"Thank you for believing in kids who don't even believe in themselves yet." One of my graduating students drew me a tribute (a Pakistani pepper...GET IT?!). She also left me a letter... I AM NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING!

Fun fact: there is a phrase for it. Activity-based identities. People who have made an activity--in this case, the fandom--their whole identity. To criticize the fandom is to criticize the every *existence* of the fan. Criticism is an attack--to be responded with in kind.

Kpop has consistently and so casually engaged in the use of anti-black slurs, that I really don't put it down to ignorance any more. At this point, Kpop is global enough that they have all the resources in the world to learn. This is intentional.

Mangaka Yusuke Murata (One Punch Man) recently made ableist comments mocking Pakistanis with physical deformities while responding to an anti-immigration post. A reminder that bigotry often does not stand alone; ableism, racism and xenophobia frequently intersect.

I feel like many of the accounts that I see posting 2000's anime are just rage-baiting. Because they'll see something like, ".hack//Sign is peak! They don't make them like this anymore! Could not be made in 2026!" And you just know .hack//Sign wasn't even that good bro.

"For the best experience, choose whichever language you feel drawn to. Grief is a universal experience." I think this is the first time I actually paused and reflected on the *language* choices in a game. Amazing. TY @lunacy_studios for the review copy #TheHouseofHikmah

There's a term for this: "activity-based identities." Stans are people who have made a specific activity their identity. So if you point out anything wrong with the activity--be it a Kpop group, an anime, a video game, etc.? Stans will see it as an attack on their identity.

NO Retrocrush! @retrocrush_tv Take that demon out of "cozy anime"! What are you going to do the poor people who will watch the anime and then want to "finish the story" by looking up the manga! You know which one I'm talking about!

I see a new #Danganronpa has been announced. Loved the first two. Might have to finally play Danganronpa 3. Started it but got bored. Just hate how Kaede doesn't do anything. She just hangs around lol

Always funny when a Kdrama does something problematic and fans go: "NO--THE ACTORS/WRITERS/PRODUCERS DIDN'T KNOW; STOP JUDGING THEM!" Bro, there is no need to infantilize Kdrama creatives like that. Kdramas have the capability to have garbage politics like everyone else.

Eid Mubarak everyone. On this day of celebration and contemplation, please keep in your prayers the less fortunate for whom these days will not bring good memories. And work for a world where everyone's next Eid brings with it a better world than the one they had last year.

This is why I never, ever take Black Mirror seriously. Consume that "socially conscientious" slop while its creators laugh all the way to the bank by doing that very thing.

Dropped #WhenLifeGivesYouTangerines after Ep4. Could not connect with leads' feeling for each other. Their "love" was just posed as a given since the beginning--nothing I saw developed or earned it for me. And that's not an emotion I can connect with in this stage of life.

I am not going to quote it, but anyone who tries to discredit Final Fantasy by comparing it to ANY other RPG is 100% not a gamer. Because I guarantee the devs--being actual gamers--would recognize that EVERY RPG of the modern era owes something to Final Fantasy #Expedition33

Watched #TraumaCode. Solid, if unremarkable, drama. JUST fast-paced enough, JUST short enough & JUST exciting enough to make you forget its characters have no substance. No depth beyond "oh, the doctors care; nice." Also, a merc that's a good human? Gimme a break, Deadpool.

I regularly rewatch Man From Nowhere. Or at least I used to. Against my better judgment, I tried to rewatch it. Watching a kid Kim Sae Ron--hugging an elder that she trusted--absolutely broke me. I don't think I'll be rewatching it anymore.

This post by @kelatonin is a perfect example of why "informing people" is tough online. 1) offer info from a point of expertise 2) get blocked It's frustrating to engage in a genuine conversation when people have accepted that their ignorance is more valid than your expertise.