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The Black Cosplay Community

The cosplay community has always been an important part of my life, long before I…

Fire! Fire! Gentrifier!

The birds are singing. One sustained high note. A lower note, then another a full…

I Can’t

We’ve been talking a lot and rioting on I Can’t Breathe, but the reality is—and…

Mistaken? A Racist Tale in 3 Parts

My mom named me after one of the Disney Mouseketeers, Karen. (We won’t discuss my…

Revisiting Gaming

I have been reflecting on the past month of binge gaming. Command and Conquer, Supreme…

Remembering All the Black Children: Why, Why, Why?

As I trek my usual trail in Rochester, NY, I see golden leaves pressed to…

The Cost of Not Being Counted: Why The Census Matters

Achieving a fair and accurate census count is incredibly important when we look at the…

Stop Using My Identity As A Joke

To the guy who said: “I thought I had found the perfect Asian guy ……

Game On!

“Our base is under attack”!!! A familiar ambiance I had almost forgotten, ringing again loud…

Cajun

Not long after I moved to the States and got married, my husband -who is…

The Day I Came Home to Myself

I wear two identities. In one, I am an Indian immigrant raising my mixed-race daughter…

A Mythical Mother

As a Korean transracial adoptee, I’ve always known I was adopted. It has been a…

What it’s like to be Asian…

As an Asian-American who has lived nearly her whole life in America, I never really…

You Would Not Have Heard The Music

Luke has planned our whole anniversary weekend; after over a decade of relationship, my first…

The Party That Shook Up The World: The Legend of D-NICE and Collective Joy During a Global Pandemic

We’ve seen this movie before, right? It is why art-making, craft and creating is as…