Samantha Puc, Author at The Mary Sue

Samantha Puc

Samantha Puc (she/they) is a fat, disabled, lesbian writer and editor who has been working in digital and print media since 2010. Their work focuses primarily on LGBTQ+ and fat representation in pop culture and their writing has been featured on Refinery29, Bitch Media, them., and elsewhere. Samantha is the co-creator of Fatventure Mag and she contributed to the award-winning Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives. They are an original cast member of Death2Divinity, and they are currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction at The New School. When Samantha is not working or writing, she loves spending time with her cats, reading, and perfecting her grilled cheese recipe.

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Sophia Bush at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Sophia Bush Comes Out as Queer and the Discourse Is Too Much

Actor, activist, and podcast host Sophia Bush has come out as queer. Rather than celebrating, the Internet is divided about her current relationship.

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Exclusive: Most-Banned Book in the U.S., ‘Gender Queer,’ Will Be Released as an Audiobook in May

Part memoir, part guide to understanding gender and sexuality.

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Harrowing’ OGN Tackles Right & Wrong Through a Psychic Lens

See the exclusive 'The Harrowing' official trailer and excerpt of the book ahead of its April debut.

Bookworm Reads founder Amelia Goodman

Bookworm Reads Proves It’s Possible to Grow a Sustainable Bookish Community That Doesn’t Exploit Its Users

Bookworm Reads founder Amelia Goodman created an aesthetic app for bookish people who want to divest from Amazon.

Cartoonists for Palestine art by Kazmir Lee

Cartoonists for Palestine Launches Online Archive in Response to Ongoing Genocide

Cartoonists for Palestine launched an online comics archive in response to the ongoing genocide of Palestine.

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Exclusive: Beloved Webtoon ‘Rigsby WI’ Coming to Print From Iron Circus

Iron Circus Comics launched a Backerkit campaign for a print edition of S.E. Case's Webtoon series Rigby WI.

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All ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians’ Books, Ranked

Rick Riordan's 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' series is beloved, but one book is better than the rest.

All ‘Fallout’ Games & the Best Order in Which To Tackle Them

Before the Fallout TV series arrives, here's how to play the video games in story order to get up to speed on the lore.

Interior art from Ren Strapp's How Could You

TMS Exclusive: Oni Press Announces Ren Strapp’s Debut Graphic Novel ‘How Could You’

Self-described gender-nonconforming, lesbian werewolf Ren Strapp will debut her first full-length graphic novel, How Could You, in December.

Screenshot from Jawbreaker (Sony Pictures)

‘Jawbreaker’ Was the Millennial ‘Heathers’—But How Does It Hold Up?