Anime Feminist - Japanese pop culture through a feminist lens

“Afraid to Grow Up”: Gendered rage in Aggretsuko

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Where Aggretsuko season one mostly dealt with how Retsuko handles her emotions, season two instead explores the different ways in which men and women are allowed to express their anger in society, exposing a double-standard within the show itself.

Ugly Things Cannot Be Loved: Penguindrum and the Dilemma of Yuri

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Yuri’s assault on Ringo is emblematic of how the tensions and arguable flaws in Penguindrum point to larger tensions and unresolved questions in our movements for transformative justice, abolition, and queer liberation.