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Brazilian mangaka Marina de Melo do Nascimento broke the internet and the rules to make her way to Japan
Nascimento studied the work of one of Japan’s famous feminist scholars, Kishida Toshiko (1864 – 1901), and her place of study is especially meaningful given that Tohoku University was the first university to accept women as students back in the early 1900’s. Nascimento is also known as Mmyoi and is the creator of The Bride of the Fox.
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Love Hina and the Normalization of Male Abuse
The abuse women can inflict on their partners is a topic taken seriously by intersectional feminist discourse, but often dismissed and even normalized in mainstream media. In anime, this was especially prominent in the world of harem anime. The wildly popular 2000s series Love Hina is a useful emblem of this, as it showcases normalized abuse directed by women toward its male protagonist.
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Chatty AF 151: 2021 Fall Mid-Season Check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Vrai, and Peter check in on the Fall season, from plucky princes to rollerblading tokusatsu heroes.
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The Importance of Centering Black Fans When Discussing Yasuke
With positive reviews and high ratings, Yasuke is a critical success. However, I found Yasuke lacking and wanted some perspectives on this story that was supposed to center a Black lead from people other than the mostly white critics who were praising it. Thankfully, I found several overlooked Black reviewers highlighting how the show falls short of the source material’s potential.
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Slut-Shaming and the Fetishization of Queer Childhood: A love letter to Alois Trancy
Since his introduction, despite the fact that he’s a character quite hated by the audience, I’ve loved the Earl Alois Trancy as a multi-layered character that carries many intertwined themes around child abuse, queerness, genre influences and slut-shaming.
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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 1
Blade Runner: Black Lotus offers up a gorgeous premiere that has a somewhat go-nowhere premiere filled with tidbits that built the world, but don’t feel compelling.
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Writer Budjette Tan discusses Filipino folklore and the TRESE anime’s international reach
Michele Kirichanskaya recently had the chance to interview Budjette Tan about working as the writer of Trese and the series’ recent anime adaption on Netflix
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#AnitwtKKK: When Trolling is Just White Supremacy in Disguise
Racebending, or drawing characters as races other than what they were intended as, is not new to fandom; however, this particular iteration was to counter the fact that the person took it upon themself to aggressively white out the existence of canonically Black and brown characters in anime.
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Chatty AF 150: Soul Eater Rewatchalong – Episodes 14-26 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Part two of Caitlin, Vrai, and Dee’s newbie-friendly rewatch; featuring much crying over Crona, talk about the show’s portrayals of adult women, and EX-CALI-BUR.
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2021 Fall Three Episode Check-In
This is a Fall of firsts–including the tentative death of Netflix jail (kinda). Join us as we check in on some hotly anticipated adaptations.
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Site Update: New Patreon perks, manga recommendation pages, and more
Just in time for harvest season, we’ve got a cornucopia of exciting news for you!
