[19] Becoming Mixed and Finding Space in Fandom w/ Sharmane Fury of Militantly Mixed and BLERDcoMIXed

In this episode of Culture by Culture, Delia interviews prolific podcaster Sharmane Fury! We discuss the “becoming” mixed, getting into cosplay, hiding your nerdy fandom, navigating anime fandom as a mixed Japanese person, and more!

Things discussed in this episode:

• Anime & Manga: Kojira, Ultra Motoman, Spiderman, Mamono Hantā Yōko (Devil Hunter Yoko), Basilisk, Witchblade, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen

• Sharmane’s Shinobu cosplay

• Takashi Murakami theory of Japanese pop-culture as a response to the atomic bombs from “Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Sub-Culture”

• Dad Episode

Guest:

This episode’s guest is Sharmane Fury! You can find them here:

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Credits:

Host, Executive Producer: Delia

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Editor, Engineer: Abi Newhouse

About Culture by Culture:

Culture by Culture is a multidimensional podcast exploration into Black and Asian pop-cultural ties. Part sociology, history, and pop-culture podcast, it covers everything from deep-dives into our favorite gateway media, interviews with experts to help guide us through our historical and current cultural connections, and conversations with fellow nerds digging into our cultural identities and our pop-cultural interests.

Our mission is to understand and foster the unity that has historically existed between our cultures through our shared interests in each other’s pop-culture.