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I Am One Yet Many: Plurality representation in the When They Cry Series
The horror genre has historically stigmatized mental health conditions, but Ciconia normalizes plurality and frames it as explicitly positive, making me feel comfortable in trying to express myself as plural.
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AniFem Fundraiser Update: February 2020
We have good news and delayed news.
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Chatty AF 110: Toradora! Watchalong – Episodes 1-6 (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Dee, Caitlin, and Vrai reunite to watch beloved 2000s rom-com Toradora! The gang brushes up on archetypes, get to know the cast, and say hello to familiar face Okada Mari.
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How Stars Align offers a fresh narrative model for LGBTQ+ characters
Every character in Stars Align gets at least a few moments under the spotlight, and the team’s manager, Asuka Yuu, is no exception. Yuu provides an example of how anime can respectfully and meaningfully incorporate both LGBTQ+ characters and the challenges they face into their stories.
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Power, Oppression, and Victimhood in The Twelve Kingdoms versus The Rising of the Shield Hero
While their first arcs run largely parallel to each other, Shield Hero’s themes of revenge and victimhood undercut any room for growth, while Twelve Kingdoms uses almost identical story elements to explore the nature of power and oppression and push its protagonist towards positive change.
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Ranma 1/2 and the Anything-Goes School of Accidental Trans Narrative
While Ranma 1/2 is officially the story of a cis boy dealing with a body-morphing curse, the series also accidentally provides a resonant allegory for transmasculine identity.
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“Afraid to Grow Up”: Gendered rage in Aggretsuko
Where Aggretsuko season one mostly dealt with how Retsuko handles her emotions, season two instead explores the different ways in which men and women are allowed to express their anger in society, exposing a double-standard within the show itself.
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Chatty AF 109: Winter 2020 Mid-Season Check-in (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter check in on the Winter 2020 season!
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Presenting the AniFem Review Database!
We’d hoped to have the review database complete by mid-February, and thanks to hard work and copious cups of coffee, we’ve done exactly that!
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The Gloriously Goofy, Geeky Girls of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Through both the character design and characterization of its three protagonists, Eizouken challenges a lot of the tropes that often loom over portrayals of nerdy, passionate teenage girls… and, if we’re being honest, teenage girls in general.
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Yuri is for Everyone: An analysis of yuri demographics and readership
Throughout its 100-year history, yuri has uniquely evolved in and moved about multiple markets, often existing in many simultaneously. It is by and for a variety of people: men, women, heterosexuals, queer people, everyone!
