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cosplay and colorism: on cosplaying while poc
i’ve been cosplaying for a while now. i think i started getting into the art form (yes, i call it an art form. it takes a lot more work than you would think!) around middle school. i had a friend … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, anime, art, beauty standards, cartoons, cosplay, eurocentrism, fandoms, films, home, pop culture, racial identity, tv, week 6
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essay drafting: guided autobiography exercise
when i was 4… (or at least in elementary school) i loved pokemon. in san diego, the kids who lived in my trailer park needed constant entertainment—we were those kids who loved making mud pies, running around the park and … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, anime, asian american, brainstorming, nostalgia, personal, pop culture, tv, week 4
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research + things to ponder
some books i’ve found so far*: animacies: bio politics, racial mattering and queer effect by mel y. chen anime: from akira to princess mononoke by susan j. napier the anime machine by thomas lamarre animation in asian and the pacific by john a. lent animation: a world history (vol. … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, asian american, brainstorming, cartoons, films, movies, pop culture, research, tv, week 3
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N O S T A L G I A: childhood memories of asian pop culture on screen
it’s interesting to think that for most of my early life, i didn’t consider myself to be asian american. as i look back on the asian american media that i’ve consumed, i spent a long time watching shows like pokemon, … Continue reading
rambling on Ghost in the Shell (2017), anime and eurocentrism
i read an article around the time of scarlett johansson’s casting as the main lead of the US’s rendition of Ghost in the Shell that i found really insightful for both the decision of the director to cast johansson as the lead, as … Continue reading
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