Review also posted to my blog.


Feminist Lit Feb: an #ownvoices book about an experience other than your own


representation: fat queer latina protagonist, black queer main character, non-binary queer latinx main character, queer latinx main characters, open interracial queer polyamorous relationships


“The way they talk about it, they just knew and decided to right then and there to only have sex with each other ever again. Sounds fucking crazy to me. But Earth-ways were weird like that, I guess.”


My favourite thing that media can do with sci-fi is use it to examine the ways in which society would change in a different environment and time. And Open Earth has this in spades. This short graphic novel follows Rigo, a young woman who, unlike her parents, grew up in space. Her generation has very different ideas on relationships and she is in open polyamorous relationships with several of her friends.

I loved how this book explored monogamy and polyamory, especially because it did so in such a casual way. Rigo’s parents are non-judgemental but don’t understand their daughters’ distaste of monogamy, whereas she and her friends feel the complete opposite.

The main cast of characters is also, to my knowledge, completely latinx. Their families are from California where the national language became Spanglish, and I loved that little world building addition.

The sex scenes were also so good. They were sexy, fun and well-drawn. I loved that Rigo is a fat woman and Eva Cabrera never forgets that when drawing her; she’s not just curvy, she has thick thighs and a belly, and I loved seeing that. Also, super small detail: she has underarm hair, which was really cool.

If you’re looking for a fun, quick graphic novel that explores polyamorous relationships and has well-drawn sex scenes, then I would definitely recommend this. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on other things that this creative team does.