Otaku Links: On the big screen
Summer’s over, and it’s time for the best and worst of summer anime over at Anime News Network. You won’t be surprised by my picks. The highlight of my September…
I love anime. Wait, what is anime?
Last week I interviewed some of the staff at Noir Caesar, an American studio that portrays black experiences through the medium of anime and manga. I was especially interested in…
Otaku Links: Links for snake people
Low-key lesbian relationships in A Centaur’s Life. This show lays it on pretty thick when it comes to race relations, but lesbians are just part of the scenery. Neo Yokio…
‘New Game!’ and the self-taught programmer blues
New Game! is my favorite accidentally feminist anime—in an effort to populate the series with only cute girls and have them explore yuri relationships, it’s a show that features an…
Otaku Links: Press play
It’s been a year since this groundbreaking interactive web comic ended. Let Gita Jackson tell you about Homestuck. For me, Homestuck led to my first big reporting win—my first time appearing…
Anime and the people we used to be
My little sister recognized Death Note’s Misa instantly from my Netflix queue. “That’s the girl you used to draw all the time!” she exclaimed and darned if she wasn’t right.…
Otaku Links: Everybody take five
I wrote about my experience at Crunchyroll Expo—along with several other Anime Feminist editors. My pal Tony was there as well, and wrote a great reflection on the future of…
Taking Inventory
On a cold November day eight years ago, I pressed publish for the first time on Otaku Journalist. It was a terrifying moment, but also an exhilarating one. From then…
Super Otaku Links
It’s been a while. And in that time I’ve gone to two conventions on opposite sides of the country. I’ve also done a lot of grieving and private journaling. Now…
How Otakon made me feel OK again
On the first morning of Otakon, I took out my makeup case for the first time in a month. Before that, there’d been no point to wearing makeup if I…