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maxi@wyrms.de

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mostly reading (very slowly) about anarchism, bread, neurodiversity, sometimes sci-fi

it/they/she, aphantastic system, not a person

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wants to read Schattenspringer by Daniela Schreiter (Schattenspringer, #1)

Daniela Schreiter: Schattenspringer (Hardcover, Deutsch language, 2014, Panini Comics)

Daniela ist Autistin. Seit ihrer Diagnose wollte sie einen Comic darüber zeichnen, wie es ist, …

we're following Fuchskind a while on fedi already, so gotta read her visual books on growing up as Autistic child eventually :3

one of the few German authors on Autism that don't fall into the "Autism Mom" scheme, i.e. the books are actually from the perspective of the kids. Apparently the books can be quite helpful for the kids, relatives, and everyone else in the social circles :3

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Uta Isaki: Is Love the Answer? (GraphicNovel, 2023, Kodansha Comics)

A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers …

lighthearted discussion of an inner coming out as aromantic and asexual

it's a pretty light-hearted read about a girl that thinks she's broken, but with the help of new friends realise she's actually aromantic and asexual!

read it a while ago, after it got recommended in a local aro/ace group (turned out a local library had a translation of this book, but we read it electronically in the English version).

there was a scene about "cheating" that we didn't like so much, but otherwise it was a nice read 💚🖤💜

Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Paperback, 2015, Hodder & Stoughton)

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The …

it's a bit scary to start reading yet another piece of fiction, given the afantasia (and difficulty keeping track of characters and their relations), but we're giving this book/series a try. this book (first in series of four) is by the same author of the other short series I enjoyed plenty ("Monk & Robot").

there's a list of characters on Wikipedia, and it doesn't look too complicated.