Kara Buchanan 🏳️⚧️
@magicariot.com
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.
magicariot.com
43 year old trans lesbian from PDX.
Lover of magical girls, sci-fi, anime, and games.
SFWA member.
She/her.
magicariot.com
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My 2026 goal is for my queer magical girls to take over all media/entertainment. Failing that, I’d just love for them to find some new fans who’ll love them. 🥹
Get in on the adventures of Portland’s deeply gay magical girl rock band & their new trans keytarist! Ebook, print, & audio! magicariot.com
Get in on the adventures of Portland’s deeply gay magical girl rock band & their new trans keytarist! Ebook, print, & audio! magicariot.com
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ICE must be abolished. The work of our time is to tear down the system that built it and remake it into one that embraces and designs systems that include all people from all places. This work will be done, because the alternative is unbearable.
January 8, 2026 at 5:46 AM
ICE must be abolished. The work of our time is to tear down the system that built it and remake it into one that embraces and designs systems that include all people from all places. This work will be done, because the alternative is unbearable.
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Honestly think that if you pulled twitter from the App Store and shut it down it would fuck up the entire right wing ecosystem at that point. Like the entire media apparatus would fall apart.
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Honestly think that if you pulled twitter from the App Store and shut it down it would fuck up the entire right wing ecosystem at that point. Like the entire media apparatus would fall apart.
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ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ICE needs to be taken apart, brick by brick, and we need to salt the earth.
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Border Patrol has shot two people in Oregon close to Portland. The shooting occurred near East Burnside and 141st Avenue. The two who were shot allegedly drove to this location for further help and are now en route or at hospital. Their condition is unknown.
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Border Patrol has shot two people in Oregon close to Portland. The shooting occurred near East Burnside and 141st Avenue. The two who were shot allegedly drove to this location for further help and are now en route or at hospital. Their condition is unknown.
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Breaking News Update: Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The victims were transported to a local hospital. It was not immediately clear their condition, police said in a release.
Federal agents shoot 2 people in East Portland
Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The victims were transported to a local hospital. It was not immediately clear their condition, police said in a release.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Breaking News Update: Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The victims were transported to a local hospital. It was not immediately clear their condition, police said in a release.
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Fucking hell, this is close to my neighborhood, but I'm at work and can't get over there to help.
PORTLAND FRIENDS AND ANYONE ELSE TO BOOST: the feds just shot two people near 141st and East Burnside
#pdx #portland #ice #cbp #dhs #fuckice
PORTLAND FRIENDS AND ANYONE ELSE TO BOOST: the feds just shot two people near 141st and East Burnside
#pdx #portland #ice #cbp #dhs #fuckice
US Border agents shoot two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI, Portland police and city officials.Portland p
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January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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I’m riding the MAX, this is just like that scene in hit magical girl novel “Magica Riot: Full Bloom”
January 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I’m riding the MAX, this is just like that scene in hit magical girl novel “Magica Riot: Full Bloom”
the Razer AI hologram girl in a tube is a whole thing, not getting into it BUT as soon as I heard a reporter say "it's connected to Grok" the nightmares increased a hundredfold
love to have major corporations selling waifus/husbandos in a tube hooked up to Sexual Abuse MechaHitler. Great society.
love to have major corporations selling waifus/husbandos in a tube hooked up to Sexual Abuse MechaHitler. Great society.
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
the Razer AI hologram girl in a tube is a whole thing, not getting into it BUT as soon as I heard a reporter say "it's connected to Grok" the nightmares increased a hundredfold
love to have major corporations selling waifus/husbandos in a tube hooked up to Sexual Abuse MechaHitler. Great society.
love to have major corporations selling waifus/husbandos in a tube hooked up to Sexual Abuse MechaHitler. Great society.
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Like there’s a ton of individual issues but the broader problem is that there’s an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourself, nihilism that tells people the only way to prevent getting hurt is to hurt enough other people and that sickness is filtering into the bones of everything.
January 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Like there’s a ton of individual issues but the broader problem is that there’s an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourself, nihilism that tells people the only way to prevent getting hurt is to hurt enough other people and that sickness is filtering into the bones of everything.
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for the curious: I did two tracks while there. I was a Mission Control member for a shuttle launch.
Then, I did a mission on a space station mockup. I made a polymer ball and did a spacewalk in a spacesuit attached to a rig that slid over the floor on an air cushion to do a satellite repair.
Then, I did a mission on a space station mockup. I made a polymer ball and did a spacewalk in a spacesuit attached to a rig that slid over the floor on an air cushion to do a satellite repair.
January 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
for the curious: I did two tracks while there. I was a Mission Control member for a shuttle launch.
Then, I did a mission on a space station mockup. I made a polymer ball and did a spacewalk in a spacesuit attached to a rig that slid over the floor on an air cushion to do a satellite repair.
Then, I did a mission on a space station mockup. I made a polymer ball and did a spacewalk in a spacesuit attached to a rig that slid over the floor on an air cushion to do a satellite repair.
Please, I did *not* go to Space Camp.
I went to Space *Academy*, the more *mature* version for even nerdier older kids.
I went to Space *Academy*, the more *mature* version for even nerdier older kids.
January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Please, I did *not* go to Space Camp.
I went to Space *Academy*, the more *mature* version for even nerdier older kids.
I went to Space *Academy*, the more *mature* version for even nerdier older kids.
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spending £2,000 on a graphics card to make Quake 3 look uncomfortably wet
Quake 3 Arena RTX! This Remix mod by woodboy90 brings new textures, PBR materials and Path Tracing to Quake 3, one of my favorite games of all time! Looks incredible 😍
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
spending £2,000 on a graphics card to make Quake 3 look uncomfortably wet
back at the ol’ word grindBl
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 AM
back at the ol’ word grindBl
looking back on it, I think watching The Big O on late night Adult Swim anime blocks in early college and feeling a fondness for R. Dorothy Wayneright definitely planted a long-running affection in me for robot girls that paid off a couple of decades later
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 AM
looking back on it, I think watching The Big O on late night Adult Swim anime blocks in early college and feeling a fondness for R. Dorothy Wayneright definitely planted a long-running affection in me for robot girls that paid off a couple of decades later
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Please go give them love. This game deserves it so, so much. The first one was an amazingly written political intrigue story was so much queer energy. I know the second will be the same if it can get funded
Sorry, folks. Seven days to go and 50% funded. We'll need a modern internet miracle to see these lovely ladies get their sequel. I was always worried that the visuals were not appealing to most VN gamers, but... ouch
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#indiegame #Kickstarter #Gaming #pcgame #free
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#indiegame #Kickstarter #Gaming #pcgame #free
Women of Xal II
Original Game Free! The revolution begins. Can Xjena survive rising violence and The Great Silence— Xal's final extinction event?
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January 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Please go give them love. This game deserves it so, so much. The first one was an amazingly written political intrigue story was so much queer energy. I know the second will be the same if it can get funded
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Somehow this is the exact sequence of words that makes everything feel slightly less horrible
Important: Tim Meadows adopted a second kitten
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Somehow this is the exact sequence of words that makes everything feel slightly less horrible
if I could draw my girls myself I would be even more insufferable than I am now
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 AM
if I could draw my girls myself I would be even more insufferable than I am now
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The @magicariot.com audiobook has been the anchor keeping me sane so far this week. It's so heartfelt and joyous and we need Magical Riot
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The @magicariot.com audiobook has been the anchor keeping me sane so far this week. It's so heartfelt and joyous and we need Magical Riot
if nothing else I will have new art of gay magical girls to show y’all in the near future so there’s that
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
if nothing else I will have new art of gay magical girls to show y’all in the near future so there’s that
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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Your reminder that what happened to Renee Nicole Good is something that happens regularly in America. This is not new, but it is an expanded version of militarized people targeting Black people in particular.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
From ICE detention to murder with impunity, we've been doing it. Now it's broadened.
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body.
This is not new but it is expanding.
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Anyway if you want to read a book so controversial (because it's very queer and also has one long BDSM sequence) it got pre-banned from one of the biggest ebook distributors, subscribe to my newsletter so you don't miss the release date authordiannagunn.com/fan-club
Soooo it looks like Draft2Digital straight up is not going to let me publish my tragic vampire cult story through them
Which means I can... upload directly everywhere, which is a nightmare, or just... give up on having any widespread success and only publish on Kobo & my own store
So that's fun
Which means I can... upload directly everywhere, which is a nightmare, or just... give up on having any widespread success and only publish on Kobo & my own store
So that's fun
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Anyway if you want to read a book so controversial (because it's very queer and also has one long BDSM sequence) it got pre-banned from one of the biggest ebook distributors, subscribe to my newsletter so you don't miss the release date authordiannagunn.com/fan-club
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I really don’t want to reactivate but, it’s that time of the month where I ask for help with rent — anything you’re able to spare goes a long way
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January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I really don’t want to reactivate but, it’s that time of the month where I ask for help with rent — anything you’re able to spare goes a long way
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I don’t know what to say except that human beings deserve better than whatever this is
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I don’t know what to say except that human beings deserve better than whatever this is