Book Geekdom

caught my study from a new angle :)

Even in a year marked by rising backlash and continued struggles for LGBTQIA+ people worldwide, 2025 also brought powerful moments of progress, solidarity, and long-fought victories. Across continents, governments expanded legal recognition, protected bodily autonomy, advanced trans and intersex rights, strengthened anti-discrimination laws, and celebrated queer joy despite opposition. These 25 stories capture just some of the ways our communities pushed forward, demanded visibility, and reshaped the future—reminding us that queer liberation is global, ongoing, and unstoppable.

My latest cartoon for Guardian Books.

(Also: HOW gorgeous is this art! I am unspeakably in love with it! How it captures these two idiots so accurately, and the incredible dawn clouds and the mountain and the sea. I pushed for Eliot Baum for the cover ever since he was among the initial artist suggestions because of the gorgeous way he does characters, and this both showed me that was the right choice and also completely blew me away. Highly recommend the follow: @eliotbaum. I am also a big fan of the title design, which is by Jess Kiley!)

Babette Mangolte, Annette Michelson’s Bookshelves on the Upper West Side in 1976

@logarithmicpanda suggested a rereadathon for January, and I looked at my tbr full of [latest book in a series I last read 3 years ago] and thought, great idea! My main focus will be Greta Helsing #1-3, with Watership Down, Three Bags Full, A Conspiracy of Truths, and (just because) The Cry of the Icemark available to fill things out with my regular library loans.

ocean books 🌊📘🐟

Please go read The Isle in the Silver Sea I love books about stories and lady knights and reincarnation this is of the utmost importance

how do you recharge your battery?

"Your will is mine," said the Phoenix.