![[Discourse] Demons at the Dinner Table: How Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family glosses over domestic abuse](https://i2.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screenshot-2018-07-25-14.31.04.png?fit=750%2C422&ssl=1)
Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family serves up monthly episodes about the characters bonding emotionally, having fun, and cooking for each other. However, as enjoyable as the show has been, May’s episode, “Bamboo Shoot Gratin” drew criticism from fans and reviewers alike over the way it depicted two characters, Sakura and Shinji Matou.
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Features
![[Creator Spotlight] Beyond the Bear Storm: Morishima Akiko, yuri mangaka](https://i2.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/YKA-manga.png?fit=750%2C539&ssl=1)
[Creator Spotlight] Beyond the Bear Storm: Morishima Akiko, yuri mangaka
This is the story of an openly queer mangaka who really loves to write about women falling in love with other women.
Columns
![[Links] 12-18 September 2018: Feminism in Fashion, Banana Fish and #METOO, and trailblazer Patsy Takemoto Mink](https://i0.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/asobi.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1)
[Links] 12-18 September 2018: Feminism in Fashion, Banana Fish and #METOO, and trailblazer Patsy Takemoto Mink
This week: feminism in fashion design, Banana Fish’s resonance for assault survivors, and a retrospective on trailblazing politician Patsy Takemoto Mink.
![[AniFemTalk] What are your back-to-school anime and manga recommendations?](https://i1.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/RT5-49.png?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
[AniFemTalk] What are your back-to-school anime and manga recommendations?
September means pitching fully into the grind of schoolwork for a lot of people. With such a huge number of anime and manga taking place during and around one’s school years, how do you find the best ones?
Podcasts
![[Podcast] Chatty AF 69: Yamada’s First Time Retrospective](https://i0.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Yamada2.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
[Podcast] Chatty AF 69: Yamada’s First Time Retrospective
Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai celebrate the 69th episode of Chatty AF with Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei! Can an ecchi comedy treat its female characters with respect? The team is gonna find out—and hopefully have a (ah-hem) nice time doing it.
![[Podcast] Chatty AF 68: Summer 2018 Mid-Season Check-in](https://i2.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1221.png?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
[Podcast] Chatty AF 68: Summer 2018 Mid-Season Check-in
Dee, Caitlin, and Peter check-in on the Summer 2018 season!
![[Review] Last Hope – Episode 1](https://i0.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/3d6646d0d1004c1c7c3c81f01448abb7.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1)
![[Review] Frankenstein Family – Episodes 1-2](https://i2.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/frankenstein11.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1)