The Problem with Problematic Creators (www.animefeminist.com)
Article by Anime Feminist: “How do you react when you find out one of the main creative forces behind something you love is, to not mince words, a completely shit person?”
Anime Feminist - Japanese pop culture through a feminist lens (www.animefeminist.com)
A Swing and a Miss: The mixed-up feminism of Princess Nine (www.animefeminist.com)
Article by Anime Feminist, talking about the 1998 baseball anime “Princess Nine”, where it succeeds and where it fails in doing its female protagonist justice.
You’re Already Doing Your Best: Healin’ Good Pretty Cure and chronic illness - Anime Feminist (www.animefeminist.com)
On Nintendo’s reluctance to make Princess Zelda playable (www.animefeminist.com)
Article by Anime Feminist: It summarizes statements made by Nintendo employees about Zelda as a playable character and critically analyzes the reasoning behind them.
Rainbows and Rollerblades: The queer evolution of the Scott Pilgrim series (www.animefeminist.com)
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and Transgender Cyborgs’ Experience of the Apocalypse (www.animefeminist.com)
Article by Anime Feminist: A look at the post-apocalyptic manga “Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou” through the lens of a trans person
BanG Dream! It’s MyGo!!!!! and the value of letting female characters suck (www.animefeminist.com)
Crunchyroll fails to meet industry standards for Closed Captioning (www.animefeminist.com)
Becoming Monstrous: Yurikuma Arashi and transmisogyny in the school system (www.animefeminist.com)
Cursed with Insecurity: Howl’s Moving Castle in print and film (www.animefeminist.com)
A comparison of the original novel by Dianne Wynne Jones and the adaption of the novel by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
“Queering” Heteronormativity: Biological essentialism in genderbending manga - Anime Feminist (www.animefeminist.com)
The framework of “[cis character] must pretend to be [“opposite” gender] before restoring their [femininity or masculinity]” invites biological determinism by making the plot’s stakes dependent on the successful concealment of the main character’s “true” (here, meaning “assigned-at-birth”) gender. The idea of...
Who is Granted Personhood? Frieren’s demons and the trouble with the “inherently evil race” trope (www.animefeminist.com)
Slut-Shaming and the Fetishization of Queer Childhood: A love letter to Alois Trancy (www.animefeminist.com)
Becoming Monstrous: Yurikuma Arashi and transmisogyny in the school system (www.animefeminist.com)
Becoming Monstrous: Yurikuma Arashi and transmisogyny in the school system (www.animefeminist.com)
Immaturity and Impunity: Performative Masculinity in "Baki the Grappler" (www.animefeminist.com)
Clothes Make the Guardian: Fashion and femininity in the Sailor Moon franchise (www.animefeminist.com)
Cyborgs and Identity in Cyberpunk, from "Ghost in the Shell" to "Cyberpunk Edgerunners" (www.animefeminist.com)
SHY, Stardust, disability, and the double empathy problem (www.animefeminist.com)
What "Tomo-chan Is a Girl!" gets wrong and right about gender-nonconformity and sexual assault (www.animefeminist.com)
Article by Anime Feminist covering the anime “Tomo-chan Is a Girl!” which veers between bio-essentialist views of gender and some progressive ideas.
Raising a Girl With Agency: Long Live The Queen versus Needy Streamer Overload (www.animefeminist.com)
Article by Anime Feminist comparing the similarities and differences between the games “Long Live The Queen” and “Needy Streamer Overload” which focus on ‘raising’ girls...
Restorative justice and community in Samurai Flamenco (www.animefeminist.com)
Daring to Speak its Name: "Goodbye, My Rose Garden" and the queer historical romance (www.animefeminist.com)
Article by Anime Feminist about “Goodbye, My Rose Garden” by Dr. Pepperco. It explains the setting of the historical manga and its specific meaning in the context of queer emancipation and how the artist used it to inform the story about two women who dare to challenge their standing in a deeply repressed and repressive...