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From one queer artist to 10 others

Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me by Shelby Criswell

July 29, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who’ve Inspired Me by Shelby Criswell has been on the TBR list for a bit now. I just happened to be looking for something else at my local library and noticed they had it. (I might have “YEEESS!” out loud….) I checked it out and started to read that night. At first, I noticed that it was a tad slow as we are given an almost journal entry, or direct speech at the start from Criswell. They are introducing […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fanfiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Carlett Brown, Dr. Pauli Murray, glbtq, Ifti Nasim, Magnus Hirschfeld, Mary Jones, Nancy Cardenas, Sexual minorities, Shelby Criswell, Simon Nkoli, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Social Themes, We'wha, Wilmer "Little Axe" M. Broadnax

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:421 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fanfiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Carlett Brown, Dr. Pauli Murray, glbtq, Ifti Nasim, Magnus Hirschfeld, Mary Jones, Nancy Cardenas, Sexual minorities, Shelby Criswell, Simon Nkoli, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Social Themes, We'wha, Wilmer "Little Axe" M. Broadnax ·
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Platonic love is love

Common Bonds by Claudie Arsenault

June 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was looking for a book about aromantic peoples. And I found a book about aromantic people called Common Bonds. As the publisher description says, this book is “featuring aromantic characters and centering platonic relationships.” The main editors are Claudie Arsenault, C. T. Callahan, B. R. Sanders, and RoAnna Sylver. It is heavy on the fantasy element, or realistic fantasy. Even if the story is more real (college students yapping away in their dorm room or hanging at the local bar) there can be supernatural […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: aromantic, B. R. Sanders, C. T. Callahan, Claudie Arsenault, GLBT, Platonic love, RoAnna Sylver, Sexual minorities, Sexuality

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:270 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: aromantic, B. R. Sanders, C. T. Callahan, Claudie Arsenault, GLBT, Platonic love, RoAnna Sylver, Sexual minorities, Sexuality ·
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