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gffa:

I DEFINITELY DO. While I get why in canon (both in terms of “because that was the set-up we had to work with” and “Obi-Wan had just had his whole world burned down by the person he loved most, he wasn’t in the right place for a kid” terms), my heart still cries out for any AU where Obi-Wan raises Luke (or Leia!) and fandom does provide! And, yes, there’s going to be a lot of crying.

STAR WARS FIC RECS – OBI-WAN RAISES LUKE:
→ Island in a Sea of Sand by mybluerose, obi-wan & luke, 42.5k
   Obi-Wan Kenobi never intended to be a father. He never intended to be a moisture farmer, either. But when he arrives on the Lars homestead to find Owen and Beru slain by Sand people, he finds himself raising Luke, the galaxy’s best hope of defeating the Empire, on a desert planet thousands of light years from his friends and allies.
→ Names by Erisette, obi-wan & luke & leia, 3.8k
   He has held these children in his arms for five minutes, Padme’s body is still warm on the medical table, and he rejects the Jedi’s delusions and any denial of his attachment. (Obi-Wan raising the twins)
→ To Live Among Wolves by FireflyFish, obi-wan & luke & cast, 33.1k wip
   A father and his son are on the run from bounty hunters, five years after the creation of the Galactic Empire.
→ Beneath the Sand by LurkingCrow, obi-wan & beru & luke, 2.9k
   A change in Imperial policy leads to a small but significant change to matters on Tatooine. A short exploration of how a sad hermit may have ended up a little less lonely.
→ Master and Padawan by Katharos, obi-wan & luke & cast, 15.5k wip
   What if Luke was raised by Obi-Wan as his Padawan?
→ Tatooine AU by Nisa, obi-wan/anakin & luke, 6.2k
   In a world where Obi-Wan doesn’t know how lucky he is the worst has never happened, he still finds it hard to go on.
→ Path of Choice by UnknownFigment, obi-wan & mara & luke & owen/beru & cast, 45k wip
   Five years after RotS, Obi-Wan agrees to protect a young girl rescued from the Empire. Then protection becomes training, one student becomes two, and the galaxy is set on a different course.
→ turn my sorrow into treasured gold by cosmicocean, obi-wan/padme & luke & leia, 15.6k
   Padmé survives childbirth, dies as far as the rest of the galaxy is concerned, takes her children with Obi-Wan, and runs.
→ World Come Undone by crazyundeadfairy, obi-wan/anakin & luke + background anakin/padme, 68.3k wip
   Unexpected things happen when ObiWan takes Luke to Tatooine.
+ BONUS RECS UNDER THE CUT 

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grandegyptianmuseum:

“Female rulers are a rare phenomenon–but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power-brokers and rulers. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today’s world learn from its example?”

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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, by Kara Cooney

is it bad that I sometimes wish I were a lesbian bc then I would have access to this rich history and culture that I don’t have as a bisexual girl? I’m proud of being bi but it seems like there’s no distinct bi culture like there is for lesbians

oldshrewsburyian:

skuzoo:

daddy-doms-are-gross:

Bisexuals have a very distinct culture! A lot of it didn’t come to mainstream consciousness (i.e. The Straights didn’t bother to notice it) till the 90s, but it for sure existed prior to that! There’s been a plethora of scholarship on the culture and the nature of bisexuality. I’ll recommend you a few things if you want to explore it further:

Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life by Marjorie Garber

Oscilliation: A Life-Stories Analysis of Women Who
Experience Bisexuality
by Irina Dimitriade

Bi America by William Burleson

Plural Desires: Writing Bisexual Women’s Realities by Karyn Sandlos

And the Introduction to the History of Bisexuality by Steven Angelides. The full book can be bought on Amazon here.

This is all I have on hand right now (I’m a nerd who actually keeps lists of this stuff?) but I could definitely find you more if you wanted. There’s so much out there and you should be proud of your identity!

My favourite bi hero is Jane D’Aubeny and she was an opera singer and a dueller, she became a nun just to bang a girl she liked who was a nun- and by that I mean she set the nunnery on fire and fakes both their deaths so they could be together… for the next few months before they split up. For more interesting stories about her, I would reccomend googling her! I can’t remember when she was alive, but I know it was long, long ago, and discovering her helped me recognise my attraction for girls as something real and that f/f attraction had history.

Here is a podcast episode by a queer scholar about Julie D’Aubigny!

As a medievalist, I can’t apply the concept of sexuality to my period, really, but there’s certainly plenty of evidence for bisexual desire. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight heads the list.

monicabarraclough:

Deep Signal – The Illustrated Anthology has launched on Kickstarter!

Stories from Ken Liu, Aliette de Bodard, Hamid Ismailov, Elaine Lee, Mike Kaluta, Moebius, Christopher Moeller, Bryan Talbot, and more!

I’m part of the “and more,” and am so excited to be a part of this great book! Two stories of mine are in the anthology: No Titans but Our Own, illustrated by the illustrious @patreddingscanlon and Gluttony, a flash fiction written to accompany an awesome piece by Bryan Talbot!

Please support and/or signal boost! Thank you everybody ❤

fuckyeahlesbianliterature:

shiraglassman:

floramei:

maderr:

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affablyevil:

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amvi1323:

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Less Than Three Press

Ninestar Press

Harmony Ink

Dreamspinner Press

DSP Publications

Loose ID

Pride Publishing

Riptide Publishing

MLR Press

JMS Books

Blind Eye Books

Interlude Press

And there are many many more

I will be eternally grateful to anyone who can produce a list of scifi/fantasy/fiction books with queer female main characters.

Please…?

I’ll do this as soon as I’m at my computer, since doing it on my phone is impossible

Alright, I may be too little, too late, but here is my contribution at any rate. I hope some of them suit ^^

Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn

As I Descended by Robin Talley

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith

Of Fire & Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger

Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher 

The Best of Both Worlds by Victoria Zagar

All Things Rise by Missouri Vahn

Beauty & Cruelty by Meredith Katz

A Question of Counsel by Archer Kay Leah

Breakfire’s Glass by A.M. Valenza

The Broken Forest by Megan Derr

Clariel by Garth Nix

Ash by Malinda Lo

Waiting for You by Megan Derr

Crystal Cage by Victoria Zagar

Glove of Satin, Glove of Bone by Rachel White

Hair to the Throne by Meredith Katz

Skyborn by Helena Maeve

The Galloway Road by Catherine Adams

The Scars of Jocasta Lacroix by Jack Harvey

Treason by Althea Claire Duffy

Walking on Knives by Maya Chhabra

Winterbourne’s Daughter by Stephanie Rabig

Addict by Matt Doyle

Shaper by Christine Danse

Nightshade by Brooke Radley

The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey

Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones

The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz

Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner

Okay, hopefully that’s a good start ❤

the OP of the screenshotted tweet is on tumblr, and an author too, having put out Chameleon Moon and related stories. 

I’m really relieved that both RoAnna and Heather’s books are linked on this post because if their tweets were going to be circulating around Tumblr with no way to indicate that Heather’s written a three-book (so far) fantasy series about magical lesbians and bi women in early 19th century Central Europe and RoAnna writes hopeful superhero dystopians that feature the only f/f/f triad MC’s I can think of in any book, that would have been hecking unfair.

@affablyevil, I hope that helps, but if you want more books, here’s a list I made a while ago of ten SFF f/f’s where they don’t die, and I am continually reading more and recommending more. (Have you heard of Flowers of Luna? College f/f set at fashion design college on the moon.)

[image description: a tweet from RoAnna Sylver (@RoAnna Syvler) reading “This June, please rememeber that there are more LGBT books than the ones you see everywhere put out by the Big 5, ad indies are amazing/worthy.” The next reblog is a tweet from Heather Rose Jones (@heatherrosejones) reading: “Making a list of queer SFF for Pride Month? Remember to look outside the mainstream presses. Don’t shut queer publishers out of queer lit.”]

Here’s a bunch of Goodreads lists that might help! 

Speculative Fiction (SFF and Horror):

And some more lists, including a whole history of LGBT SFF!

Also worth checking out is Queership!