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Chatty AF 9: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Vrai, and Caitlin do a deep dive into AniFem’s favorite anime of the past year, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju!
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[Links] 17-23 May 2017
We talked about privilege this week, and the links this week have some great #ownvoices.
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Chatty AF 8: Spring 2017 Anime Mid-Season Check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia, Dee, and Peter check in with the top 10 anime of our Spring 2017 premiere rankings. Listen to find out our biggest surprises, disappointments, and guilty pleasures of the season along with our top recommended sequels!
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“Trapped” by Fandom: The very real harm of calling “trap” a genre
Referring to a person who dresses and passes as a woman as a “trap” is extremely dangerous. The idea that trans women are traps implies that they cause harm to (cis) men and women, which perpetuates the fear-mongering that allows society at large to defend people who murder trans women.
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What The Royal Tutor Says About Privilege
Nobody can deny that Bruno is a very smart prince. But what truly makes him special is his hyper-awareness of the invisible forces that have allowed him to devote so much time to the pursuit of knowledge.
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[Links] 9-15 May 2017
There is some rough news in the links this week, and some bad behavior to boot. But also a Sayo Yamamoto interview to soothe your nerves.
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Chatty AF 6: Team Q&A Part 1 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Part 1 of Anime Feminist’s six-month anniversary Q&A. Amelia, Dee, Peter, and Vrai answer questions about the founding, development, and future of Anime Feminist.
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Art and Identity: Tiv, Korean-born manga artist
There are more foreign-born manga artists active in Japan than you might think. You just may not notice some of them because they take on pennames that obscure their non-Japanese origins. The artist known as Tiv, for instance, may seem like a Japanese man from the content of her work, but she’s actually a Korean-born woman.
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WorldEnd vs. Hajime no Ippo: When bad frames happen to good people
If fanservice is gratuitous T&A that exists solely to titillate its audience, then the massage scene in WorldEnd is fanservice in its purest and most distasteful form. So how could it have done it better?
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[Links] 3-9 May 2017
We have good news to share about podcasts, and bad news about things happening in the real world.
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Chatty AF 5: Winter 2017 Anime Wrap-up (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia, Caitlin, and Peter look back on the winter 2017 season. Listen out for discussion on whether Interviews with Monster Girls counts as good representation, how ACCA changed the way we assess storytelling, and Amelia’s U-turn on Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.
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Consider the Lilies of the Field: The case for yuri manga
Yuri manga is an entire genre of comics about girls and women falling in love. So why is it so often overlooked by queer and feminist fans?
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[Links] 26 April – 2 May 2017
Josei is on the rise, Japan fails its LGBTQ students, and another exhausting week of whitewashing.
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Ahead of The Pack: How Trixie in Speed Racer broke gender barriers
At a time when most female characters on television were barely allowed to have careers, Speed Racer‘s Trixie was an action star in her own right, a racing professional and hero on equal footing with the male characters.
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The Josei Renaissance
Over the past few years, josei manga has had a renaissance in the West as readers rediscover older titles and publishers release new ones. It’s a glorious turn of events for josei fans like myself and others, but it also begs a few questions. Namely, why is this happening now and not sooner?
