Chatty AF 2: Revolutionary Girl Utena Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
In its 20th anniversary year, Caitlin, Dee and Vrai talk about a series they have all loved and analyzed for many years: the game-changing Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Posts by Anime Feminist
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[Links] Revolutionary Girl Utena Round-Up
This Throwback Thursday we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of iconic, seminal classic Revolutionary Girl Utena. There are hundreds of articles out there about Utena, so we’re showcasing those written by our own team to get the ball rolling.
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[Links] 15-21 February 2017
It’s been a quiet week here at AniFem, except behind the scenes – thanks to your positive feedback to our trial podcast episode, we have recorded two new episodes already! Each one is on a show that made a big impact on anime fandom, in very different ways, and both will be coming to your […]
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[Links] 8-14 February 2017
Happy Valentine’s Day to anyone celebrating! Anyone not celebrating (or not enjoying it), maybe this 2014 account of Frog-kun’s attempts to make Valentine’s chocolate like an anime girl will help. Worth a click for the photographic evidence alone.
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[Links] 1-7 February 2017
We are now four months old, the winter season is well underway, and it is time we got back into the swing of things! To keep these posts regular they will be under new management effective immediately, so you can expect them every Tuesday without fail… starting next Tuesday. To give the new owner a clean slate […]
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Chatty AF 1: Winter 2017 Midseason Check-In (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
We finally managed to co-ordinate across three timezones and record a podcast! This is very much a trial episode, and we need your feedback to know if/how we should continue.
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Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2016
We’d been talking internally about our feminist recommendations of 2016, and some of the team wanted to go into a bit more detail on some of their favorites.
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Masaki C. Matsumoto shares his experiences as a queer and feminist activist
Masaki C. Matsumoto gives us his insights into the experience of being a queer activist and self-identified feminist in Japan.
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[Links] 28 November – 11 December
Two weeks’ worth of links to make up for missing last week! AniFem round-up [Roundtable] Trash characters A feminist look at “trash characters” inspired by Chitose from Girlish Number, between seven members of the AniFem team. [AniFemTalk] 21-28 November 2016 Check out the comments for discussion on Kiss Him, Not Me!, Yuri!!! on ICE, Sound! […]
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AniFem will pay all writers in 2017
On our 50th day AniFem made it to over $700 in pledges! To do so on a platform like Patreon, known as a beer money tip jar rather than a business model, is a pretty staggering achievement. As a result, I am committing here and now to paying every single one of our writers in 2017, starting January 1st.
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[Links] 21-27 November 2016
One fewer post this week while the US spent a couple of days on annual dinner celebrations, but we have five posts planned for next week to make up for it!
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Roundtable: Trash characters
What makes a trash character? What’s the connection between trash characters and other anime archetypes, like moe or chuunibyou? How are male and female trash characters portrayed differently?
