I chatted with the amazing @CosPlayNay about Cosplaying, Partying At DragonCon, Protesting for social justice and equality. You definitely don’t want to miss this interview. Follow CosplayNay – https://www.instagram.com/cosplaynay Cosplay Alliance is your home for everything nerd culture. Cosplay Alliance Instagram – https://www.instagram.com
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Drew Brees pissed me off to a new level yesterday. The NFL is preparing to play a season filled with black players during a pandemic that is disproportionately affecting black players. The players have power. It is time to be a collective and use it. Sacrifices must be made. The NFL is full of owner billionaires with connections and influence on political levels including law enforcement. Force the owners to cancel their million dollar contracts […]
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#RepresentationMatters. My entire life the vast majority of the time there was a single Black character that was barely part of the story, was never integral, and was either only there to die in service of the white characters, for comedic relief, to dance, or to just silently represent tokenism as if they were a broken and forgotten manakin that some (actually important) white character once called a “friend”, or simply managed to put up […]
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“They would never let a Black man be Captain America. And even if they did, no self-respecting Black man would ever want to be.” America is racist. The writer of the show clearly knew this. It was obvious from the beginning that race was going to be a key subject in this series. We first see Sam giving up the shield and being told he was doing the right thing a a white man. As […]
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I’m not a huge supporter of the Oscars but I had an opportunity to be a part of an advertisement with one of my favorite movies of all-time. That movie is the Eddie Murphy classic Coming to America. Here is the advertisement that was posted to the Academy’s Twitter account. I am cosplaying Prince Akeem in this picture. Cosplay has opened so many doors for me and I’m grateful. In the ad with me are […]
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2020 was the year of racial reckoning and the cosplay community is filled with racism from blackfacing to Black cosplayers receiving tons of racists comments on their cosplays. A friend of mine decided to collaborate with Cosplay Alliance Magazine to address this with the Black History Month issue of the magazine. We were given total control of the entire magazine and were able to be fully unapologetic in the content. We featured a lot of […]
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I sat down with Otakus and Geeks Podcast to discuss the dark side of cosplay with a few other cosplayers. This is a topic I’ve been wanting to cover for a while. We discussed what really goes on behind the scenes of cosplay, from bullying and harassment to gatekeeping. We wanted to cover topics that people are afraid to speak up about. With the growing mainstream popularity of the hobby we want people to be […]
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I haven’t really expressed my opinion on Marvel deciding not to replace T’Challa. It is a tough decision due to how iconic Chadwick Boseman’s portrayal of the character is. This is the problem for me as a Black person. We waited 18 movies to see a Black character serve as the lead in a MCU movie and now he is gone. With the loss of Chadwick our lead hero representation goes to 0. This is […]
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So I kind of have a thing for waterfalls and Erawan National Park was a majestic waterfall park. Located in an isolated area of Kanchanaburi this national park is a true beauty. It is a seven tiered waterfall in Thailand and it is not to be missed if you are in the area. I haven’t been to any other national parks in Thailand but I can’t imagine any park being more beautiful than this one. […]
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You’re probably asking where the heck is Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi is a town in west Thailand located about 3 hours from Bangkok. A friend and I traveled down to the River Kwai for a weekend getaway and we decided to spend a few hours here. We made the most of our time here but Kanchanaburi is definitely worth a visit. The town is known for its Death Railway Bridge that was built during WWII. The bridge […]
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