Otaku Links: Black Friday 2016
Happy Black Friday! About five years ago I waited in line for an hour at my local Micro Center to do some holiday shopping, and I don’t need to tell…
5 things I did before quitting my day job
Today I got up, got dressed, and didn’t go to the office. After a little over a calendar year, I quit my day job at a political think tank in…
How to not share fake news online
It’s been almost a week since my Twitter feed transformed from jokes about anime to political news, links, and anecdotes. Trump’s victory in the United States has blindsided me and…
Otaku Links: Life goes on
I think it’s weird when bloggers completely omit current events because it’s like, “Are you living in a different world that is completely untouched by the things that are affecting my…
October 2016 Monthly Income Report
Welcome to the fifth month of sharing my monthly income with the world as much as I feel comfortable with! Only, I’m not sure who I’m doing this for anymore. I…
Otaku Links: On Ice!!!
Is Yuri!!! on Ice hella gay or just playing at LGBT representation with “queer baiting?” And here’s a question I didn’t think of before reading Jacob’s article—does it matter? In What’s…
How to be professional in the age of Twitter
Every now and then something punctures my personal narrative of being a giant screw-up. This time, it was being invited back to speak at my alma mater, the University of…
Otaku Links: A time for butts
Last link list I said I had something in the works for Anime Feminist, and that went live this week. How fan service can attract or repel an audience, and how…
I don’t like your favorite anime. So what?
I remember the first time I realized that not everyone, or even most people, liked my favorite anime. I was in my college anime club. Every fall and spring, we…
Otaku Links: Behind the Dragon Ball
Ever wondered how fans watch anime in Japan? Frog-kun investigates. As I mentioned in my travel diary, I used a VPN that spoofed my home address to watch anime in…