Me!
I’m a writer in my late 20s, trying to figure out love, life, and how to get the most out of my TWO (2) degrees. I love research and I’m the kind of nerd that likes analyzing the heck out of every single piece of media I consume so expect a lot of that here.
I’ve got an an opinion on basically everything. If you like strong opinions, candid talk about mental/physical health and trauma, and the occasional ode to fictional characters, then you’ll probably love me.
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.
- Follow Stitch's Media Mix on WordPress.com
Ways to Support Me/My Writing
Tag Archives: K-Pop
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
Leave a comment
WFRLL: Black Sound… Somehow Not For Black Fans?
Imagine having the nerve to tell Black fans to “go listen to rap” because – in this case – you were frustrated by yet another conversation about cultural appropriation in the K-pop industry. Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, fandom racism, K-Pop, misogynoir
Stitch on JinJja Cha Podcast’s Anti-Blackness in KPOP Episode
Jinjja Cha is a weekly podcast hosted by Girl Davis and April about South Korean Pop Culture and everything else in between. You can find them on: Soundcloud Twitter April’s Twitter Girl Davis’ Twitter Their Website My appearance on Jinjja … Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, fandom racism, Jinjja Cha Podcast, K-Pop, podcast
Leave a comment
Stitch On NYAN’s “Chicken Noodle Soup For the K-Pop Lover’s Soul”
I’m tired of feeling like I’m expected to choose between my security and happiness as a Black person in K-pop fandom spaces – or any fandom – and my ability to be a fan welcomed by fandom. Continue reading
Fast and the Furious Foregrounding
In this installment of What Fandom Racism Looks Like: Antiblackness in the K-Pop Industry and its Fandom Spaces, we’ll be doing some fast and furious foregrounding. The point of this foregrounding essay isn’t to provide readers with an exhaustive and … Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, K-Pop, What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Leave a comment
A WFRLL TIMELINE: FOREGROUNDING HIP HOP HISTORY
Note: This timeline is an attempt on my and Jaeyoung’s parts to show a trajectory and some major moments for hip-hop that potentially put these cultures into conversation. As a result, timeline does not cover every single event that happened … Continue reading
[Video] Stitch Tackles TK Park’s K Pop in the Age of Cultural Appropriation
Some commentary on this whole thing and why these conversations are necessary: The way Blackness is portrayed & performed across kpop is impossible to miss unless you work at being ignorant. Appropriation of Blackness – hair, slang, aesthetic, etc – … Continue reading
[Video] The Cultural Appropriation Conversation: So Very Hairy
“The harm of cultural appropriation lies in how the people doing the appropriation of a minority group’s culture, removing it from its context, dehumanize the minority group and dismiss their concerns or humanity.” Cultural Appropriation in the Age of K-Pop … Continue reading
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
6 Comments
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
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, cultural appropriation, K-Pop
3 Comments
