bonus points if it’s cowritten by her sister mariko tamaki (POWER SIBLING DUO WHAT??) she does a lot of my favourite genre that i like to call “diary of a sad and weird teenage girl”!! my favs are:
✶ super mutant magic academy - mostly one page episodical skits (?) until the end BUT it’s awesome and fun and its my favourite graphic novel ever ✶ skim - very much diary of a depressed teenage girl (who is into wicca) ✶ this one summer - no spoilers but heavy on the coming of age and learning internalised misogyny
✶ laura dean keeps breaking up with me - exactly what it sounds like (also not by jillian tamaki but written by mariko tamaki)
[honourable mention: SNOTGIRL!! by bryan lee o’malley and leslie hung. ongoing series and ITS GORGEOUS!!!!]
i feel like this one’s pretty underrated and a more fresh take in the shojo genre. other highly recommended:
frieren!!!!!
apothecary diaries!!!!
love is war!!!
bc it's so healing and soothing to know the dyke couple ur rooting for will end up together and there will be a happy ending. and also bc summer i've read and loved: -sorry bro, taleen voksuni
i felt seen by the specific story of a lesbian who's brown mom is very invested in her finding a husband. -just as you are, camille kellogg
berlin/ ny dykes, why are we like this😂 this one subverts the black bff trope -the perks of loving a wallflower, erica ridley
bridgerton boy drag! -payback's a witch, lana harper -she drives me crazy, kelly quindlen
the only ya i like -one last stop, casey mcquinston
boy island by leo fox- is super queer super outlandish and quite trans, the illustration style is awesome boundless by jillian tamaki- collection of short stories all kind of revolving around self perception
mum called to tell me about this today, but it’s basically a 24/7 livestream that goes for 20 DAYS that films moose migrating north in sweden!!!!! it’s from a bunch of different camera angles, and even when there’s no moose it’s still lovely to watch. i did freak when i saw my first moose though. AND THERES A LOT OF MOOSE! it’s really awesome and moose are really awesome and it’s FREE! 1 billion/10 recommend
