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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
Posted in A Catch All
Tagged 2020 Wrap Up, fandom antiblackness, fandom culture, K-Pop
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[Video] Stitch Unboxes BTS 2021 Season’s Greetings
Merry Christmas to me! This came a week early and so… A hasty, hopefully hilarious unboxing.
What Stitch Listened To In 2020
When I’m working on Day Job, writing the next thing that’ll make nerds frothy mad at me (because I’m right), or even now as I rewatch Love O2O for the millionth time, I’ve always got music playing somewhere. Continue reading
Thread Collection: When Talking Heads Need to STFU (6/5/2020)
Solidarity will save us from whyte supremacy, but not with people like these publicly and purposefully acting as if wanting people who benefit from Blackness (Black fan/producer/songwriter labor on top of their endless appropriation) to speak up is colonizing them. Continue reading
Music Video Anatomy #6 – MA GIRL
Title: Ma Girl Artist: Taeyang feat. G-Dragon & T.O.P Setting: There is not much to say about the setting of this video beyond how this looks like the filming budget was light. Like I remember seeing a twitter meme asking … Continue reading
Posted in Music Scene
Tagged Big Bang, cultural appropriation, K-Pop, Music Video Anatomy, Taeyang
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Parasocial Patreon Post Bonus
The relationship is itself one sided in that of course these idols don’t know who individual fans are. But celebrities can’t thrive without an audience that cares about and sees them because even in fandom that doesn’t involve music fandom merch drops, there are meet and greets. Continue reading
Music Video Anatomy #5 – Uh Oh
Title: Uh Oh Artist: (G) I-DLE Setting: The first setting of the music video – and the part worth clocking and commenting on for me – is a part of a strip mall that looks like something you’d see in … Continue reading
Link Lineup – November BONUS
Everyone’s writing such good content and I can’t actually bring myself to wait until December to share some of the stuff I’ve read since the last Link Lineup post! So bonus links for all! Continue reading
Posted in Stitch Links To Stuff
Tagged antiblackness, K-Pop, racism, white supremacist history
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Music Video Anatomy #3 – No More Dream
Did you catch the first two installments of my Music Video Anatomy series last month? I covered Epik High’s epic ode to hating the haters “Born Hater” and the H1GHR Music collab for the TELÉFONO Remix! Title: No More Dream … Continue reading
[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
K-Pop Fandom Racism Bingo
So here’s my fandom racism bingo card for… various K-pop fandoms. It’s majorly multi purpose so it can be used in reference to almost anything when it comes to racism in these fandom spaces. Continue reading
On Korean Artists Using Their Platforms to Say that Black Lives Matter
I didn’t expect that I’d be writing about the Black Lives Matter movement in the context of Korean pop and hip hop music – or their fandoms. But that’s what this post is actually about – barring some all too … Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, Black Lives Matter, K-Pop, Korean hip hop, politics
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“But Namjoon,” Nothing – Antiblackness in the K-pop Industry and its Fandom Spaces
Have you checked out the rest of the works in this year-long project yet? The first time I think I saw a “But Namjoon” in the wild was almost a year ago when Stray Kids’ Bang Chan came under fire … Continue reading
Posted in What Fandom Racism Looks Like
Tagged antiblackness, BTS, fandom, fandom racism, K-Pop
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Authenticity Essay #4: Gatekeepers and Idol Rappers
Back when BTS was a baby group, they were subject to what seems (to me, as a fan coming later on to the group) like a really disproportionate amount of criticism. One theme that got the group loads of criticism? … Continue reading
Stitch Talks Ish: Episode 4 – Where Stitch Processes
Episode Notes: Did you catch the previous episode yet? That was an hour long review of BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7! And, unlike this episode, it has a transcript! There’s a chance that I mispronounce Sik-K’s name when I … Continue reading
Posted in Stitch Talks Ish
Tagged antiblackness, fandom antiblackness, K-Pop, Korean hip hop
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