Personally, I had a pretty great year this year. My boyfriend moved in with my fiancx & I, I got to see my other partners... not as much as I'd like, but a non-zero amount, I got meds for my ADHD which helped me get back into reading as a hobby (hence the list of favorite first reads included here), and I made even more progress with my transition!
Obviously the ongoing pandemic and rapidly deteriorating political situation in my capitalist hellscape of a country was a dark specter hanging over everything, but I still have a lot to be thankful for this year, and I'm going to keep holding on to the things and people I love. I will never…
Personally, I had a pretty great year this year. My boyfriend moved in with my fiancx & I, I got to see my other partners... not as much as I'd like, but a non-zero amount, I got meds for my ADHD which helped me get back into reading as a hobby (hence the list of favorite first reads included here), and I made even more progress with my transition!
Obviously the ongoing pandemic and rapidly deteriorating political situation in my capitalist hellscape of a country was a dark specter hanging over everything, but I still have a lot to be thankful for this year, and I'm going to keep holding on to the things and people I love. I will never stop fighting for them.
The list is my top 20 first watches of the year, and to go along with it here are some thoughts on other media I consumed in 2021.
Books
A select few of my favorite first reads from this year!
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
www.goodreads.com/review/show/4251050427
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
www.goodreads.com/review/show/4303130933
The Showroom: Relationships and Robotics by Alexis Long
Full disclosure: I'm in a serious relationship with the author, but I genuinely love her writing. If I had to pick a favorite author it would be her, irrespective of our personal relationship. Her work just speaks to me on levels that it's difficult to find elsewhere.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
www.goodreads.com/review/show/4279943015
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
I have seen so many adaptations of this that it kinda felt like I had already read it, but it's pretty obvious why there are so many adaptations now. And hey, look! I like one (1) Charles Dickens book!
Casting a Queer Circle: Non-Binary Witchcraft by Thista Minai
www.goodreads.com/review/show/4256990687
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
www.goodreads.com/review/show/4309665281
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
www.goodreads.com/review/show/2969607978
TV
A few series I completed or caught up on this year!
The Owl House, seasons 1 & 2
If it weren't for this She-Ra would probably be my favorite show of all time, and although it's being unfairly cut short because Disney is freaking stupid, The Owl House just feels so much like it was made for me specifically that I cannot possibly say it isn't very likely my favorite television series of all time.
She-Ra
IT'S SO GOOD AND IT'S EXPLICITLY GAY AND IT'S SO GOOD, LIKE, IT'S SO GOOD YOU GUYS! AAAAAAAAA. It would be a contender for my favorite television show of all time if Owl House hadn't blown it out of the water by being unfair.
Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 2
I still cannot believe how good this show is.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Okay, well, hi somehow the best interpretation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ever!!! And a very warm hello to all of the good guy human characters being black.
It took me a minute to adjust to this approach but now whenever I watch a different version of my turtle boys, I kind of miss this one! Wild, right?
Gurren Lagann
letterboxd.com/tailsmoon/film/gurren-lagann/
