M'Shai Dash

Interview with Anime Storyteller Richard Singleton II

In the expansive world of anime, there are a lot of offerings from production studios that seek to make an impact with their artwork and storytelling. Every year, a fresh batch is born, and a few hopefuls do just that. As for writer and storyteller Richard Singleton II, also known as Creative Theory, he wants to do more than connect with audiences through what's onscreen. After embarking on an...

M'Shai Dash

M'Shai Dash

M’Shai S Dash is a freelance writer and blogger from Washington D.C. She’s a pop-culture connoisseur and Legend of Zelda fanatic who writes about blerd culture, social justice issues, and Afrofuturism. Dash is currently a staff writer for Blacksci-Fi.com.
Beyond the Holiday List: Black Indie Finds for Any Occasion

Beyond the Holiday List: Black Indie Finds for Any Occasion

Christmas is at our door and all the rational, responsible folk have finished their shopping. But, those who enjoy utter chaos on an inwardly sadistic level have decided to wait until the last minute to find gifts that'll appease the discerning blerds in their lives....

Body-Positive, Inclusive Cosplay Helps BlerdCon Thrive

Body-Positive, Inclusive Cosplay Helps BlerdCon Thrive

A black, femme Inuyasha stood near the revolving glass doors of the entrance to the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, and a group of curvy girls dressed as the cheerleading squad from the teen hit Bring it On (2000) were congregating near the escalators for a picture....

‘See You Yesterday’ Had Precisely the Ending it Needed

‘See You Yesterday’ Had Precisely the Ending it Needed

Possible Spoilers 'See You Yesterday' When See You Yesterday popped up in my Netflix suggestions I had two thoughts. My first was that Netflix is pouncing on the afrofuturist aesthetic that's catching ears, eyes, and box office dollars at the moment, and the second...

Black Nerds Expo at MiraCosta College

Black Nerds Expo at MiraCosta College

Photo credits M'Shai Dash. In an area that's only a stone's throw away from where California hosts its biggest and oldest comic con, the San Diego Comic-Con, MiraCosta College decided that this year they would follow suit with an event of their own. So last Thursday,...

2018 Was The Biggest, Blackest Year in BlackSci-Fi

2018 Was The Biggest, Blackest Year in BlackSci-Fi

Let's Recap. As part of a team that took a collective oath to keep our fingers on the pulse of this type of progress, we were pretty blown away by the work of black creators, writers, and actors this year. Here are a just few highlights. After spending the beginning...

Three Takeaways from 2018’s Afropunk Fest Brooklyn

Three Takeaways from 2018’s Afropunk Fest Brooklyn

They trickled into the park in droves. Brown, beige, yellow (and yes...white), with glitter-streaked faces and decolletages, intricately piled and adorned updos, and outfits that ranged from mildly colorful to full-on, avante garde cosplay. This was the scene at last...

DC’s Black Panther Pop-up Bar Was Truly Lit

DC’s Black Panther Pop-up Bar Was Truly Lit

Patrons who climbed the stairs to Red Lounge  in uptown Washington, D.C. this past weekend were met with flickering lilac colored lights, walls plastered in comic book pages, and locally sourced art featuring heroes and heroines from real life and the blockbuster...

An Interview with Brobot Johnson creator Darian Dauchan

An Interview with Brobot Johnson creator Darian Dauchan

Darian Dauchan’s Brobot Johnson series is a one-man web series that’s half hip-hop musical, half modern silent film, and 100% afrofuturistic. The series features a white-coiffed, facially expressive Dauchan as Brobot Johnson, a black android reanimated and kept under...

Why Black Superheroes Matter

Why Black Superheroes Matter

Growing up with few heroes of color for me to celebrate made me feel that a hierarchy had already been firmly established in my world.  But those feelings--as founded as they were--felt like paranoia to me at first and mostly went unchecked until I took a British...

Five Places to Blerd Out Before Summer Ends

Five Places to Blerd Out Before Summer Ends

It’s easy to find your tribe online. Whether you’re into FPS's or Pokeman Go, a group of people who’re just as enthusiastic about what you love are usually just a short series of clicks away on the internet.  So blerding out in the virtual world has always been rather...

ICYMI: State of Black Science Fiction Convention 2016

ICYMI: State of Black Science Fiction Convention 2016

Milton Davis and Balogun Ojetade founded the State of Black Science Fiction (SOBSF) Facebook group in 2012 as a space for black authors, illustrators, filmmakers, animators, and other purveyors or enthusiasts of speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy and horror...

Interview With Roboticist Dr. Ayanna Howard

Interview With Roboticist Dr. Ayanna Howard

When I sat down to interview award winning roboticist Dr. Ayanna Howard by phone, I felt confident that I’d researched her thoroughly and formulated my questions carefully, but I was still thrown off by one thing.  She didn’t look like a roboticist in any of the...

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