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Book Review: your name.
I have a new book (and film) review of Makoto Shinkai’s your name. on Contemporary Japanese Literature. your name. is a novelization of director Makoto Shinkai’s your name., an animated film that...
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Japan Gender Reader: June – Dec 2017
In this gender reader: how to discuss nonbinary genders in Japanese, gross anime tropes, a shôjo manga release and a 20th anniversary, and more! Image: Chihiro from Spirited Away runs through the town...
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Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors
Over the summer, I had the chance to see Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors at the Seattle Art Museum. This was my first time seeing any of her work in person, and it was well worth getting a new...
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Feminist Halloween 2017: Day 30: Brides to Be
Poster for Brides to Be, which shows two brides on a wedding cake; the right side of the cake and bride on the right are being swept away in the wind; the bride on the left is holding onto her. Queer...
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Feminist Halloween 2017: Day 28: Melodrama and Horror as Camp
“Bette Davis, sumptuously horrific in the title role, in Baby Jane.” Bette Davis as Jane, fake smiling and carrying a tea tray. A lot of my focus on queer horror this year has been on better...
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Feminist Halloween 2017: Day 26: Lore (Podcast and TV Show)
I started listening to the Lore podcast by Aaron Mahnke about a year ago. I love spooky stories about folklore and superstition, and for the most part, the show delivers. There are episodes about...
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Feminist Halloween 2017: Day 25: The Secret History of Twin Peaks and Twin...
I swear to owls I am going to write a fanzine about how Truman/Cooper is the best ship ever. Just let my favorite Bookhouse Boys kiss, okay. This review covers the book The Secret History of Twin Peaks...
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Feminist Halloween 2017: Day 23: Movies that Missed the Mark: I Am the Pretty...
Image: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House poster. Image of a woman in 19th century dress in profile, her arms are attached backwards. Source: IMDB In the course of doing this series, I...
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Feminist Halloween 2017: Day 22: “Goblin Market”
You ever read something that seems very “no, it’s not queer, they’re, uh, sisters/cousins!” and you’re like GIF: Rei from Sailor Moon tries to stop her bike, skids past Usagi, Minako, Makoto, and Ami,...
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Feminist Halloween 2017: Day 21: “Queers Destroy Horror”
Now as an adult, I turn to horror stories not to train myself to survive the world but to make sense of it. The world is horrible sometimes. Terrible things happen for no explicable reason, and the...
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Seduce the Playboy: On Overcoming Homonormativity in Yuri!!! on Ice
Screenshot of Viktor hugging Yuuri before a performance, saying “I love pork cutlet bowls.” Or, why Yuri!!! on Ice hops off the relationship escalator, disrupts homonormativity, and I CLOSE MY EYES AND...
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Japan Gender Reader: Feb/Mar 2017
After a long hiatus, Japan Gender Reader is back! We’ve got queer stats, queer ice skaters, Yayoi Kusama’s art coming to the US, and more: The installation, “Infinity Mirrored Room — Aftermath of...
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Day of Remembrance Reader
The bimonthly Gender Reader will be back eventually, but for now, a slightly different reader focusing on the upcoming anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which gave the US military the authority to...
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Manga Review: Shuna no tabi (The Journey of Shuna)
Head over to Contemporary Japanese Literature for my review of Hayao Miyazaki’s manga Shuna no Tabi, the predecessor for Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke. (And remember, my dears–“I’d rather be a pig...
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Holiday Survival Guide: Queer Media
Tired of reading “queer” Christmas lists of media that is either 1. produced by straight “gay icons,” 2. Says queer, means “gay cis men” instead of LGBTQ, 3. Has nothing to do with being queer?...
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The Sparkling World of 1970s Shojo Manga, Part 9 (Finale): Shojo Manga in...
In our final section of our series, we take a look at shojo manga in North America. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Origins of Shojo Manga Part 3: Riyoko Ikeda (Part 1) Part 4: Moto Hagio Part 5: Keiko...
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Feminist Halloween 2016, Day 28: Fatal Attraction
I have seen so much of Michael Douglas’s ass in the last month. Why is this happening. Poster for Fatal Attraction: Michael Douglas as Dan Gallagher holds Glen Close as Alex Forrest; the image is torn...
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Feminist Halloween 2016, Day 21: “Do We Need to Time Warp Again?”
The remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show aired yesterday on Fox, and though I haven’t seen it yet, I wanted to share this piece from Bitch Media about the complicated relationship between the queer...
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Feminist Halloween 2016, Day 18: Alice Isn’t Dead
Although I’ve been focusing a lot on film this Halloween season, let’s shift gears today to horror audio fiction. Alice Isn’t Dead is a serial horror/suspense podcast by Joseph Fink, co-creator of...
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Feminist Halloween 2016, Day 16: The Witch
Image from The Witch website: a dark image with a goat; text is overlaid on the image: “GOAT: The He-Goat’s two horn’d crown doth reign / Through blackest Nature, His domain.” The genre of horror...
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