Cosplay USA is on sale now!
Like most online journalists, I long ago gave up the dream of ever seeing my name in actual print. But that changed in March, when Patrick Macias gave me a…
Otaku Links: “Real Anime Journalism”
Instagram photos I took this week: me and the Cosplay USA magazine I edited, Nobell Gundam, Pink Bearguy gundam, and homemade Japanese curry. According to the latest numbers, 59% of journalism…
Maybe you’re the reason anime is dying
How do I know that anime fandom is still alive? Because people are always lamenting the untimely death of anime. If you’re on Tumblr as often as I am, perhaps…
Otaku Journalist Vlog #3: Covering Live Events
A couple of weeks ago I got an email from fellow aniblogger Justin of Organization Anti-Social Geniuses basically amounting to, “Whatever happened to that vlog of yours?” Well, after I…
Otaku Links: Post Otakon blues
Sorry for the lack of posting all week. I seem to have come down with the con plague and when I’m feeling like crap and I’ve got a lot of…
Otaku Links: If you’re reading this, I’m at Otakon!
Did you go to Bronycon last weekend? I thought it was interesting that one congoer was doing an informal survey on the percentage of black bronies. I bet he’d have…
My schedule for Otakon 2013
With co-panelist Patches at Otakon 2012. Have you noticed that every year as I get busier, my Otakon photo looks more and more rushed? There is no good reason for…
Everything I’ve written about journalism since 2009
It’s not until disaster strikes that I realize just how long I’ve been blogging. After the Great Outage of August 2, in which Bluehost, HostGator, and a handful of other…
Otaku Links: Night Vale, shipping, and t-shirts
Like everyone else on Tumblr, I’ve recently discovered the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. So far it’s half creepy, half hilarious. Combined with an apparent slash relationship waaaaay later, I…
Do you think anime characters are sexy?
It began, like most of my conversations begin these days, with Free!. My sister, my husband and I were hanging out in the pool when I just had to bring…