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My 10 Best and Worst of the Spring Manga Guide original ↗

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Otaku Journalist in 2025 original ↗

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No Villains original ↗

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My Year as a Girl Boss original ↗

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6 lessons from my 36th year original ↗

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10 Nov 2023

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11 Oct 2023

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Motherhood changed how I write about anime original ↗

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How I’ve been spending my 2023 original ↗

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What I’ll do instead of watching the fall anime season original ↗

29 Sept 2022

Why I canceled my Crunchyroll membership original ↗

21 Sept 2022

2021

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14 Nov 2021

Come to my Otakon panel! Or don’t. (Edited)original ↗

3 Aug 2021

On logging onto TikTok and immediately crumbling into dust original ↗

28 Jul 2021

How I wrote my first article for the Washington Post original ↗

25 Jun 2021

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Not According to Keikaku original ↗

21 Dec 2020

5 Tips For Breaking Into Niche Writing In 2020 original ↗

26 Jul 2020

Remembering Zac Bertschy original ↗

23 May 2020

How I’m balancing life and work during quarantine original ↗

13 May 2020

This is fandom reporting in 2020 original ↗

17 Feb 2020

On going back to work original ↗

10 Feb 2020

2019

2019 In Review: 9 questions to help you process and reflect original ↗

30 Dec 2019

Otaku Journalist is 10 years old!original ↗

14 Nov 2019

How I’m learning to respect my daughter’s online privacy original ↗

3 Oct 2019

The Otaku Journalist is going on maternity leave original ↗

2 Sept 2019

How to give yourself a quarterly review original ↗

19 Aug 2019

“How dare she?”original ↗

5 Aug 2019

What happens when your feelings get in the way of your reporting original ↗

22 Jul 2019

How making money online has changed in 2019 original ↗

3 Jun 2019

How I’m preparing to take maternity leave as a freelancer original ↗

6 May 2019

You’re allowed to grow out of your terrible opinions original ↗

8 Apr 2019

What is the purpose of a call-out post?original ↗

25 Mar 2019

No, you’re not too old for anime fandom.original ↗

11 Mar 2019

Tanaka-kun should get his thyroid checked original ↗

25 Feb 2019

How Leaving Twitter Is Helping Me Set Boundaries original ↗

21 Jan 2019

What it felt like to cosplay again after ten years original ↗

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10 Dec 2018

What really matters.original ↗

19 Nov 2018

How to get feedback and stay motivated during long writing projects original ↗

12 Nov 2018

Write from the baseline original ↗

5 Nov 2018

In praise of being a fan in private original ↗

29 Oct 2018

Five Years of Weekly Anime Streaming Reviews original ↗

22 Oct 2018

How cosplay helped me find my confidence again original ↗

1 Oct 2018

Burnout, grief, and the way forward original ↗

4 Sept 2018

My Otakon 2018 Panel Line-Up original ↗

6 Aug 2018

The ‘Free! -Dive to the Future-‘ friend circle is familiar, but not unchanged original ↗

16 Jul 2018

How I unexpectedly found myself doing PR original ↗

9 Jul 2018

On writing about cartoons in Hell World original ↗

25 Jun 2018

Standing still in 2018 original ↗

18 Jun 2018

Where to find me at AnimeNEXT 2018 original ↗

4 Jun 2018

Mari Okada and writing with your soul bared original ↗

21 May 2018

The enthusiastic Ladybeard, or how fandom is different in Japan original ↗

14 May 2018

Why I decided to root for the Hanshin Tigers original ↗

7 May 2018

That time I rented a villa in Kyoto original ↗

2 May 2018

Animals I met in Japan original ↗

30 Apr 2018

How I prepared my freelance business for international travel original ↗

9 Apr 2018

Join me at Anime Boston 2018 original ↗

28 Mar 2018

How to do your taxes as a freelancer original ↗

19 Mar 2018

Things nobody told me about becoming a freelancer: a blog series original ↗

19 Mar 2018

How to find your first freelance client original ↗

12 Mar 2018

What I want the parents of anime fans to know original ↗

5 Mar 2018

The metrics I track to build high-traffic, high-earning blogs original ↗

26 Feb 2018

How to deal with burnout original ↗

19 Feb 2018

Fandom, Population One original ↗

5 Feb 2018

On telling true stories original ↗

29 Jan 2018