- Autostraddle's Ludmila Leiva discusses how Marvel's America Chavez is giving her hope for queers of color even in Trump's America.
- If you’re following the video game industry, you may have noticed how many awesome games already came out despite February only just ending. Faced with this embarrassment of riches, Patrick Klepek at Waypoint asks for 2017 to slow the fuck down.
- Tomorrow is International Women's Day, and there is a general "Day Without A Woman" strike going on that encourages women to take the day off from work (paid or unpaid), and don't take on the usual responsibilities at home. The problem, as Quartz points out, is that such a strike day is mostly a day for privileged women who can afford to take the day off and who have nannies or grandparents who can take the kids for the day.
For today's musical hit, we have Shawn Mendes and "Treat You Better"
Today's critical rolls: what are your favorite comic book people of color (queer and otherwise), and why?
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