Are those Horns or Words?

Deep Blue Sea

I decided to attempt mermay since I didn’t do it for past few years and I actually had a blast painting this. I hope that I’ll be able to paint a few mermay themed pieces, but I’ll see how will that go :’D Like usually, done in Photoshop CC with Wacom Cintiq 27QHD. Enjoy!

All too often I see books focus on romance to the expense of any other important relationships. I want more stories with strong friendships, particularly strong friendships between women! Generally, I want more books with women supporting and uplifting each other, where it’s not just one girl on her own in a story otherwise full of men. Enough with “Not like other girls.” 

This post is inclusive of trans women. Don’t try bringing any twisted, bigoted forms of “feminism” here. If your feminism doesn’t support ALL women (including trans women and women of color), it’s shit feminism. TERFs can fuck off and die in a ditch. 

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The master list of all my book rec posts

F/F science fiction and fantasy

Trans science fiction and fantasy

Aro science fiction and fantasy

Science fiction and fantasy books with low-to-no romance

Adult science fiction books not written by straight white men

Adult fantasy books not written by straight white men

Anti-heroines in science fiction and fantasy books

Under the cut you will find a text list of all titles included in this post, organized by slide. Links take you to either a page in the Queer SFF Book Database (I try to link to that when possible since it’s got info on trigger warnings) or to the Goodreads page. For anything in the database, I’m not noting trigger warnings since you can see them by clicking a link. For Goodreads books, I will note what trigger warnings I remember. If you want more info, I did a post explaining how to search Goodreads reviews for trigger warnings. 

Utrechtse Caravaggisten op 3 blinde gevels in Utrecht, aangebracht door het schilderscollectief De Strakke Hand.