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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️
@magicariot.com
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Author of trans magical girl novels “Magica Riot” and "Magica Riot: Full Bloom,” and the creator of the Maidensong Magica universe.
43 year old trans lesbian from PDX.
Lover of magical girls, sci-fi, anime, and games.
SFWA member.
She/her.
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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 11d
My new trans-centric queer magical girl sequel novel, "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," is out in ebook, print, and audiobook formats in many places. It's big, gay, emotional, and fun! You should read it (+ the first book too)! Claire & the team deal with new threats & new friends! magicariot.com/fullbloom
Artwork of the cover art of "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," featuring text "Magica Riot" is in the upper left corner in black in a combination of fantasty/crystalline and punk script fonts, while "Full Bloom" is below it in an interwoven script font in orange, red, and purple. The artwork depicts two trans girls, Iris and Bloom, laying on a bed of orange rain lilies. Iris has purple hair that fades to orange at the tips. She is wearing an orange sun dress, and is laying with her eyes closed. One hand is draped across her stomach, and the other is reaching up. Her fingertips are barely touching those of Bloom, also laying on her back and who is wearing a black corset dress, red bow, and long black gloves. She also has purple hair. Her eyes are open, and red. In her other hand, she holds a purple flower. Iris and Bloom are arranged diagonally across the page, head to head. Across the top, artwork of the five main characters of Magica Riot in a park is placed. Around the book art are placed several blocks of text: "trans protagonist," "entirely queer cast," "tall hot evil sorceress," "thrilling action," "music-based magic," "sinister tech company," queer identity journey," "polyamory adventures," "useless lesbians," "modern-day Portland." Text reading "The next adventure of Portland's queer magical girl rock band" is next. Finally, text at the bottom reads: "Recommended if you like Sailor Moon, Symphogear, Pretty Cure, Power Rangers"
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cats, won't you?
February 10, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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LOOK AT THESE TWO CUTIES! Everybody's favorite trans magical girl drummer Nova, and everybody's favorite agender enby hacker Hikari! Hikari's showing Nova "videogame stuff" with their 300 hour save on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for the PSP. They sure seem a little blushy!

Art by @windygria.art
Artwork en a watercolor anime style of the characters Nova and Hikari from the "Magica Riot" novels. Nova is a trans magical girl with blue twin tail hair and blue eyes, wearing a pink t-shirt that reads "National Punch a Nazi Day 2025" and jeans. Hikari is an agender enby in a black shape-concealing outfit with cyan hair, amber eyes, and black frame glasses, holding a PSP and looking nervous as Nova leans in close to them.
December 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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thedescenters.bsky.social
We're living in literally the opposite of a meritocracy: a society that rewards rich parasites, punishes the innovator, denies the working class legitimacy, & pushes everybody to the breaking point to achieve less than nothing. The sole purpose of it is to keep the economic system going...
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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TODAY’S MY BIRTHDAY

I have some mutual aid requests that are almost filled, it would be an amazing birthday present if we can get them fully covered today 🥺👉👈

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February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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One way I thought of to sum up the current conservative movement was that they thought they could say it's okay to use slurs again and everyone was going to be on board
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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Reminder for Portland locals and visitors: you can buy both my books - “Magica Riot” and its sequel “Magica Riot: Full Bloom” - at Powell’s Books! Find ‘em at the downtown, Hawthorne, or Beaverton stores. 💙📚
A photo of multiple paperback copies of the novels "Magica Riot" and "Magica Riot: Full Bloom" on the shelf at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon
January 18, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Magica Riot game where every time Hikari talks their dialogue boxes take over the entire screen
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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The pride flag trains!
February 1, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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This is still the case
magicariot.com Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · Jul 7
the most specialest girl in teh world
The Simpsons "Do It For Her" meme, but all of the images have been replaced with art of Nova, the trans magical girl drummer from "Magica Riot"
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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If you're looking for books and you've ever wanted magical girl stories to be extremely trans and hopeful, I have got things for you! 💙📚 Read the adventures of Portland's queer magical girl rock band in ebook, print, or audiobook formats. So many feelings! They're flammin' gay! magicariot.com/buy
The cover artwork of the novels "Magica Riot" and "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," the former featuring protagonist Claire in her purple and black magical girl costume, the latter featuring the characters Iris and Bloom in an orange dress and black dress. These are placed over a blurred photo of a keytar. Artwork of the character Nova, another trans magical girl, is placed by the book covers, and her dialogue bubble reads "It's flammin' gay!" Text above reads: Read the adventures of Portland's queer magical girl rock band Trans girls! Music-based magic! Lesbian feelings! Portland weird! Colorful characters! Cool band van! Goopy monsters! Evil villains! Leftist social commentary!
February 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Post a banger not in English

I love all of Ai's immaculate throwback pop work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIuo...
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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You understand the vision
autumnwolff.bsky.social Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 12h
Hikari codes it so whenever you try to hit the "Skip" button on their dialogue, the button moves before your cursor can hit it.
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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Post a banger not in English

Banshimoku is one of the best rock bands working today. youtu.be/IMpawHpYGJ8
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Post a banger not in English

I love all of Ai's immaculate throwback pop work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIuo...
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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We're going to pass "children's safety" legislation, and we're also going to allow news events like "MrBeast has acquired ... a teen-focused financial app"
dexerto.bsky.social Dexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 21h
MrBeast has acquired Step, a teen-focused financial app valued at $900 million, in a deal reportedly worth over $1 billion
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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Everyone is posting non-English language bangers and yet I've yet to see anyone post one of the greatest things to ever happen to the internet, so I'm leaving it here. When was the last time you listened to this certified fucking banger?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yd...
Tunak Tunak Tun Video | Daler Mehndi | Full Song | Daler Mehndi Music
YouTube video by Daler Mehndi Music
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February 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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No ICE in Minnesota bundle is live! Get Gunhouse, Hyper Gunsport, and 1,400 other things for $10 or more.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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*slides the vn we made last year to you*
hyp-hyp-hooray.itch.io It_Came_From_Eden 🔞 @hyp-hyp-hooray.itch.io · Jul 13
Greetings. Here's our contribution to the #toxicyurivnjam. It's a "Copycat Recipe". Take three lesbians, shove their free will into a blender, and make a puree of the freshest, smoothest maybe food. Serves three. Look deep into the sweet spirals for best taste.

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three women lying together, reddish pink threads linking them all together by the neck short haired woman on her laptop on her bed. "Thinking I'm doing a good job keeps me sane." Woman seated at a restaurant table. She's resting her chin on the backs of her hands and making a cheerful expression. "Part of me wants to say her off-puttingness has its charms. Or that getting involved with women like this is only trouble." One woman leaning over another tensely, perspective such that the nervous one on top is covering the eyes of the other. The background is a pinkish hypnotic spiral. "And what a delicious situation I've found myself in~"
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Projects Cooking + Meet Iris! | Magica Riot
Get more from Magica Riot on Patreon
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February 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Every time Elon starts talking about building an army of unstoppable sex robots or a space base in 5 years, it's because he's in a state of blind panic and squirting bullshit the way a squid does ink.

The actual story, if journalists didn't suck, would be: what is he panicking about this time.
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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Magica Riot game where every time Hikari talks their dialogue boxes take over the entire screen
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Svetlana, the polyamorous trans disaster, now has to work out the whole Empress of the Galaxy thing. Maybe she can keep flirting her way to success?

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Cover art for book 1: The Harem Protagonist Was Turned Into A Girl!! And Doesn't Want To Change Back!!!?? Cover for book 2: And... Now She's Empress of the Galaxy!?
February 9, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Congrats to overthinkers and perfectionists but I mostly use drafts to do posts where I need to remember some factual aspect of what I’m trying to get at and then I’ll come back to it two months later and read “Scooby Doo sandwich is the hatm” and think what the fuck was I smoking
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · 19h
v1.116 is rolling out now!

For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.
A demonstration of where you can find the drafts feature in the top right corner of the post composer on Bluesky.
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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So many. My wife and I use "Oh, it's true!" from "The Dead Talk Back" and "We don't brook back-sass from our fillies" from "Time Chasers" constantly, for just a couple of examples.
hooverstreetrag.org Hoover Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · Aug 21
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?

Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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racists yelling about not understanding song lyrics in another language, meanwhile you can make me debilitatingly emotional by playing a song called "Happy Party Train" wherein I literally understand only two words
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM