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The League of Super Feminists by Mirion Malle

Feminism: A Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati

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When history starts to become current events again, you might be surprised at how the “old books” became “new” and recommended reading. Two books I happened to find (when browsing for something else) that were on the current event theme of feminism are League of Super Feminist (published 2020) and Feminism: A Graphic Guide (published 2019). I am assuming due to the way they were set up and presented, not too much needs to be updated, but while I haven’t finished the second, I did […]

Start of the cooking theme and a Jem Milton connection

Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobinm

Hunger Heart V01 by Jem Milton

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Recently I picked up two books about food and a social theme. I thought that it would be fun to do a review of “food books,” only to realize that they have a same author/illustrator as well, so it made sense that these graphic novels would have similar themes. And as Jem Milton’s style really says “I am a Jem of a book,” the illustrations connected as well. I will start with Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobinm, Jem Milton and Micah Myers. First, not […]

GLBTQ+ Social Topics

The Big Book of Pride Flags by Jessica Kingsley and Jem Milton

The Gender Book: Girls, Boys, Non-Binary, and Beyond by Cassandra Jules Corrigan

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The Big Book of Pride Flags by Jessica Kingsley with appropriately bold and colorful illustrations by Jem Milton is a fun introduction to the types of flags and the Queer community. Things are not overly in-depth, but it does the job and includes many of the popular flags. Again, the illustrations are fun that accompany things making a nonfiction book (that frankly, could be dull) be loud, proud, and accessible to most ages. There is short, understandable information and the decision guide allows for the […]

Please ask my pronouns

The Pronoun Book: She, He, They, and Me! by Cassandra Jules Corrigan

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The Pronoun Book: She, He, They, and Me! by Jem Milton and Cassandra Jules Corrigan probably was a fresh take on the idea of pronouns in 2021 when it first was published, however, now that there are several books on the subject and might be lost in the shuffle.  Still, while there is really not a lot new between the covers (as it was probably in the “trailblazers” on the subject) there were a few pronouns mentioned (not in the actual story part, but in […]



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