Things to read
Manga: Kore Yamazaki’s Bride of the Ancient Magus vol. 17-18
Brings the College Arc (effectively S2 of the series) to its end (or well, minus the denouement in 19) and the scope of the arc becomes really clear: how far Chise has come and her reaching back for someone much like her in the beginning of the series.
Reread: Nalini Singh’s Archangel’s Enigma (Guild Hunter #8)
Short fiction: Jessie Mihalik’s Books and Broadswords
Cute short story about a bookhoarding dragon and a knight. ❤
Comic, honorable mention: Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni
Article: Saskia Vogel’s Beyond Deep Throat Part 1
“If porn is relegated to a secret room, not only does this sideline sexual art and expression, but it means that questions of the body, gender and sexuality, including science and education around these topics, become unnecessarily complicated and charged.”
“Sexual shame is one reason for the lack of nuance in discussions about commercial pornography. Another reason could be that sexually explicit media asserts the value of pleasure, turning the focus of sex away from reproduction and challenging heteronormative, patriarchal and capitalist ideals. In doing so, it has the potential to change the way we think about ourselves, about lust, pleasure, desire, and therefore our relationships. If you change the way people think about sex, you change the way people think about family. And so the refusal to treat porn with nuance serves to uphold a certain order of things.”
Esther O. Lee 