By Amanda Jay On my way to Katsucon 2016 These next few weeks of Weird x Black will be focused on conventions (YAY). With one of my major conventions of the year coming up in February, I will be chronicling the preparations leading up to the big days as well the convention itself. Katsucon, my […]
Read moreWeird and Black: Words of Comfort for When You’re Letting Go and Moving On
SpeedontheBeat.com contributor Amanda Jay returns with a testimonial about moving on from toxic friends, relationships, and more.As a weird Black person, I’ve found one thing to be true: though often I feel that I my issues manifest differently than many of my peers, the same rules apply when navigating them. One of the issues I […]
Read moreWeird and Black: Con Survival 101
Have you ever wanted to go to, for instance, Otakon or Comic-Con? Have you wanted to know more about how to get into them? Do you think that if you’ve been to one, you’ve been to them all? Well, Amanda Jay returns to SpeedontheBeat.com with some tips and tricks to survive conventions (cons)–and a definitive answer […]
Read moreWeird and Black: Black Otaku and Life Lessons
As the introductory piece to the series, I asked an Otaku near and dear to my heart to gather some friends who would be willing to answer my questions about being a Black Otaku, and how the obsession with some or all aspects of Japanese culture shapes their lives. Jay obliged me; he and two […]
Read moreIntroducing "Weird And Black" by Amanda Jay
Today, contributor Amanda Jay introduces her “Weird and Black” series. Later today, we’ll get a look at what it means to be a “black otaku” in 2015. So, without any further ado, I’ll let Amanda do the talking. Weird & Black: The Introduction This is no longer the norm. The era many of us have […]
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