When speaking of the possibility of K-pop stans transforming their fannish identity and negotiating their identification with their idols, inherent in the discussion is the racism and cultural appropriation of the industry and fandom that affords different possibilities to Black
On Asian Americans and video game representation
I love first-person shooters such as BioShock, Halo 3, and the Half-Life series. But shooting aliens, cyborgs, or demons is one thing. Shooting at people who look like you, and who curse at you in your mother tongue, in a game that is supposed
stitchmediamix: This is a narrated PowerPoint of the presentation I gave at the last Fan Studies panel at PCAACA 2017 April 15, 2017 since many people missed out on a chance to attend! (I’ll update this with links to relatively