Spoke at more panels at cons like C2E2, WisCon, and Chicago Book Expo. AAH raised nearly $4300 for the ACLU and Raks Geek’s three shows at Uptown Underground raised hundreds of dollars for groups like I Need Diverse Games and Lane Tech Computer Science, as well as hurricane relief for Puerto Rico Performed with fire, LED, and other props in five of Raks Geek‘s six shows in 2017, as well as the Artists Against Hate fundraiser (which was co-organized by Raks Geek’s producer Dawn Xiana Moon). Completed my fourth year on the Chicago Nerd Social Club Board of Organizers, with this being my first year as board president.Sarah Connor and Wonder Woman Aren’t Here for James Cameron.Subverting Asian Stereotypes in Storytelling.Criticisms of Iron Fist Aren’t Just Because He’s a White Billionaire.Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Chill-Girlism.Iron Fist‘s Origins Were Always Problematic.Martial Arts Stereotypes and Asian Characters & a f ollow up thread.Had several Tweet threads* about fandom issues that I’m particularly proud of including:.Was a guest on T he Skiffy and Fanty Show to talk about Wonder Woman.Was a guest on WBEZ Morning Shift, joining sociologist and author Nancy Wang Yuen for “The Whitewashing of Asians in Hollywood”.Was a guest on The Audio Guide to Babylon 5 for “Episode 71: Into the Fire”.authored my very first comic strip, “Really Filipino,” with art provided by Jeremy Arambulo, as part of the New Frontiers collection, edited by Jeff Yang & Keith Chow.“Finding Yourself in Fandom,” for the Uncanny Magazine Blog.In addition to the above listed, I also had the pleasure of doing the following work in the last year: I continue to be proud of the work we’ve done on Uncanny Magazine and am pleased to note that the magazine is once again eligible for consideration in the Best Semiprozine category. I am also eligible in the Best Fan Writer category. Jeff higgs bjj series#
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