Instagram photos I took this week: me and the Cosplay USA magazine I edited, Nobell Gundam, Pink Bearguy gundam, and homemade Japanese curry. 

• According to the latest numbers, 59% of journalism majors are women.

• Here’s a take on “fangirling” I hadn’t considered—that expressing fandom can be as liberating or legitimizing as art.

• Daryl Surat’s Twitter discussion with an anime industry insider shows a disconnect between how Americans and Japanese view anime fandom.

• A Kotaku reviewer just panned Watamote as “the most mean spirited anime I have ever watched.”

• Inspirational quotes from anime, as told by r/anime. Be warned: some are from hentai and you’d have to be an interesting person to find them inspiration.

• Charles Dunbar’s Fandom ID project has started up again. Here’s Jed Blue’s essay on being born a third-generation geek.

• On Tumblr, I wrote about why I don’t believe “Real Anime Journalists” are a thing. Follow my Tumblr if you’d like more short thoughts and ramblings.