CONTENT WARNING for discussion of workplace harassment; NSFW screenshots. Cooking is a popular subgenre in manga, with titles ranging across a variety of demographics and age groups, from action to romance to slice-of-life. These titles focus on male or female protagonists cooking and having adventures along the way. Yet despite the broad range of titles, when looking at … [Read more...] about [Feature] Women in the Kitchen: The unequal treatment of professional chefs in anime and beyond
Food Wars!
[Feature] Strong Girls Doing Strong Things: Moe, femininity, and being your own hero
SPOILERS: Minor discussion of events in K-ON!, Yuri!!! on ICE, and Food Wars!. A wide-eyed innocent is staring at you through the screen, her lashline shimmering with tears. “Take care of me,” she appeals without words, to a hero on screen, perhaps you as her hero. Or maybe even to the part of you that’s fragile, which you protect from a world of strangers. Many of us would … [Read more...] about [Feature] Strong Girls Doing Strong Things: Moe, femininity, and being your own hero