Avery Kaplan
@averykaplan.bsky.social
Writer 📚 Bylines @ Star Trek, Geek Girl Authority, TCJ, Popverse, Prism Comics, PanelxPanel, The Comics Courier & MORE ♏️ Eisner Award winning Features Editor @ Comics Beat (she/her) IDIC 🖖🏻 Cali class ✨ Spousey: @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social
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Avery Kaplan
@averykaplan.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Today's Geek Girl Authority Crush of the Week goes to #StarTrekDeepSpaceNine's Kira Nerys, the Bajoran major who abides by a strict moral code:
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What Would Kira Do? Today’s @geekgirlauthority.bsky.social Crush of the Week goes to Kira Nerys from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!
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My kid recently watched Back to the Future Part II for the first time, and he immediately thought of making his own version of this meme.
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My kid recently watched Back to the Future Part II for the first time, and he immediately thought of making his own version of this meme.
Read my review of this issue in this week’s Ensign’s Log over @comicsbeat.bsky.social !
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Read my review of this issue in this week’s Ensign’s Log over @comicsbeat.bsky.social !
Only 40%?
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Only 40%?
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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Learn more about the world’s greatest beverage! The perfect trojan horse gift for your worst relatives!! This issue’s beneficiary is Freedom for Immigrants!!! LFG!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Learn more about the world’s greatest beverage! The perfect trojan horse gift for your worst relatives!! This issue’s beneficiary is Freedom for Immigrants!!! LFG!!!!
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@rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & @averykaplan.bsky.social overview the history of queer boycotts against discrimination in beer, from the famed Coors boycott of the 70s & 80s to Bud Light's fumbling of the Dylan Mulvaney situation in 2023.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
@rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & @averykaplan.bsky.social overview the history of queer boycotts against discrimination in beer, from the famed Coors boycott of the 70s & 80s to Bud Light's fumbling of the Dylan Mulvaney situation in 2023.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — Kurt Vonnegut
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” — Kurt Vonnegut
Learn more about the world’s greatest beverage! The perfect trojan horse gift for your worst relatives!! This issue’s beneficiary is Freedom for Immigrants!!! LFG!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Learn more about the world’s greatest beverage! The perfect trojan horse gift for your worst relatives!! This issue’s beneficiary is Freedom for Immigrants!!! LFG!!!!
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November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Remember the time the senior officers became characters in a James Bond-inspired holonovel? It's "Our Man Bashir," tomorrow on Trek Marry Kill!
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Remember the time the senior officers became characters in a James Bond-inspired holonovel? It's "Our Man Bashir," tomorrow on Trek Marry Kill!
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We pay for the government. Every time they're evil or callous, that's your money going to fuck with people.
I don't want them to be careful or slow or cowardly, I want them to sell tickets to the trials.
I don't want them to be careful or slow or cowardly, I want them to sell tickets to the trials.
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We pay for the government. Every time they're evil or callous, that's your money going to fuck with people.
I don't want them to be careful or slow or cowardly, I want them to sell tickets to the trials.
I don't want them to be careful or slow or cowardly, I want them to sell tickets to the trials.
Remember when “America’s Finest News Source” was a joke?
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Remember when “America’s Finest News Source” was a joke?
Same as it ever was, eh @democrats.org?
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Same as it ever was, eh @democrats.org?
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Your tamagotchi had a rich inner life and the equivalent of 37 doctorates. Why not.
Bahahahahaha The New York Times just printed an opinion piece declaring "AI is intelligent, so long as we redefine what intelligence means to include it. And soon AI will be conscious, because we'll just redefine consciousness too!"
Nothing means anything! Yay!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Nothing means anything! Yay!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is on Its Way to Something Even More Remarkable Than Intelligence
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Your tamagotchi had a rich inner life and the equivalent of 37 doctorates. Why not.
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the solar opposites would’ve loved to try the baja blast pie 💔
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
the solar opposites would’ve loved to try the baja blast pie 💔
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@audreykearns.bsky.social is one of the kindest & most understanding editors that I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with & she created a wonderful website… end of an era!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
Big news, friends -- I've sold Geek Girl Authority.
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
@audreykearns.bsky.social is one of the kindest & most understanding editors that I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with & she created a wonderful website… end of an era!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
Sharing some GGA pieces that I enjoyed writing & that I’m still very proud of!
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Stardate 3619.2
9 Pacific/Midnight Eastern tonight #TOSSatNight
9 Pacific/Midnight Eastern tonight #TOSSatNight
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Stardate 3619.2
9 Pacific/Midnight Eastern tonight #TOSSatNight
9 Pacific/Midnight Eastern tonight #TOSSatNight
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This interview was a pleasure!
Interview: Lena Atanassova on LoveLove’s inclusive vision and bringing UNNIE, I LIKE YOU! to print
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
Interview: Lena Atanassova on LoveLove’s inclusive vision and bringing UNNIE, I LIKE YOU! to print
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
www.comicsbeat.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This interview was a pleasure!
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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I hope you're eagerly reading everything @averykaplan.bsky.social and @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social are putting out there. They are among the best and most astute pop culture observers today. Fun too.
In Final Gravity # 10, @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & I tackle the unsettling experience of getting caught up in the crossfire of the Bud Light beer boycott. Please consider checking out this issue, which will financially support Freedom for Immigrants! www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I hope you're eagerly reading everything @averykaplan.bsky.social and @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social are putting out there. They are among the best and most astute pop culture observers today. Fun too.
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Bargain hunters, I got two deals for you. My 1984-set high school crime novel THAT OCTOBER is still just $1.06 on kindle. Obviously the person responsible for setting the price (that would be me) has taken leave of their senses.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKTC8LK...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKTC8LK...
That October
That October - Kindle edition by Roysdon, Keith. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading That October.
www.amazon.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Bargain hunters, I got two deals for you. My 1984-set high school crime novel THAT OCTOBER is still just $1.06 on kindle. Obviously the person responsible for setting the price (that would be me) has taken leave of their senses.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKTC8LK...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKTC8LK...