All Call: Need help with an assignment

[kaiotte]

Background:
I volunteer at the LGBT & Ally Resource Room on campus. We host Open Houses/Tea Times on the last Wednesday of the month, each with a different theme. They're not big and last from 11am-2pm. We provide tea, snackies, topic of discussion, and info. We finally figured for this month we're doing Media and Censorship.

What I need help with:
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Comments

[anonymous]

I mean, Revolutionary Girl Utena has a lot of LBGT overtones, what with the main character being so butchy (she wants to be a prince, yo).

And while I've never seen it, I know that Strawberry Panic! (my sister has mentioned it before, and upon further (albeit minor) googling, I have confirmed) is very lesbian-oriented.

Ranma 1/2 is pretty silly, but the whole gender-shifting deal definitely opens it up for argument.

That's at least three, but I know there must be more out there!

(are you sure you're not just using us to find more interesting porn? *waggles her eyebrows at you*)

[ansur2]

Er, that was me. Didn't realize I wasn't signed in!

[ansur2]

Also, as far as actual censorship of any of those above-mentioned shows, you're going to have to do some research. I would assume it would depend on when they were brought and translated to American soil -- as in, what year, so you can correlate weird translations (i.e. the Sailor girls becoming "cousins," something that never matches up with the on-screen depiction) with the real-world events going on at the time.

Also, the fact that the LGBT norm in Japan is seriously different than here is going to skew practically everything... I dunno, dude, I think you should probably come up with a new thesis statement (maybe along the similar lines as your teacher/whoever wanted, except saying like, "The Japanese LGBT culture of the 80s and 90s didn't translate well into the mainstream American LGBT culture until the late 90s, early 2000s." something like that?) She can't fault you if there just isn't any proof out there that American translators weren't actively trying to censor anything.

[kaiotte]

Wow, I think you're too much in writer or grad school mode. :P

This is a a little tea time. I create 10 "facts" that are two sentences at most each. And I know I can fill in a bit but I was hoping for new info/insights. This you have provided. Don't worry, it's just discussion diving points, ya know? So my "boss" is cool with whatever we give her.

Thanks for the added info!

[ansur2]

Oh, ahaha, 10 facts! Not ten sources. I read that totally wrong.

I really really like research papers. Is all. 'm not crazy. <3 Glad I was of help, though. =D