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lesbian non-fiction & lit-fic & fantasy reads I've loved in the past year!! Please ignore the fact that I’m wearing pajama pants in this video

Timestamps:
0:00-1:30 intro.
1:30-4:10 The Persistent Desire, a Femme-Butch Reader. Edited by Joan Nestle
4:10-08:11 Stone Butch Blues. Leslie Feinberg
08:11-10:25 Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)fertility. Michelle Tea
10:25-15:17 Things To Do When You’re Goth in The Country. Chavisa Woods
15:17-20:48 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal. Christopher Moore
20:48-23:25 The Very Nice Box. Laura Blackett, Eve Gleischman
23:25-26:32 Tress of The Emerald Sea. Brandon Sanderson
26:32-29:40 Dykette. Jenny Fran Davis
29:40-35:01 Black Wave. Michelle Tea
35:01-37:47 Post-traumatic. Chantal V. Johnson
37:47-38:41 part 2 is coming…

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favorite books I've read in 2023

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My name is Sunny (they/she) and I read, recommend, and review books of all genres, with a particular emphasis on lesbian and queer literature, speculative fiction, and women writers. I love sharing my thoughts on books with a community of readers online. I’m a reader and a dedicated drinker of earl gray tea, and I hold the identities of Asian-American femme lesbian very close to my heart— I take that shit very seriously. I am the podcast co-host of The Lavender Menace Podcast, the Writing Director of Beloved: A Butch-Femme Zine, and a writer.  

On previous social media platforms like TikTok and Twitter, I’ve been essentially chased off of these sites for my (well-informed and well-read) beliefs. But I love books and I love sharing my opinions, so I will not stop! On my Bindery, “sunny thoughts” works as both a little play on words, a description of thoughts that are “sunny” and bright, when really, I am a pretty critical reader and consumer of media. But “sunny thoughts” also literally refers to my (Sunny’s) thoughts, in a Substack-like-newsletter for lengthy written book reviews as well as essays on books, media, the Internet, the world, etc. I hope you join me in this community and find as much joy in approaching and critically examining media and discourse as I do!

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