Shopping for Holiday Gifts: Indie Storefronts
With end-of-year holidays around the corner, here are some cool online stores run by marginalized creators to consider supporting.
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Chatty AF 129: Paradise Kiss Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Dee, and Caitlin look back on one of the most beloved titles from the Queen of Josei, Yazawa Ai, from its rare depiction of a woman’s coming-of-age that doesn’t turn solely around romance, to its relatively well-aged takes on gender issues…and a couple places where it dropped the ball (looking at you, Arashi).
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Onyx Equinox – Episode 1
The main question that both myself and other natives had after the release of Coco was, “who gets to tell indigenous animated stories without us being in the room?” These are the questions I asked myself while waiting for premiere for Onyx Enquinox; and after having seen the first episode, it left me feeling angry and tired.
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Chatty AF 128: 2020 Fall Mid-Season Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Chiaki, and Peter check in on the Fall 2020 season, from demon girls to sleepy gremlins!
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Site Update: November Reruns
Just a quick announcement for y’all: Like we did last September (2019), we’re taking the rest of November off from publishing new contributor pieces and will be running “reruns” of older articles instead.
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ParaKiss Lost: The reductive adaptation of Paradise Kiss
Paradise Kiss is one of the great josei manga classics, but subsequent versions of the story erode the focus on its lead’s agency that make the original so special, serving as a prime example of how different framings can tell the same plot and lose all of the effectiveness.
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Love Me for Who I Am is inclusive, but falls short for some non-binary people
The Love Me for Who I Am manga is educational on how not to treat nonbinary people, but it’s not enough and needs to do better.
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Weekly Round-Up, 28 October – 3 November 2020: This One’s All Cute Animals
If you’re anything like us, you’re probably extremely anxious today. So we decided to hold off on news stories for a week and just offer some healing cute animal content.
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2020 Fall Three-Episode Check-In
There’s too darn many anime this season. Some of them are even really good! The team did their best, resulting in our longest check-in post ever.
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Rise of the Villainess: How the reborn bad girls of otome games are defying shoujo stereotypes
In the past few years, the villainess has seen something of a renaissance. Rather than being the subject of ridicule or comeuppance, she’s being celebrated, given the opportunity to come into her own as the subject of an emerging theme in an ever-expanding field of light novels, manga, and anime. Today I’d like to talk a little bit about these ojous: who they are, where they come from, and why in the 21st century their success demonstrates an alternate world where being smart, hard-working, and kind gets you far.
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Resources and Fundraisers: October 2020
As always, we encourage folks to bring attention to fundraisers we’ve missed in the comments. If you’re in the United States, we encourage you to vote if you are able. You can find info about ballot tracking, early voting, and voter suppression issues here.
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Chatty AF 127: Live Action Hot Gimmick Drinkalong (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Caitlin, Chiaki, and special guest Megan D enjoy some drinks while not enjoying a live action adaptation of the infamous shojo manga Hot Gimmick!
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A Swing and a Miss: The mixed-up feminism of Princess Nine
Princess Nine wants to be an empowering lady-led sports anime, but it can’t quite shake off the gendered expectations about what girls “really” want or who society thinks they’re “supposed” to be.
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D4DJ First Mix – Episode 1
D4DJ is like a swig of energy drink. It’s fun, colorful, high-octane, and I can already tell I’m going to have Rinku’s beloved dance track stuck in my head for the whole weekend.
