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Frozen Feminism?
Why the Feminist Controversy Over Frozen Misses the PointI wasn't worried about Disney taking enormous liberties with the storyline; that's pretty much expected. I knew that Frozen wasn't going to have much in common with The Snow Queen anyway. But what really grinded my gears with the unfortunate implications of DiSalvo's quote about animating ( Read more... ) -
"I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips."
Literary Trysts It Gives Me Great Joy to Think About: Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman
*fangirl sighs forever* ♥♥♥
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"We like chicks," yelled every man in Henry's army. "And only from the front, the way god intended!"
If Orson Scott Card adapted Henry V the way he did Hamlet.
Bill Watterson's cartoonist's advice in comic form.
E.B. White on why he wrote Charlotte's Web.
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A fascinating essay about Sailor Moon and Madoka.
On the Importance of Magical Girl Heroines & Weaponized Femininity
Bolding is all mine, nomnomnom.
The Magical Girl genre is essentially a genre which explores the female Heroine’s arc, the female coming of age story, and the womanhood narrative with varying degrees of success or failure - but it gets explored. I’d be hard pressed to name a whole ( Read more... ) -
Like Goodreads for Animanga, in a way.
Puri joins Anime Planet, nomnomnom.
In which I keep track of everything I watch and read, and weep at how enormously behind I am, haha. XD I haven't seen some of those shows in years!
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Birdo should plaster people like this with rotten eggs, then have Vivian set them on fire.
TW: Transphobia and misandry, including slurs. Mainly transphobia.
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Tell me I'm frozen, but what can I do?
Review of FATAL, the world's worst RPG.
I can't believe I hadn't read this earlier. The review is hilarious. The game, on the other hand... The sheer badness of this game is... legendary. :o
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
On an unrelated note, my current music is totally Homura's theme.
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"That's not a hand, that's a spider."
WTF Yaoi Anatomy
My new favorite tumblr blog, nomnomnom. 8)
Edit: Fuck Yeah Bad Yaoi for even more fun! :D
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