Kristen McIntosh – Cosplayer / Draft Slayer

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*CW: brief talk about suicide*

Building things from your brain: that's what guest Kristen McIntosh does. We talk about how her visual arts journey lead to architecture, a field with approximately 2% Black representation. Then we transition into the really heady territory of cosplay subculture and the many varied genres. And of course I got her to drop her favorite anime, because how could we not talk about anime.

For more on Kristen, visit find her on Instagram at @krissycosplay.

For more info on cosplay in Pittsburgh's cosplay scene check out @PittsburghCosplayPhotoshoot on Instagram.

In reference to Black architects, visit https://blackarchitect.us/ and https://www.ncarb.org/nbtn2020/demographics.

For more on Jason, visit https://solo.to/mckoycreative