Aggretsuko is my favourite show on Netflix. This animated series about a female red panda navigating Japan’s work culture had me hooked from the first episode. The highlight of the show is when Retsuko goes to karaoke and transforms from a timid office worker into a veritable death metal BOSS. I love this show because […]
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Writing While Black – Expectations in Genre Fiction for People of Colour
I had a lot of time to think about Jordan Peele’s movie Us. I saw it with my sister opening weekend, and my initial reaction was…not favourable. I expected popular opinion to follow suit, but turns out I was in the minority. The film blew up the box office, becoming the highest-grossing horror movie since […]
How to Have Positivity in Your Writing
I live in Toronto, and our city is home to the basketball team the Toronto Raptors. There is a delightful clip that emerged on the Internet of Raptor Serge Ibaka trekking through a winter day. This is Canada, mind you, and in late January the snow and the wind are all the more treacherous. Beautiful […]
Know Your Writing Focus
In effort to make friends and meet more people within my city, I joined the Toronto chapter of Geek Girl Brunch. GGB is a social event where women who embrace the quirkier side of pop-culture – whether it be it video games, Doctor Who, Steven Universe, etc. – come together with the common goal of eating brunch and getting […]