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Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods

Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.

Nico —

Aug 29, 2024

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“Here Are All My Favorite Delusions, I Hope You Like Them”: Talking to Gabrielle Korn About Queer Dystopian Novel “Yours For The Taking”

“I feel like so much of the theme of ‘straight women idealizing women’ just came from my dark times in women’s media. This idea that if you have a space…

Riese —

Jan 4, 2024

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“Yours for the Taking” Review: Matriarchy Won’t Save Us

The novel explores queer romance, corporate feminism, and reimagined community at the end of the world.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 14, 2023

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Queer Desire Is Feral in K-Ming Chang’s Bloody, Spitty “Organ Meats”

Here is an expansive tale of inherited and constructed mythology, queer magic, and gothic girlhood.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 7, 2023

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“People Collide” Throws Everything You Thought You Knew About Body Swap Stories out the Window

Isle McElroy’s new novel provides a nuanced approach to gender within its body swap premise.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 6, 2023

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“The Third Daughter” Is Sapphic Slow-Burn Fantasy and Feminist Rage

What turned it into an auto-buy was the Post-It note attached to the shelf. A flimsy lime-green placeholder for one of the voicey, detailed recommendation cards that are always tucked…

Heather Hogan —

Aug 26, 2023

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In Lesbian YA Debut, Teen Girls Find Love in the Midst of an Asteroid Barreling Toward Earth

The biggest theme in Jen St. Jude’s If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come is mental health.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 9, 2023

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“A Day of Fallen Night” Is the Most Satisfying Queer and Trans Fantasy Book I’ve Ever Read

The prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree confirms that Samantha Shannon’s Roots of Chaos series is to queer nerds what The Lord of the Rings is to straight…

Heather Hogan —

Mar 17, 2023

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“The Daughters of Izdihar” Is Fantastical Queer Feminist Rage

I have seen some angry women in fantasy stories before, but I have never felt the kind of fury pulsating off of them the way I did with queer water-bender…

Heather Hogan —

Mar 16, 2023

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Queer Novella Reimagines Sherlock Holmes and Watson As College Ex-Girlfriends

“The Mimicking of Known Successes” provides a delightful mashup of science fiction and cozy mystery, with a delicious side of sapphic romance. 

Casey —

Mar 9, 2023

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19 Wizards Ranked by How Well They Match My Gender Feelings

Orko is the worst part of He-Man. Orko does, however, get points for simply refusing to have their body perceived.

Nico —

Feb 23, 2023

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Dystopian Commentary Bares Its Teeth and Heart in “I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself”

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to write a responsible dystopia.

Yashwina —

Feb 3, 2023