[Links] 16-22 August 2017
Con reports, writing autistic characters, and bad gender essentialism.
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Chatty AF 20: Summer 2017 anime mid-season check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Vrai, and Peter check in with the summer season. Listen to find out our biggest surprises, disappointments, and guilty pleasures of the season!
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Otakon Convention Report
Team AniFem is out and about at anime conventions this month. We’re kicking things off with our Otakon Report, where a whole lot of us were able to get together for a whirlwind three days of fans, panels, and more cool cosplay than you can shake a stick at.
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[Links] 9-15 August 2017
The Utena anniversary chapter, photos of LGBTQ Japan, and misogyny against Japanese politicians.
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Abs for Empowerment: Fanservice and the female viewer
Free! sent me on a wild emotional ride that convinced me that, when it comes to creating fanservice for girls, it’s not simply a matter of reversing panty flashes into brief glimpses of, well, briefs.
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Why We Call it “Yuri”
“Yuri” is a complicated word and a complicated genre. Complicated, because words often change shape after they have been coined and exceed their roots, sometimes even completely changing their meaning to the opposite of their original intent.
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[Links] 2-8 August 2017
How to step up as an ally (and how not to), music in Fujiko Mine, and body positivity.
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Chatty AF 18: Berserk watchalong – Episodes 13-18 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Part 3 of the four-part watchalong of Berserk with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Kara Dennison! WARNING: Due to the nature of Berserk, sexual assault, abuse and violence will be discussed in this and future episodes.
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Fanservice, bawdy comedy, and sexuality in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid
To break a bit from the usual “Versus” model, I wanted to explore three different kinds of sex-focused narrative models—exploitative fanservice, bawdy comedy, and honest explorations of sexuality—all found in a single show: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.
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How Everyone’s Getting Married tries to have it all
In the realm of josei manga, Everyone’s Getting Married tries to “have it all” by combining the drama of a romance novel with some surprisingly modern and feminist takes on its heroine’s life choices and the modern Japanese workplace to create something entirely new.
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[Links] 26 July – 1 August 2017
Low birth rates, preventing suicides, and Abe’s pro-Imperialist connections.
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Chatty AF 17: FLIP FLAPPERS Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Vrai, Peter, and special guest Natasha do a deep dive into one our favorite anime of last year: Flip Flappers!
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Dangerous Women for Feminism: A defense of Lady Eboshi
For a movie to appeal to me as a woman, female characters had to be more than just caricatures and stereotypes. They had to make mistakes and learn from them; they had to have bad hair days. I think that’s why I fell deeply in love with Princess Mononoke when I first saw Lady Eboshi.
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An Analysis of Magical Sex-Change (TSF) Manga
Transsexual fiction/fantasy is a genre of stories featuring the transformation of the main character from one sex to another, usually through coercion or by accident. While these stories can often resonate with trans viewers, they can also feature a variety of problems.
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[Links] 19-25 June 2017
Sex workers, misogynistic marketing, and inhumane conditions for animators.
