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Chatty AF 222: 2025 Winter Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Tony, and Peter team up to check-in on the A to ZENSHU of 2025 Winter anime, discussing the surprisingly top-heavy season!
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Kamikaze Girls: An alternative and queer retrospective
The story of lolita-meets-biker-girl was formative to me in my high school years, and rewatching it recently with the Discotek release made me realize the impact it had on my gender, my sexuality, my friendships with others, my self-expression, and self-acceptance.
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Reading Violet Evergarden as an autistic woman
While it’s not necessarily overtly intended, one reading of Violet Evergarden is that the series explores the notion that the ways that empathy can be expressed by neurodivergent women are not inferior to those expressed by neurotypical individuals.
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Trans Safety and Education Resources
We’ve attempted to put together a list of resources for those feeling a similar sense of fear and powerlessness, in order to emphasize that we can and must protect one another as systems of power not only fail but persecute us.
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You and Idol Precure ♪ – Episode 1
The Pretty Cure franchise’s newest entry hits successful high note on its first try, setting up a charming new addition to a series full of young girls being their own heroes.
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Chatty AF 221: Magic Knight Rayearth Rewatchalong – Part 1 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
After a battle with technical issues and some lost audio, Caitlin and special guests Megan and Colleen are ready to jump into a revisit of the magical girl-meets-mecha isekai classic, Magic Knight Rayearth!
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2025 Winter Anime Three-Episode Check-In
Happy new year of anime! The stars of this season are stories about girls and women facing down crushing expectations and refusing to let go.
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Long Live the Queen: How gender defines the antagonist of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
Sphene thematically reflects previous antagonists, but the additional context of the setting’s gender roles (and the player’s own presumed awareness of gendered roles in real history) reframe her character and refresh the villain formula.
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Anime Feminist’s Favorite Films of 2024
You can all likely guess what took the top spot, but did you know other good films also came out last year?
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Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2024
It’s that time of year where the staff puts their heads together to pick the shows that made them think, imagined better futures, or provided a breath of fresh air in a hard year.
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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Fall 2024
The year closed out on a wide range of winners, from yakuza thrillers and fake marriages to fishing stories.
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2025 Winter Premiere Digest
The new year starts strong with multiple promising shoujo and the return of a beloved (by us) female director.
