What happens when your feelings get in the way of your reporting
I want to start by saying there’s no reason for me to get nervous about being on the radio. I started making semi-regular radio appearances when I worked at tech…
How making money online has changed in 2019
As I get ready to take two months completely off work, and as I get increasingly fatigued while doing basic tasks like walking to the store, I’m thinking a lot…
How I’m preparing to take maternity leave as a freelancer
I’m over halfway done with being pregnant, and it’s starting to feel extremely real. At Anime Boston, I didn’t have to tell people I was pregnant for them to guess…
You’re allowed to grow out of your terrible opinions
Recently I got an email from somebody trying to read one of my locked older posts. The post in question is “Why Don’t More Women Play Magic?” which I wrote…
What is the purpose of a call-out post?
No community is without its bad actors, and anime fandom is certainly no exception. I’d argue that 2019 has been all about our fandom family discovering this anew and looking…
No, you’re not too old for anime fandom.
This will be my last year as a staff blogger at Anime Boston. For obvious reasons, I don’t think I’ll be up to it next year. I started volunteering there…
Tanaka-kun should get his thyroid checked
2018 was not a particularly productive year for me. I didn’t write any new books and I barely kept up my blogs. Instead, I watched a lot of anime and…
How Leaving Twitter Is Helping Me Set Boundaries
If you’re mutuals with me on social media, you may have noticed that I am on a Twitter break. It shouldn’t be such a big deal to me to fully…
What it felt like to cosplay again after ten years
The best compliment I got on my cosplay came the following day. I returned to MAGfest in normal(ish) clothes and ran into somebody I’d met in cosplay the previous day.…
2018 in Review: 9 questions to help you process and reflect
Welcome to the last Otaku Journalist post of 2018. Usually, I mark the end of the year with a holiday shopping guide for anime fans, or some remarks on Otaku…