Anime Feminist - Japanese pop culture through a feminist lens

Lum Through the Years: Urusei Yatsura’s gender roles, then and now

History

While Lum herself unquestionably remains an anime icon, looking to the different ways she’s depicted in the older anime versus the new can shed some light on changing attitudes to the genre and archetype she’s so nicely embodied over time.

Resilience and Resistance: Reimagining marginality and agency in The Apothecary Diaries

Feature

The Apothecary Diaries re-imagines the social life of women in its fictional society, showcasing how, despite living in oppressive systems, women continuously negotiate their existence through resilience, intellect, and community.