Tof Eklund, Author at New Normative

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Tof Eklund is a Lecturer in Auckland University of Technology's English and New Media programme with a doctorate in Comics and Visual Rhetoric from the University of Florida. Tof is nonbinary transgender and their interests include strategy, RPG, and story-driven games, especially queer-inclusive and #ownvoices titles. They’re a proud parent, game dev dabbler, and writer of fiction, criticism, and reviews.

Humble’s Valentines Sale is a Celebration of Queer Love

Tof Eklund - February 14, 2018

So, it's Valentine's Day, and we all know what that means: half price on crappy chocolate at Walgreens the day after Cupid slings his...

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