Stitch Talks Ish

Check out the first episode + transcript!The music spaced between the parts of this and the following episode comes from Shoepop – Loyalty Freak Music and I got the MP3 from Pixabay!My thread for the second day of the concertTrumpet CreeperHave you listened to my Map of the Soul: 7 episode yet?Transcript available ASAP.Support the show

The music spaced between the parts of this and the following episode comes from Shoepop - Loyalty Freak Music and I got the MP3 from Pixabay!Have you listened to my Map of the Soul: 7 episode yet?Or entered my BTS preorder giveaway on Twitter? (It ends Oct 31!)Support the show

Did you miss last month's episode about When Black Lives Matter, But Black Opinions Don’t? Go listen to it now because it's still relevant. The "Justice for Jacob Blake" fundraiser One of my favorite interviews with Christopher ReeveThe opening theme song for Gundam WingArguably the best scene in Teen WolfTranscript hereSupport the show

The previous episode was a bonus review of Agust D/BTS' Suga's D-2For more information on what fandom has been like for me in the past week or so, check out Antiblackness in (Service of) the Archive: A StatementThe police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor in her own home are still free and weren't fired or charged as a result. I don't know if signing petitions is helping but I have emailed Louisville/Kentucky officials to try and urge them to do something. Here is a link that you can ...

This is a bonus episode because I am nothing if not extremely extra and I had thoughts about Yoongi's second outing as Agust D. (90% Positive, I promise.)Have you listened to Episode 3 – Stitch Talks Map of the Soul: 7 yet?If you haven't checked out my essay series on Antiblackness in the K-pop Industry and its Fandom Spaces, you should! Because it's a good way to get a grasp on my complicated and always in-flux feelings about Korean pop and hip hop music (and its stars) as well as my feeling...

Did you check out last month's look back at my year-long project on Korean pop and hip hop?Here's a screenshot of Hamilton's tweet about diversityMy piece: "Too White Bread for This Shit: Race and Racism in Laurell K Hamilton’s Urban Fantasy Series"Support the show

I've spent a year writing and talking about Blackness and antiblackness in Korean pop and hip hop as well as their associated (international) fandom spaces. So on the anniversary of my first real tweet towards writing and researching, how are things different and how have they stayed the same?Check out my site for the episode notes: https://stitchmediamix.com/2020/04/06/stitch-talks-ish-episode-4-where-stitch-processes/Support the show

Wherein I get downright obnoxious on main about all things BTS in my coverage of their new album Map of the Soul: 7.Last episode, I talked about the wy white women in the Rey/Kylo fandom were going all out to portray John Boyega as a misogynistic monster for an Instagram comment milder (and far less misogynistic) than their usual fareListening to this before March 1? If you’re a BTS fan in the US, head on over to my twitter and enter a giveaway to win a copy of the album!The project I refer t...

Episode Notes: Content Warnings: I talk explicitly about antiblack racism in fandom and white women weaponizing their femininity in service to it. I also briefly mention how part of this involves setting up a fear of John/that John will assault … Continue reading →Support the show

At the end of the day, it's not like I was expecting a single person on this podcast to talk about East Asian antiblackness or antiblackness in general. So I'm not actually trying to place my own burden of responsibility on them. But I feel like it was a bruise on an otherwise genuinely awesome episode because there was no need to zero in on Black Panther in the way they did, I feel like... it wasn't a great moment and it was unnecessary on top of that. Continue reading →Support the show