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Monthly Archives: December 2020
Link Lineup – End of 2020
Yes, this is a bit BTS heavy. Deal with it, darlings. Welcome to the ‘omegaverse,’ the kinky erotica genre reimagining bodies Speculative fiction around human mating cycles and otherworldly physiology date as far back as the mid-20th century, but in … Continue reading
Stitch Wraps Up 2020
A lot happened in 2020. While it’s been one stressful year, it’s also been a year where I’ve pretty much stayed booked and busy and writing. So for those of you who aren’t super duper online, here’s what you’ve missed … Continue reading
Meme-Ing For A Reason #4 – Fandom’s Been Racist
Fandom has always been racist. All fandoms. Even your fandom, whatever it may be. Both because there are no fandoms that are actively anti racism by default and because the shape of fandom discourse in 2020 is that folks are … Continue reading
Black People in Fandom: Cassandras in Action
Black fans and Black culture writers who specialize in complex fandom and media circles have been talking about all of these different dustups and racefails for years –
But no one listens. Continue reading
Thread Collection: Racefail A Decade Later (1/17/2019)
Tons of people in fandom just flat out hate me because I’m a black person talking about fandom racism/antiblackness in a way that doesn’t cater to them Continue reading
Meme-ing For A Reason #3 – Fandom’s Amy Coopers
I already made the Amy Cooper comparison back in June in Why Write About Fandom Racism At A Time Like This? where I talked about what the racism in the supposedly progressive queer/women run fandom spaces looks like: It looks a … Continue reading
Meems Watches K-Dramas
Here are five dramas that my smallest nieceling has been circling across the year and some of the reasons why she liked them! Continue reading
[Video] Stitch Unboxes BTS 2021 Season’s Greetings
Merry Christmas to me! This came a week early and so… A hasty, hopefully hilarious unboxing.
Urban Fantasy 101: Cop Country
There are a lot of cops in urban fantasy. Continue reading
Thread Collection: Third Wheeling (11/11/2019)
Tweet from 11/11/2019 One thing I genuinely hate because of fandom is “[Black Character who is obviously under developed] hooks up two of their clueless white friends and gets them to realize their love” Because the Black characters are never … Continue reading
Meme-ing For a Reason #2 – Blaming “Antis”: Easier Than Speaking Up Against Racism, I Guess…
Anyone telling you that you have to accept racism in fandom as a price to pay for “sticking it to antis” or that you need to defend or ignore racism in fandom/fan-made content in order to prove you’re somehow “anti censorship” is someone trying to get you to defend racism as part of fandom.
Talk about a red flag on fire. Continue reading
Thread Collection: Like With Meghan, Coded Antiblackness Comes (1/11/2020)
A lot of people dismiss the racism aimed at Meghan because it’s not overt (to nonblack people). Continue reading
Music Video Anatomy #7 – 몸매 (MOMMAE)
Title: 몸매 (MOMMAE) Artist: Jay Park feat. Ugly Duck Setting: “MOMMAE” is set in a few different “places” (I’m using the term super loosely here). A dance floor in what almost looks like an abandoned club, a bed(room?) in bi … Continue reading
[Stitch Talks ish] Episode 9: Stitch Wraps Up One Hell of A Year
On Buzzsprout The music spaced between the parts of this comes from Shoepop – Loyalty Freak Music and I got the MP3 from Pixabay! Did you check out my previous two-part episode on BTS’ Map of the Soul: ON:E concert? … Continue reading
Meme-ing For a Reason #1 – Is This A Reason Not To Care?
I love making memes about fandom and my experiences in fandom. Have a meme. I think it’s really funny (but like in a morbid way) when I see someone using a twitter user as an example of how bad all … Continue reading
