otakon 2021

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“We’re here! Together!” COVID and Otakon ‘21: the Con at the End of the Rainbow

While dozing on the train home from Washington D.C., I imagined beginning this piece with something suitably poetic, or maybe even sappy — perhaps wiping an only somewhat performative tear from my eye about how American fans came together during COVID and showed each other a relatively safe time. I found Otakon 2021 to be […]

By Lydia Rivers

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