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Podcast: Manga Variety Hour – Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Tonight!
Bring on the lovers, liars, and clowns! Caitlin, Vrai, and I dust off some obscure musical references and recommend a slew of comedy series to help give you a little reprieve from the whole… well,...
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Thinking Outside the Circle: Accessibility and education in Witch Hat Atelier
No witch left behind. Witch Hat Atelier begins with the premise that “anyone can become a witch” and then spends practically every volume introducing us to someone who’s been told “no, actually, you...
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A Swing and a Miss: The mixed-up feminism of Princess Nine
Created as an anime-original project in 1998, Princess Nine spends the first three-quarters of its 26-episode run with an often spot-on understanding of the sexism girls and women face when trying to...
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You Don’t Have to Kick Ass to Be Kickass: Shoujo fantasy and the value of the...
Over the decades, the number of fantastical stories starring female characters has slowly but significantly risen. As that number has gone up, so too have the number of lady action heroes. Girls and...
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Daring to Speak its Name: Goodbye, My Rose Garden and the queer historical...
Set in 1900 England, Goodbye, My Rose Garden tells the story of the young noblewoman Alice and her maid Hanako as the two connect over their shared passion for fiction and eventually fall in love....
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Podcast: Shojo & Tell – The Story of Saiunkoku [With Transcript]
Let’s put some shine on this buried treasure. I was beyond delighted when Ashley (@AshMcD00) invited me on to Shojo & Tell to talk about one of my favorite series: The Story of Saiunkoku, a.k.a....
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Good Soil Makes a Good Crop: The Story of Saiunkoku and the myth of meritocracy
The Summer of Saiunkoku continues, this time in article form! Once upon a time, a poor little girl named Hong Shurei did not dream of marrying a prince. Instead, Shurei saw the struggles of the people...
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Podcast: Love It Or Weeb It – The Eccentric Family [With Transcript]
Take a flight of fancy with this under-the-radar gem. Annie (@annieothername) and Jeff (@jeffinitelyjeff) were kind enough to invite me onto their podcast Love It Or Weeb It to talk (and talk!) (and...
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Manga Reviews: February-March 2025
Look, ma! New side hustle! I’m (hopefully?) easing out of my burnout era and into my ANN reviewer era. Special thanks to the McElroys for this year’s theme, “Twenty-ThunderDrive: Faster Than Fear,”...
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Novel Review: Whoever Steals This Book
A review of a book about books starring a book-hater written by a bookworm. Books! Part fantasy, part mystery, this young adult novel belongs to a subgenre of stories about getting literally “sucked...
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