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Chatty AF 19: Berserk watchalong – Episodes 19-24 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
The final part of the Berserk watchalong with Amelia, Peter, and special guest Kara Dennison!
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In This Corner of the World: A review in three acts
Otakon held a special screening of In This Corner of the World, followed by a post-screening Q&A panel with the two creators. The film had already drawn critical acclaim, so a good portion of the AniFem team attended both events, notepads and tissues at the ready.
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[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.
