[Links] 14-20 March 2018: Elderly Women in Prison, Fandom Demographics, and School Babysitters
This week: elderly women in prison, fandom demographics, and realism in School Babysitters.
This week: elderly women in prison, fandom demographics, and realism in School Babysitters.
Part 3 of the 4-part watchalong of Kill la Kill with Amelia, Vrai, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! This week, the crew discusses why it can be hard to talk critically about shows you loved as a teenager, why Deep Metaphors only work if you remember intersectionality, and why Satsuki deserves way better than That One Scene.
This week: women in construction work, Liz and the Blue Bird, and Ikuhara anime.
The team discusses the show’s unique place as the only Lupin property with a woman in the director or head writer’s chair, Fujiko’s uneven portrayals across time, and how the series pulls no punches in discussing sexuality, identity, and who controls women’s stories. Caitlin extols a straight relationship based on mutual respect, Vrai has a lot of feelings about their (really awful, really tragic) son, and Dee brings the thoughtful questions.
This week: Kaceytron, backlash against #MeToo in Japan, and workplace sexism.
Part two of the four-part watchalong of Kill la Kill with Amelia, Vrai, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! Fashion gets an unfair shake. The StuCo is Good, but Satsuki is Best. As for Nui… maybe you don’t want to hear out thoughts on Nui.
This week: Banana Fish, the final days of this year’s #28DaysofBlackCosplay, and first-hand accounts from Japanese-American internment camps.
Part 1 of the four-part watchalong of Kill la Kill with Amelia, Vrai, and special guest Miranda Sanchez! In this first episode, the team talks about the polarizing fandom reactions to the series—and has some polarizing reactions of their own. TRIGGER slaps the audience with a bucketful of aesthetic. Ryuko is Good Actually. Too bad the series keeps embarrassing her for titillation.
This week: the charms of Laid-Back Camp, academic feminism, and Japanese feminist vloggers to follow.
Amelia, Dee, and Peter check in on the Winter 2018 season.
This week: Colorism, Yami Kawaii, and Olympic Yuri!!! on ICE Fans.
Caitlin, Amelia, and Dee discuss Miss Hokusai, the 2015 feature film from Production I.G. Set in the early 1800s, this historical fiction follows real-life artist O-Ei as she navigates her relationships with her famous father, her young sister, and her own developing art in a society and profession dominated by men.
This week: NHK and LGBTQ+ representation, Netflix and piracy, and #BlackGirlMagic…