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Erica Friedman
@okazu.yuricon.com
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Lesbian Icon, Yurijin, Speaker, Writer, Editor, Researcher. Looking for opportunities.

By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga on sale now! https://yuricon.com/product/bys/
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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · Nov 8
Just a reminder that I wrote a book on the history of the Yuri genre which was then published by the wonderful publisher @journeypress.bsky.social, which you should definitely buy and support us both!

By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga
www.yuricon.com/product/bys/
Front an back covers of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman. The front shows two girls wearing the oldest Japanese girls schools uniforms, looking longingly at one another as they hold hands, surrounded by lilies, a pattern which burns away to reveal a back cover of two girls with brightly colored hair and uniforms of the future, gleefully clasping one another.
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Cover of a Butch x Butch yuri (NSFW) comic from around 2022.
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
okazu.yuricon.com
I majored in comparative lit, then a Master's in Library Science, so 30 years as a researcher and a writer about manga was just using my degrees.
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 11d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Many, many thanks to @resuri.bsky.social and Kris for the "By Your Side" fan art!
Two drawings. On the left, an image of Kaioh Michiru and Tenno Haruka from Sailor Moon, with a quote from "By Your Side" by Erica Friedman. "Femmes are the Queens, we butches live to serve" by Resuri. On the right, a drawing of two girls in old fashioned Japanese-style uniforms, a riff on the characters on the front cover of "By Your Side"
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
Today on Okazu – Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – November 22, 2025

Yuri and Baihe licenses & exciting anniversary events: Comic Yuri Hime 20th, Kase-san 15th & Rica ‘tte Kanji, the !st Yuri manga in English turns 30, in news from the global Yuri network!

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A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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「ブッチ組 ～夜露死苦異世界 我等真武親友 悪鬼滅殺仏血義礼組 （よろしくいせかい われらまぶだち あっきめっさつぶっちぎれぐみ）～/ 二発目」コミックノーラ
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二発目が公開されました！　たぶんですけど来月の更新時にはこの回は見られなくなると思われますのでぜひとも今のうちに読んでください✊✊✨
ブッチ組 ～夜露死苦異世界 我等真武親友 悪鬼滅殺仏血義礼組 （よろしくいせかい われらまぶだち あっきめっさつぶっちぎれぐみ）～ | コミックノーラ
おもしろさ無限大。Gakken発エンタメ漫画サイト
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October 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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okazu.yuricon.com
If you are in the NYC area, don't miss Rica Takashima's exhibit at hetLabo in Brooklyn to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the First Yuri manga ever published in English, Rica 'tte Kanji!? !!

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Galley art featuring the first Yuri manga to be translated into English, Rica 'tte Kanji!? by Rica Takashima, at hetLabo in Brooklyn.
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
If you are in the NYC area, don't miss Rica Takashima's exhibit at hetLabo in Brooklyn to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the First Yuri manga ever published in English, Rica 'tte Kanji!? !!

x.com/AliensNewYor...
Galley art featuring the first Yuri manga to be translated into English, Rica 'tte Kanji!? by Rica Takashima, at hetLabo in Brooklyn.
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
Don't miss this adorable comic!
natsuomutsumi.bsky.social 睦巳夏生 Natsuo Mutsumi @natsuomutsumi.bsky.social · Apr 29
"Yuzuki doesn't think!" is a 2021 work. This story about butch and tomboy working in a men's clothing cafe won Shueisha's Newcomer Manga Encouragement Award. It is available for free.

Yuzuki doesn’t think!【English】 | TOMBOYS #booth_pm tomboys.booth.pm/items/5970708
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Reminder: project proposals for the Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award for 2026 are due in two weeks.
cartoons.osu.edu/collections-... Up to $2,500 for researchers (US only) who needs to travel to Columbus, Ohio to use the collections of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award
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November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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How My Cute Girlfriend and I Started a Love Story by Nomiya Rion

Yoshiko Yokozawa is an office lady who loves cute things and being cute herself. Because of this, she is often not taken seriously and she is fed up with it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Gonna be real: I have a critical medication that, with GoodRx, is going to be $700 and I have $50 in my account after pay day. I’m in real need of help to afford any of my meds.
pixelatedlenses.bsky.social Cy Catwell @pixelatedlenses.bsky.social · 9d
Tipping and supporting me allows me to not only have support while I work with the state to get health care but also means I can continue to care for mixed as a disabled trans person. That includes being able to set aside time to write queer and trans articles.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Oh hey, @sam-animeherald.bsky.social sent me a couple of teaser photos of Anime Herald Mag #1! 🥰 Lookit it, I still can't believe it's real

You can get a copy of your own below

Digital ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
Photo of Anime Herald Magazine article "The Death And Rebirth of RahXephon Photo of article "Woah, Hey! There's a Lot Going On in the Best Scene of Delicious in Dungeon" from Anime Herald Magazine #1 Photo of article "Comedy, Catharsis, and Cooking the Canon in Today's Menu for the Emiya Family"
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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WEBサイン会よろしくお願いします🌱
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書泉百合部 on X: "【WEBサイン会】 祝15周年！『山田と加瀬さん。⑤』発売記念　高嶋ひろみ先生WEBサイン会 本日は購入特典のSAMPLE画像を大公開!! WEBサイン会お申込みでW特典が付きます！ ・書泉百合部限定ペーパー ・WEBサイン会応募者限定複製サイン入りペーパー お申し込みはこちら→https://t.co/j0X49w9olq https://t.co/xTBR6KHnwD" / X
【WEBサイン会】 祝15周年！『山田と加瀬さん。⑤』発売記念　高嶋ひろみ先生WEBサイン会 本日は購入特典のSAMPLE画像を大公開!! WEBサイン会お申込みでW特典が付きます！ ・書泉百合部限定ペーパー ・WEBサイン会応募者限定複製サイン入りペーパー お申し込みはこちら→https://t.co/j0X49w9olq https://t.co/xTBR6KHnwD
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November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
I'm heading home today. Paris was, as usual, so wonderful an @ycon.bsky.social was an incredible time. Online friends met, new friends made. This is why anine & manga people are the best.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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comicswithjose.bsky.social
The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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helenmccarthy51.bsky.social
Via @gillj.bsky.social and fairsubmissions.co.uk a #shortstory #prize for Black and African writers located anywhere in the world. This year's theme is 'transitions'. Read the information carefully, follow the guidelines and enter your story by 23 December 2025.

www.afritondo.com/call2026
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November 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
okazu.yuricon.com
My book about the history of lesbian-themed anime and manga has outsold this by many zeroes percentage. As a point of comparison.
tkingfisher.com Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d
If he was born and raised in a bookstore, I’d expect him to be a better person.
nickfield.bsky.social Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 3d
"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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wanderindreamr.bsky.social
The energy of IVE protests by city:
LA: large protests (normal, parade style)
Portland: protests (improv theater style)
Chicago: whistle system
DC: throwing sandwiches
Baltimore: wheee I’m chasing YOU now
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
Dinner in a French mall near the airport. But we've eaten at the restaurant before and even though it is a chain, the moule et frite are very good.
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
Visited the Guimet museum today for their Manga exhibit. It was really fun!
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
Ensconced in a airport hotel, my only plans for tonight are dinner. It feels like luxury.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
A I age showing a typical collection bucket for the salvation army which is read with a lid holding mechanism on a tripod holder. There is a big stop/do not symbol over the hand depositing money with the words "we don't donate to the Bigot bucket" over the bottom bucket section
October 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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Find out how to read The Adventures of Tintin with this beginner’s guide, explaining where to begin, what to avoid, and so much more.
How to Read The Adventures Of Tintin
Find out how to read The Adventures of Tintin with this beginner's guide, explaining where to begin, what to avoid, and so much more.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
okazu.yuricon.com
Queueing for pizza. I feel so European.
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM