[Links] 26 April – 2 May 2017
Josei is on the rise, Japan fails its LGBTQ students, and another exhausting week of whitewashing.
Posts by Anime Feminist
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[Links] 19-25 April 2017
We’re six months old! Celebrate by answering questions with us and checking out our Winter 2017 recs. Also: Japanese feminist blogs, and not all fanservice is created equal.
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Anime Feminist Recommendations of Winter 2017
Now we’ve reviewed all the Spring 2017 premieres, we thought we’d round up some of our favourites from shows that ended last season.
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[Links] 12-18 April 2017
Spring premieres are finally over, and we can get down to the good, the bad, and the ugly. Meanwhile, it’s a pretty quiet week in news.
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[Links] 5-11 April 2017
A boatload of premieres means a slow week for news. Your Name takes the US by storm, BL has some real bad habits, and ’90s nostalgia rears its head.
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[Links] 29 March – 4 April 2017
The Spring 2017 season has started, Hollywood takes a financial beating, and trans critics speak out against trans erasure and representation problems.
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[Links] 22-28 March 2017
The Winter season comes to a close, ClassicaLoid takes a step forward, and Hollywood takes another six steps back.
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Chatty AF 4: Japanese versions of Ghost in the Shell (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia and Peter talk about the manga and anime versions of cyborg military professional Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, with special guests Valerie Complex and Brian Ruh!
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[Links] The Shell of the Ghost
While preparing some upcoming content on Ghost in the Shell, Peter brought to my attention this 2014 series of posts by Claire Napier on how the Major’s body is presented and considered in the many Japanese versions of the franchise.
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[Links] 14-21 March 2017
Some really interesting links this week on what it means to be “Other” while living in Japan, and spotlights on some quality women in anime (real and fictional).
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[Links] Male Power Fantasies in Re:ZERO
Recording our recent podcast on Re:ZERO made me want to share one of the earliest explicitly feminist fandom posts I read, from a writer who has since become a personal friend and an honorary member of Team AniFem (and will one day write something for us, no doubt!).
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[Links] 8-13 March 2017
Discussing gender roles in Japan, Re:ZERO, 90s anime trends, yuri anime, and more!
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Chatty AF 3: The Re:ZERO Triangle (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Amelia and Peter look back on Re:ZERO’s main characters with Caitlin, who just finished watching it for the first time and has some strong opinions to share.
