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sasha_feather) wrote2018-10-28 10:59 pm
sasha_feather) wrote2018-10-28 10:59 pm
queer comics, and misc
Abbie is acting a little bit weird. Today I got ready for a walk, but she started shaking and refused to get off the couch. So I left her behind and went walking by myself. She's been a little bit restless tonight but not terribly so. I think this is simply due to the weather changing and the different noises that happen in the Fall, but who knows.
Today I rested, read a little bit, watched some TV. My roommate and I are watching Leverage; tonight's episode was the adorable "The Fairy Godmother Job."
I read 2 queer comics, and am cross-posting my Goodreads comments below.
My Solo Exchange Diary by Kabi Nagata.
She's so good at conveying intense emotions. It's healing to see these familiar emotions laid out on the page: the blow of parental disapproval; the way praise and support can feel like the sun coming out. She doesn't totally tie her emotional troubles and family issues to her queerness, but in my life I feel that they are connected, and it makes me wonder. I know that all people deal with lonlieness. But the oppression of queer people contributes to our expriences with lonliness and with feeling alienated from family. It seems like she is largely accepting of her own queerness, here, and is struggling more with trying to make connections in the world and to live on her own. But being queer means it can be harder to make connections, and I wonder if she will explore this in future stories.
I loved this and read it in one sitting. The art is evocative. I will treasure this book.
Content notes: Suicide attempt mentioned towards the end. Mental illness is a theme.
Two humorous panels depicting cannibalism.
Flocks by L. Nichols
Really excellent graphic (comics) memoir. L. grows up Southern Baptist, surrounded by anti-queer messages, but he enjoys nature and academics. L. later goes to a residential high school and then MIT, where he finds queer community. He eventually transitions. L. struggles with anti-fat messages, compulsory femininity/dysphoria, and depression. Content note for self-harm (cutting) and drinking too much. I loved this and read it in one sitting.
Today I rested, read a little bit, watched some TV. My roommate and I are watching Leverage; tonight's episode was the adorable "The Fairy Godmother Job."
I read 2 queer comics, and am cross-posting my Goodreads comments below.
My Solo Exchange Diary by Kabi Nagata.
She's so good at conveying intense emotions. It's healing to see these familiar emotions laid out on the page: the blow of parental disapproval; the way praise and support can feel like the sun coming out. She doesn't totally tie her emotional troubles and family issues to her queerness, but in my life I feel that they are connected, and it makes me wonder. I know that all people deal with lonlieness. But the oppression of queer people contributes to our expriences with lonliness and with feeling alienated from family. It seems like she is largely accepting of her own queerness, here, and is struggling more with trying to make connections in the world and to live on her own. But being queer means it can be harder to make connections, and I wonder if she will explore this in future stories.
I loved this and read it in one sitting. The art is evocative. I will treasure this book.
Content notes: Suicide attempt mentioned towards the end. Mental illness is a theme.
Two humorous panels depicting cannibalism.
Flocks by L. Nichols
Really excellent graphic (comics) memoir. L. grows up Southern Baptist, surrounded by anti-queer messages, but he enjoys nature and academics. L. later goes to a residential high school and then MIT, where he finds queer community. He eventually transitions. L. struggles with anti-fat messages, compulsory femininity/dysphoria, and depression. Content note for self-harm (cutting) and drinking too much. I loved this and read it in one sitting.