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Sarah
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Ph.D. Candidate, Caribbean feminist
2025 Hosei International Scholars Fellow, Tokyo, Japan | Race & Gender in Anime
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I also presented at the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Pop Cultures Symposium organized by @aurelievpetit.bsky.social and @meganrose.bsky.social! I spoke about placemaking, race, and gender in the context of #cosplay. Met lots of scholars doing incredible work 🙏🏽
A photo of Sarah looking at her notes as she delivers her seminar paper. She’s wearing glasses, red lipstick, and a pink sweater. A bookshelf is located to her right. A Zoom screenshot of Sarah sharing her presentation slides. It reads “Afro/Japanese Placemaking: An Inquiry into Black Cosplayers Geographies at Anime Conventions.” It also features images of several cosplayers, including Sarah from JJK, Spy x Family, and Inuyasha.
May 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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This past week I presented on Black women’s cultivation of intimacies w. anime characters at a conference in Tokyo titled, “Moving Through Media: Human Experience and the Affective Imagination” organized by Drs. Susana Tosca and Akiko Sugawa-Shimada. Learned a lot & met so many incredible scholars!
Sarah-Anne Gresham wearing glasses, a green button down shirt, and white pants. She is standing in a conference room with green carpeting and wood paneling. Her computer is in the foreground. She is standing, smiling, in front of a large projector screen that includes photos of cosplayers and the title “The Anime Characters Who would Date Black Women.” A group photo of Sarah and other scholars from the conference.
May 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Also loved and appreciated the citations to scholars like Ashleigh Greene Wade and Catherine Knight Steele who do great work in digital Black feminisms! 💗
May 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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I just started episode three of Devil May Cry. Really enjoying it. Also, Lady is giving major Kusanagi.
A paused screen from the animated series Devil May Cry, showing the start of Episode 2 titled “Our Lady of Sorrows.” A female anime character in futuristic white and blue armor with short black hair and serious eyes is in the foreground, while another armored man with a beard and cap stands in the background. The description on screen reads: “In Washington, DARKCOM gathers a group of mercenaries and offers a bounty to bring in Dante — and the family heirloom that hangs around his neck.” A laptop keyboard is partially visible at the bottom of the screen.
April 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Antigua is mentioned in “Babel: An Arcane History” by R.F. Kuang who serves up some contrapuntal reading à la Edward Said! 🤩🇦🇬

I wrote a short reflection on a passage here: www.instagram.com/share/BANiJs...
A bookshelf featuring the book Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang in the foreground. The book cover is black and white, depicting an intricate illustration of a towering building with gothic architecture, surrounded by smaller structures and flying birds. The title “Babel” is in large, bold letters at the bottom, with the author’s name and accolades above. To the right, part of another book, A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid, is visible, showing a painted landscape scene with mountains and palm trees. A yellow flower pot is partially visible on the left. The background consists of a blurred framed map of Antigua resting against the wooden shelf.
February 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM