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I’m a writer in my late 20s, trying to figure out love, life, and how to get the most out of my MA in Literature. I love research and, no joke, analyzing the heck out of every single piece of media I consume – so expect a lot of that here.
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This blog focuses on analysis of nerdy media, book reviews, and lots of commentary about race in fandom and the source media that spawns our favorite fandoms.
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Tag Archives: cultural appropriation
[Video (Re) Post] Cultural Appropriation, Choice, and Some Cornrows
In this video, we’re looking at the recent dustup with ATEEZ Hongjoong’s cornrows, KQ Entertainment’s statement in response to criticism, and how even here fandom is full of people who CHOOSE to be antiblack *to their fellow fans* in the name of their idol favorites. Continue reading
Stitch Has THOUGHTS on that DKDK TV Video on BLM, Cultural Appropriation, and… Racial Slurs
Like if you’re going to have a platform, especially like DKDKTV does you should definitely be expected educate yourself and those guys really haven’t across the years. It’s been very like this – they have yet to do a video on blackness specifically and like anti blackness that hasn’t been kind of like shit. Continue reading
Quick Coverage: All Eyez On YunB Proving Why East Asian Appreciation and Appropriation of Blackness Are Two Sides of the Same Antiblack Coin
I know that not a single one of y’all wanted to know that there’s going to be a South Korean musical version of Tupac’s life called All Eyez on Me performed by a cast that, as far I can tell, … Continue reading
Posted in A Catch All
Tagged antiblackness, cultural appropriation, hip hop, historical appropriation, Quick Coverage
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WFRLL K-Pop Antiblackness Project #HoodCosplay
I’m just so pleased about how well “hood cosplay” as a term works for my needs across my project on antiblackness in the k-pop industry and its fandom spaces. I had to do a video! If you haven’t hit up … Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, cultural appropriation, K-Pop
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[Video] Appropriation, Appreciation, and Good Ole Chicken Noodle Soup
Video Description: One of the recurring comments when K-pop fans talk about cultural appropriation as performed by idols is “so and so isn’t appropriating culture, they’re APPRECIATING it”. The idea that appreciation renders conversations about cultural appropriation null and void … Continue reading
[VIDEO] A Bitter (Sweet) Summer Package Unboxing
I promised y’all a bitter unboxing and that’s… Mostly what you’re getting. One thing I and other Black K-pop fans – especially those a bit further along on our own journeys to unlearn internalized antiblackness – have come up against … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom
Tagged antiblackness, BTS, cu, cultural appropriation, fandom racism
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Cultural Appropriation in the Age of K-Pop Part Two
Did you read Part One? Another issue in how cultural appropriation of Black culture and Blackness leads people to devalue the culture and people they’re copying: across my research for this essay series – and this installment in particular – … Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, cultural appropriation, K-Pop
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Cultural Appropriation in the Age of K-Pop Part One
“Ideas, cultures, and histories cannot seriously be understood or studied without their force, or more precisely their configurations of power, also being studied. Edward Said, Orientalism “Dressing up as “another culture”, is racist, and an act of privilege. Not only … Continue reading
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Tagged antiblackness, cultural appropriation, K-Pop
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Fleeting Frustrations #5: K-Pop Groups’ Hood Phases
In general, I’m used to Blackness being seen as a cool and fun style to adopt by people who aren’t always clear about how they feel about Black people. Continue reading
Letters to the Author – JK Rowling
Part passive aggressive stress valve, part honest attempt at expressing my continuous frustration with JKR, this first post for Letters to the Author is me at my grouchiest. Future posts will be more moderate. Maybe. Dear Jo: I can’t remember … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural appropriation, Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, racism
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Fandom’s Huge Race Problem Essay #2: Co-Opted Experiences and Identities in Fandom
AKA How to appropriate cultures and lose respect in the process Content notes: Aside from discussing racism in different forms across different cultures, this post also will talk briefly about the Holocaust and Transatlantic slavery. Note that I am AfroCaribbean … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural appropriation, erasure, fan academic works, fandom, historical appropriation, racism
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