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noahhawthorneauthor · 9 months

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#aelina isaacs #phantom and rook #queer books #indie books #wayward son #legends and lattes #cozy books #retired hero #chosen family #mental health rep #urban fantasy books #queer urban fantasy #if you like this read this #book recommendations #noahs book recs

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qbdatabase · 6 months

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10 Bi4Bi Titles

I missed bisexual awareness week back in September, so here's a belated special post to celebrate! These 10 bi4bi titles (and some pan) have gorgeous covers in bisexual lighting to ooh & ahh over 💗💜💙

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mossymossman · 2 months

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Nimona is great; here's why:

Nimona made me cry for a lot of reasons. Hearing the story of queerness portrayed in such an elegant way hit me hard. But I also think Nimona is one of those movies that can be enjoyed by all sorts of people. Nimona tells a story of isolation, of feeling rejected. Oddly enough, feeling alone is a pretty universal experience. So tons of people can relate, not just queer/neurodivergent people. This is important for representation. A story should be able to reach all sorts of people. Of course, you don't need to relate to every single character in order to enjoy a movie. Empathy is great.

Nimona is also a big step forward in terms of letting PG movies involve more adult topics. Children's media often shies away from "Difficult" topics. I found that most media is either for younger kids or teenagers; there aren't a lot of shows speaking to those tween years. Turning Red was the first movie that felt like it was made for tweens. Nimona also feels like it was made for tweens. Nimona contained themes of suicide. With the growing rise of poor mental health among youth, I think that representation is more important than ever. Even the representation of mental health issues. I remember when I was 10-13 and dealing with suicidal ideation. I was so young when I dealt with that. That made me feel so alone; in my mind, "Kids don't get suicidal! That only happens to teenagers!" But there I was. I think Nimona would have helped the younger me. Kids are often depicted as unable to struggle with poor mental health. "Kids can't be depressed! Kids can't be really struggling." Unfortunately, that isn't the case. Nimona is a 'kid' with trauma, suicidal thoughts, and other mental health issues. Nimona gives kids like little me a way to not feel alone.

TLDR: Nimona is great; every movie should take notes from Nimona. Be like Nimona

#nimona #nimona movie #nimona netflix #queer representation #queer rep in media #representation matters #representation #mental health rep #mental health awareness

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hiddenbookcasepodcast · 7 months

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Happy World Mental Health Day bookworms 🧠🌿✨

We’re recommending a few of our favourite queer SFF reads that also feature great mental health rep to mark the day- but we’re always on the hunt for more! We’d love to hear about your favourites 💕

#world mental health day #mental health rep #mental health representation #book recommendations #book recs #queer book recs #lgbtq book recs #mental health books #book club podcast #book podcast

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j-nipper-95 · 11 months

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CHARACTER ART REVEAL

Today’s the day!! I’m finally sharing the artwork that Ashton (@artsyunderstudy ) has done for the main character of my novel, ‘A Survivor’s Revenge’!

Meet Lauren Marie Atkins. A first year university student, trying to cope with everything life throws at her … whilst also dealing with her vigilante shit.

She’s also a chaos gremlin, and I adore her! She’s everything I wish I could be (minus the trauma). She’s brave, she’s sassy, she’s strong, she stands up and fights for what she believes in. She also has the best friendship group, that includes a certain cinnamon roll that even my aro/ace self is jealous of.

Ashton nailed this character art, she is unbelievably talented and I am so blessed to be able to call her a friend!

Check out her handle if you haven’t already, especially if you’re a SnowBaz fan, because her fanart is also off the chart incredible!

And also, maybe keep an eye out for more ASR goodness in the future from her 👀

#original fiction #science fiction #espionage #ASR #self publishing #indie author #light fantasy #lgbtqiaplus representation #mental health rep #morally grey main characters #artsyunderstudy #Ashton Sunseri #character art #OC #original character art #Lauren Atkins #A Survivor’s Revenge

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plaguechyld · 5 months

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im not going to lie i psychically recoiled at the bsd analysis on tiktok that said Akutagawa is misogynistic

like he has problems expressing emotions, that's a result of his childhood experiences and the fact that he has trauma that has never been addressed and continues to work in the mafia

He had to been strong for Gin when they were young young and he didn't have parental figures or a support system to help him grow. He's not healthy dude and it's like a GIVEN

On top of everything he's dealing with a serious medical condition that causes him pain and I know from experience that pain WILL worsen your mental condition and your mental condition WILL make your condition worse, or at least the pain you feel

Does that make him misogynistic? Because he can't express himself properly? No tf 💀

Just cus someone is cold and through abuse and other horrible events they don't feel comfortable or cannot show their true emotions isn't misogynistic...??

(cw: mentions of abuse)

Another point people make is "oh he's misogynistic because of how he treats Higuchi" then you really haven't paid attention to his character at all.

Was it just or ok for him to do that? No absolutely not.

But what I do see is a clear pattern here, he treats people like higuchi or atsushi in the way that Dazai treated him while he mentored him. He treats them harshly and it's clear to understand WHY he does that. Dazai (obviously) made a massive impact on him, how he thinks and what his ideals are.

It's called a cycle of abuse for a reason. Dazai was psychical in his abuse with Akutagawa and instilled the idea of Akutagawa being forever inferior and that he wasn't enough. While Akutagawa might not instill the exact same feeling in Higuchi but she obviously feels like she can't make any mistakes around him

Kyoka's abuse that she suffered from Akutagawa is also shown to be psychical.

But let me say this now, it would not matter what gender his subordinate is. He is going to treat them the same way in response to his experiences and his trauma

thank you for coming to my ted talk

#🩷.TRAIN STATION NOTES #🩵.BSD #bsd akutagawa #bsd higuchi #bsd kyoka #bsd dazai #mental illness #mental health rep #ARGHHHH

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katmajik · 6 months

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💞 BUY LINKS + SOCIAL MEDIA

#book tag: wyv #romance books #comedy books #queer romcom #authors on tumblr #indie author #writeblr #queer author #funny books #queer romance #mental health rep

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brynwrites · 1 year

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He’d killed the king and now it was only right that he wore the crown, thorns and all.

I’m finishing up final edits for the gay vampires book two, Sell Your Blood, and I’m so happy with how the human main character’s arc has turned out. He’s a bad boy with a heart of gold, tragic and bittersweet and endlessly self-sacrificing.

Sell Your Blood is a book about the places where perfection and goodness diverge. Justin is imperfect, but in his imperfections he’s built himself into someone who’s genuinely, ruthlessly good—he just doesn’t realize that yet.

I hope ya’ll will join me on his journey of learning that life is more than just the love we give away: it’s the love we receive, too.

Find on goodreads

Pre-order ebook on amazon

#writeblr #gay books #gay characters #gay romance #gay fantasy #mm books #vampire romance #queer romance #mental health rep #character introduction

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the-bi-library · 7 months

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Today's bi book of the day is In the Ring by Sierra Isley!

It's a YA contemporary with a Jewish bisexual MC who gets roped into an underground boxing fight club.

Has anxiety/mental health rep too.

Rose Berman is losing her mind. At least, that's what everyone at school seems to think. Plagued by panic attacks that started after her mother's suicide, Rose is the target of frequent teasing and rumors. The only people who understand her are her quirky therapist and her ex-girlfriend, now bestie, Gemma. But when the star quarterback takes "teasing" too far, the school's tattooed, cigarette-smoking time bomb ― Elliott King ― steps in and punches him in the face. Rose's therapist recommends she try out a sport to manage her anxiety. She can't help but think of Elliott―maybe if she could punch like him, she'd feel safer and stronger. She sticks out like a sore thumb at the boxing gym, but she soon finds power in the sport and a reprieve from her panic attacks. As their worlds intertwine, Rose and Elliott are forced to face their most daunting opponent outside the Ring: their growing feelings for each other. But Midtown Ring isn't just a gym. As Rose falls deeper into the world of boxing, she learns Midtown is a front for a late-night, underground fight club where Elliott King is the headliner. Surrounded by violence and destruction, Rose's anxiety begins to spiral. She starts hallucinating, just like her mother did before her death, leaving her to wonder if everyone at school might be right. If her newfound physical strength can't keep her grounded in reality, she may be doomed to walk the same path as her mom.

GR link.

#bi books #lgbtq books #queer books #Bi book of the day #bi rep #bisexual books #bisexual representation #jewish representation #mental health rep #Anxiety rep

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stardustandrockets · 5 months

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Do you like bonus content?

Vague question, but I wanted to make it a little more open-ended. I really like bonus content, especially if it's for my favorite books/characters. I believe 'A Charmed Christmas' was a bonus short story for pre-ordering 'Kiss Her Once for Me'. I feel kind of iffy about getting bonus content as a pre-order incentive, but I know they're incentives for a reason.

It's not often that I like Christmas specific books (it's one of my least favorite holidays), but make it queer and I'm all here for it. I haven't read many, but I'll be featuring some that I've read leading up to Christmas.

#the charm offensive #a charmed christmas #alison cochrun #charlie winshaw #dev deshpande #ever after #mental health rep #christmas stories #preorder incentive #bonus short story #extra content #lgbtq reads #queer book recs #lgbtqia #read queer all year #read with pride #stardust book recs #stardustandrockets

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readingqueerbooks · 1 year

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[“there were times when the pressure to achieve happiness felt almost oppressive, as if happiness were something that everyone should and could attain, and that any sort of compromise in its pursuit was somehow your fault.”]

a little life — hanya yanagihara [ 4/5 ★ ]

god where do i start. i have a lot of thoughts after finishing this book — it was loooooong. a little too long, maybe? i feel like it still could have gotten its point across had it been a little shorter. the writing style is also a little unconventional and took me a few chapters to really appreciate, but that being said, it was still arguably very well-written. i have highlights and tabs and annotations on nearly every page.

one thing i will say before i really get into anything else is PLEASE take the trigger warnings seriously. this book is basically just trauma after trauma after trauma and it’s all very graphic (more so than i was expecting even after reading multiple reviews). there are like two happy moments in the whole book lmao.

but the CHARACTERS. oh my god the characters. specifically jude and willem. they were absolutely wonderful. incredibly well-rounded (which i suppose you’d expect with a book of 800+ pages but still) and written so beautifully — you really feel for them. jude’s point of view especially hits hard. his perspective is so sad and extremely traumatic but he is such a beautiful character, you can’t help but love him immediately. not gonna lie, i cried several times reading about jude and his experiences throughout the book (i love him… So much).

however, i don’t know if i would necessarily suggest this book to anyone. it was honestly very hard to read at some points, albeit being a beautifully written book. if you do read it (and if you like audiobooks) i would highly suggest the audiobook. i’m not usually a fan of audiobooks myself, but i grew very attached to the narrator and his way of telling the story and especially his portrayal of the characters. it was probably my favourite audiobook i’ve ever listened to. all in all, this book was undeniably an a piece of literary genius and my kudos go to the author for creating something so heartbreakingly beautiful.

synopsis:

When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome—but that will define his life forever.

#book review #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #a little life #book reccomendation #queer book recs #queer books #books #queer book reccomendation #queer book review #queer #lgbt #mlm #bookish #bookblr #general fiction #mental health rep

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noahhawthorneauthor · 10 months

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I'm Noah, and I write queer fantasy books with disabled and/or neurodivergent characters.

The Eternal Machine was my debut book, the first in an epic and dark steampunk fantasy series. ⚔️🏴‍☠️

Phantom and Rook is a cozy urban fantasy, and the first one I went 'all out' with. I also have special news about this one. 🏳️‍🌈✨

The Rebel Foxes is the last book I released, and it's the first one under my new trans af pen name, Noah Hawthorne. It's a standalone in an interconnected dark fantasy punk series. 🔥🏳️‍⚧️

My website is here, and you can subscribe to the Crew of Misfits and get free novellas here.

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qbdatabase · 3 months

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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi There are no monsters anymore. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. View the full summary and rep info on wordpress or check it out for free from the Queer Liberation Library!

#Pet #Akwaeke Emezi #bookblr #black rep #daily book #mental health rep #queer rep #trans female #transgender #fantasy #female protagonist #lgbtqia #magical realism #monsters #queer books #Queer Liberation Library #YA books

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siriuslyreads · 2 years

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The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun: A Review

Title: The Charm Offensive

Author: Alison Cochrun

Genre: RomCom

Rating: 5/5 Stars

Release Date: September 7, 2021

Format: E-Book

Synopsis:

Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.

Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.

As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they’ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.

In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy—reminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch—an awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer.

Review (with potential spoilers):

This was one of my favorite books from last year and re-reading it this year only solidified that fact. This book has a great mental health rep, while showing the readers a glimpse at reality dating shows and those promised happily ever afters. A few trigger/content warnings for this book: there is some homophobia, some direct and some indirect, there is vomit in this (if that’s not your jam), and there is plenty of discussion of mental health, both with depression and OCD and generalized anxiety disorders.

We start this novel with Dev Deshpande, and honestly, he is one of the best reps I have seen for mental health in recent years. His consistent struggles with only showing Fun Dev and the way he sees himself really resonates with me. I think it would resonate with anyone who struggles with depressive episodes and the inability to get out of bed some days. The way he is treated by those around him was terrible and seeing the progression from the beginning to the end and him seeing that he is worth so much more than what he was accepting was heartwarming and wonderful. My only wish is that we saw more of how his heritage affected who he was and his relationships with his parents/family. He is Indian American and we don’t really get to see how his culture play a role into who he is as a person.

The main star of the show, Ever After, is Charles Winshaw (or Charlie), and seeing him and what he deals with from his own brain on the daily made my heart ache. As someone who is intimately aware of how OCD affects a person, it was refreshing to see this kind of representation in a book. Then his total gay panic at the ripe-old-age of 28 was like looking in a mirror. Sexual identity is something that can shift and change, and sometime remain hidden for years depending on the person. The need to be labeled one thing or another, while freeing for some, can be damaging for others and Charlie shows us this as he struggles to put a name to how he feels sexually and romantically about the women he is ‘dating’ for this reality show and about his producer, who he is having troubling and new feelings for.

The side characters for this do not disappoint either. We see Parisa, Jules, Skye and even Ryan (Dev’s ex) change and grow and help the boys become better for it. Parisa, Charlie’s BFF, is a strong woman, who takes no prisoners and is fiercely protective of her best friend. She is the type of person I want to be one day, and the person I hope to find as a best friend one day. Jules, Dev’s BFF and co-worker, is weird and wonderful and doesn’t know how to express her love for her friend. This is indicated plenty through her use of ‘puppy scratches’ when she wants to show affection to Dev. Skye, another of Dev’s coworkers, is fantastically queer and unashamed of that. She does let Maureen (the creator of Ever After) do far too much on the show that should not be acceptable. Ryan was a character that I was not expecting to like in the end. At the beginning Dev is despondent after the breakup of their 6-year relationship. But after some good conversations between him and Dev, we see the problems in their relationships in stark contrast from how Dev felt about it. We also see some character development in Ryan that startled me but made me so happy to see. In the end, Ryan is a great friend to Dev and Charlie.

We see these characters interact on the set of Ever After, a reality TV show similar to The Bachelor, with a fairy tale twist. The show touts that the prince of the season will find their princess. I’ve gotta be honest, I am not a fan of most reality TV and I have never seen anything like The Bachelor. It is so interesting to see the behind the scenes of this fictional show, regardless of if it is truly how these kind of shows actually work. During this filming, we see the cast travel all over the world from New Orleans, to Germany, South Africa to India. It is refreshing to see these places, even if it is just a small glimpse through Charlie and Dev or one of the women going on ‘courting’ dates. The set of Ever After as a whole is so interesting as well. There is a ton of tension and manic energy on display and Dev struggles to keep up sometimes, spiraling into moments of depression that others ignore because ‘the show must go on’.

This is because of the absolute worst character in this book. She is well written to be disliked, and I am glad we only saw her for bits and pieces. It is obvious from the beginning that she is there to sell a specific type of show, the white, cisgender, hetero show that she thinks everyone wants to see. She refuses to move from that narrative and even at some points blatantly state she ‘will not have a bi-sexual Princess’. Obviously, this causes strife between the characters as most of the crew is in some way queer and Charlie is finding out who he is. Maureen even states that she can’t be homophobic because she hired all this queer crew, but she outright refuses to accept or acknowledge that times are changing and maybe the show needs to change with it. She is completely toxic.

This book has everything that makes a good RomCom. There is plenty of sweetness, plenty of romance, plenty of angst, and some comedy as well. It is a little formulaic, and easy to know what is going to happen before it happens, but it’s a quick read, and well worth it if happy ever afters, with plenty of angst are your jam.

#the charm offensive #dev deshpande #charlie winshaw #romcom #queer books #mental health rep

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nerdynatreads · 2 years

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book review || Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter

~Thanks to Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Bet On It in exchange for an honest review. ~

happy publishing day!

Wow, okay, this was so dang cute and spicy!! I loved both of these characters and really enjoyed watching their development throughout this story. This is very character-focused, with both Aja and Walker struggling with their mental health along with their feelings for one another when they know it can’t last.

Slaughter does include some content warnings at the beginning and given that we met Aja as she was having a panic attack in a grocery store, it made total sense and let me know early that mental health would be at the forefront of this story. The characters each had solid backgrounds, charismatic personalities, and the banter was wonderful between the two of them. I loved that they had a pretty open line of communication, but the dialogue did feel a little unrealistic at times.

There were so many little things throughout this book that I loved, like Aja making friends as an adult, Walker coming to take care of her when she felt under the weather because of her period, an acknowledgment that she’s fat, but not struggling with her appearance or confidence, it’s simply a fact. Also the spice? God damn, 4 chili peppers, holy crap.

The third act drama both makes perfect sense and is incredibly frustrating, but at least the problematic party is aware of their guilt and assholery. The post “break up” was handled so well in Aja’s POV. It fits rom-com standards while also being a healthy depiction of grieving a breakup and allows both of them to grow from it!

I do think this is a lot heavier than one would think from the cover. Sometimes, the writing would get a little too tell not show and I wish Slaughter had stuck with the traditional one-chapter switch POV instead of changing how often POVs switched. Also, would have liked the Bingo bet to have been dragged out a little more for tension's sake.

4/5 stars

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