Anime Feminist’s Top 25 Anime of the Decade
The Roaring Twenties are right around the bend! Before we turn that corner and leave the Turbulent Tens behind us, we wanted to lavish some love on the standout titles of the last ten years.
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Demolishing the Demographic Double Standard: Why more manga “for boys” need to treat their girls better
There is a double standard at play: media targeted at or starring women is “for girls,” while media targeted at or starring men is “for everyone” (unless, of course, someone who isn’t a man is critical of it; then it wasn’t “for them”).
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Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2017
We’re ringing in the new year with a fond look back at the old! 2017 may have been a dumpster fire in the real world, but it was full of ambitious, entertaining, and emotional stories in the anime-verse.
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Chatty AF 9: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Vrai, and Caitlin do a deep dive into AniFem’s favorite anime of the past year, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju!
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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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“So That I Could Be Myself”: Gender performance in Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju and Yuri!!! on ICE
While they take place in very different settings, Rakugo Shinju and Yuri on Ice both challenge cultural expectations about how men should or shouldn’t act, and show why it’s important to cast aside restrictive gender roles and play to our own strengths.
