Category: Soapbox
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How growing older in a world of make believe helped change my life
Hey. It’s been a long time since I’ve written here. As I’m getting closer to my wedding, a lot of thoughts have been on my mind; mostly of events that lead to this point. Knowing that a lot of those moments involved cosplay or conventions, I figured I’d share what’s in my noodle. This may…
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A Dancer’s Thoughts On Microsoft’s GDC Party
Imagine you’re at an after party at a night club full of young professionals. You’re making conversation with some of the attendees. One woman at the party is a full time caregiver. She works double shifts assisting a man with muscular dystrophy. Another woman is a part time instructor for a privately owned company that…
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Cosplay For All: Empowering and Uplifting Minority Groups in Cosplay
Hi folks! It’s been a long time since I blogged, but I wanted to share a few thoughts with you. Over the past weekend I attended Otakon 2014 in Baltimore, MD which is one of my home cons. I’ve been attending for eight years now, and each year I go gets better and better in…
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I’M A BLACK COSPLAYER AND I’M JUST AS GOOD AS OTHER COSPLAYERS.
When I was a child, I was taught “black is beautiful,” so it was a huge surprise to me growing up that black faces were not represented in common society. When I turned on the TV, when I flipped through magazines, even when I read books, a sea of white faces stared back at me.…
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“But you’re just a dancer”
It seems like every other blog I’m ranting about my life as a performing artist. Many people ask me why do I do it. It’s simple; it’s something I love and something that I have a huge passion for. I’ve been dancing since I was in diapers, taking any classes I could since I was…
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How I became teh kitteh at New York Comic-Con 2013
New York Comic-Con is one of the biggest conventions in the east coast, and THE biggest comic book convention in the east coast. Overwhelmed doesn’t even begin to describe what I was feeling when I went in 2012. I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to go this year, but with some persuasion from…
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We are performers, not punching bags: an unlikely misogyny post
Hey there. I wish I were writing about the great time I had at my show last night, but unfortunately my night was briefly spoiled by a particular incident. I had a show in Washington, DC last night. The way the venue was set up; we had to change downstairs and the bathroom was upstairs. …
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