positive characters) had on me is what inspired my reading life this weekend.