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Teresa (Katy) Castillo

@harleygin.bsky.social

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She/Her • 💖💜💙 @cbrails.bsky.social • Upstate NY cryptid Co-founder & Designer of @hand-designed.com Owner/EIC of @yattatachi.com Runs @otakujobs.com More info: https://harleygin.carrd.co/

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · Apr 7

Hello! 🌱

I’m Katy (she/her)!

I’m a Hispanic, queer gal who juggles a lot of geeky stuff!

I’m the owner of a independent media site @yattatachi.com

Co-founder & designer for a fandom design agency @hand-designed.com

& I run a fandom job posting account @otakujobs.com

Tamako wearing a top hat and laying a baton on her shoulder smiling. The folks on the market street crowded around her in awe.

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 11h

The physical release for Kamudo vol 1 by Akira Himekawa is out now! Letters by me, translation by David Evelyn 💖
The cover is matte with spot gloss, and the book features color pages!!

Kamudo vol 1 laying on a wooden desk. The colorful cover features a demi-dragon boy holding a sword.

Kamudo 1 flipped open to a color page, laying on a wooden desk. The color page shows a young man standing in front of an erupting volcano, with the sound effects “GWOOO” and “DM DM DM DM” around him

Kamudo laying on a wooden desk, opened up to a black and white page. The page shows a group of dragons standing around a large shell that’s cracked open. In the next panel, the baby with a dragon hand who emerged from the shell is wailing “WAAAAAAHH”

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 7h

Just took a quick look and it seems like they have changed the fonts to a heavier weight and less spaced out so there’s a vast readability improvement!!

Jetzero Infinity @ Snobby Black Weeb @jetzeroinfinity.bsky.social · 15h

So uh...not sure if CR has actually gone back to using Aegisubs overnight, but they HAVE at least gone back to their old subtitle font, so looks like bullying works

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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dominik @rhiwion.bsky.social · 1d

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Lynzee Loveridge @annlynzee.bsky.social · 1d

"To become mature is to become kind" is actually beautiful.

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 1d

Makoto Yukimura was worried that Vinland Saga's farming arc and "I have no enemies" moment was a gamble that readers wouldn't like. I told him about the J. Cole meme from the Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap beef. This is how he reacted.

If “I have no enemies” has become a meme and people remember it, then maybe people will understand what I’m really trying to say through the story, which is that humans are immature, but we can mature. To become mature is to become kind. This is the foundation of what I’m trying to say, but it really has to be much shorter for people to remember. But it does give me hope that people remember these short phrases as memes. Then, one day, it will click in their mind what I was trying to really say in the first place.

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A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social · 1d

HELLO! We are looking for a San Francisco based photographer to help with an exciting new project photographing some still life images! Any recommendations are welcome.

Please respond to this post or email us on the contact into on our site with your details if you're interested 📷❕

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Seven Seas Entertainment @sevenseasentertainment.com · 1d

OTONARI COMPLEX Vol. 5

FINAL VOLUME! An endearing manga about childhood best friends–a “girly” boy and a “boyish” girl–working through their feelings about identity and love.

Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
sevenseasentertainment.com/books/otonar...

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Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of Sunday, you know how we do it --manga, MMB lore, and of course new announcements! The info is below --whether it's by bus, car, or broom, come out to #NYCC and be a part of the manga movement!

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Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 1d

Manga Mavericks is rolling out the red carpet at #NYCC, and appropriate for the season, we're bringing so much with us, it's scary! 😱 😱

For starters, we're teaming up with BiJuKu for our first booth! Come on by and see us before our panel on Sunday for books at a con-exclusive rate!

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record at this point but I’m pretty excited for this upcoming client discovery call! 🌙 ✨

Hopefully, we will be a great fit and be able to take on this project!

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Geoff Thew @mothersbasement.bsky.social · 1d

It's time to talk about the enshittification of Crunchyroll
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The Enshittification of Crunchyroll

YouTube video by Mother's Basement

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 1d

You know it's big con time when all your emails come back with out of office auto responses.

Good luck to everyone going to NYCC!

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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 3d

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

Hey @crunchyroll.com I shouldn't be getting a headache trying to read the subtitles and eventually giving up watching the episode from the new season.

At least make the font bolder similar to how it used to be. 😭

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 2d

They don't. If you look at them, they almost exclusively use covers, which are considered fair use.

There is very little interior art in any manga history books.

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

A cup of Multigrain Cheerios has your daily value of iron so for a low iron all time girlie like me I am snacking on them all the time and yes, I do keep a bag of them in my purse and yes, my purse looking like a toddler nursing bag.

Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

If you ever wondered what it looks like me eating dry Cheerios while working, just picture a toddler who is dropping them all over the floor, but shouting "FUCK" each time.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 2d

It is a good day to support your local worker-owned news organization. hellgatenyc.com/membership/

Hell Gate

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

definitely a huge victory!

I’m not sure HOW we are doing it, but somehow we are. I truly hope everything gets better for you and continues to do so!

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

Just a glance down my timeline is showing me I'm not the only one dealing with ongoing health problems and the stress of having to have multiple tests and doctor appointments back to back... I'm hoping for the best for all of us.

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

I hope that we get to a place where other sites in the community mentions our releases lists in their news roundups and publishers share them on their social media.

Every little bit of promoting them is so extremely helpful and appreciated! Not many folks know we do these each month!

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

Working closely with publishers to get a list is a win-win for everyone. Y'all get a more accurate shopping list, I have to do less work/get these out quicker, and publishers get more sales as the popularity of these lists grow.

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

the stream gets thinner with each jump to a different place and hoping folks will follow.

hell, there's still folks who are fully active on the other site and refused to join here...

Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

Only if it makes a shrilling prima donna shut up

Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 2d

If there's a masquerade involved, I'm in

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