Thursday Recs

[soc_puppet]

Hello, everyone! I would like to report that I have successfully slept since last Thursday—multiple times, even—and I gotta say, my rec was right on the money.

This week, however, I am reccing a manga series: Sex Ed 120%

Summary via Amazon:

Gym teacher Tsuji-sensei has one mission: help with Japan’s terrible modern sex education standards. The problem is, her students barely know their birds from their bees! Between a girl who already has a girlfriend, a hard-core BL lover, and a girl who only cares about cats, Tsuji-sensei has her work cut out for her.

There's definitely some embarrassment squick in this, but not nearly as much as you might think. I probably felt it less because there's very little shame associated with the embarrassing moments.

The series itself is (to the best of my knowledge) complete at three books, and is available both digitally and in print. The sex education stuff is also thorough and accurate, and towards the end of the series, Tsuji-sensei's students put up displays about different sexualities and gender minorities! It's a pretty sweet series overall, IMO.


How about you? Do you have a rec for this week? Just reply to this post with something queer or queer-adjacent (such as, soap made by a queer person that isn't necessarily queer themed) that you'd, well, recommend. Self-recs are welcome, as are recs for fandom-related content!

Or have you tried something recced on a previous week? Do you have your own report to share about it? I'd love to hear it!

Comments

[vriddy]

Oh my god, that summary sounds hilarious 😂 Thank you for the rec!!

[fred_mouse]

This week's rec is another memoir (ish) - Being Seen: One Deafblind woman's fight to end ableism by Elsa Sjunneson. Doesn't always explicitly recognise when statements are more about the USA than not, but there is some recognition of such, which is better than some books I've read that are 'and this is the way it is' that I find alienating.

content warnings: this is a book about ableism; there is a lot of that. Also, death of a parent, the effect of HIV/AIDS on the American queer community.

[fyreharper]

Huh, this is the second rec I’ve seen recently for this. Maybe I should actually read it ;)

(I’ve felt a bit awkward about it since I’ve met Elsa once in a social context - she dated one of my non-local friends for a bit - and so it feels a bit odd to learn about the rest of her life from a book. But perhaps I should get over that bit of ancient history :p )

[r_tt_n]

Oh I've been eyeing that manga since last year, I was thinking about getting the 3 volumes during Black Friday later this year. Good to know it's worth it, I'm even more excited to read it now~ Thanks for sharing ❤