masculinity
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Inu-Oh’s Gender Politics Are Anime Performance Art
As Inu-Oh rocks theatres, I keep thinking about Tomona Dan-No-Ura, whose narrative ostensibly begins and ends the film. As he passes through all the stages of his life, becoming Tomoichi when he joins the Biwa priests and then Tomoari when he begins his own musical theatre sect, his art becomes intimately tied to his gender…
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The Animatronic Baby Yoda Is For All Force Sensitive Children
One of the downsides to watching genre series and movies airing on TV channels aimed at younger audiences is the barrage of toy ads you’re forced to sit through, each of them trying to convince you that you need to buy whatever the product in question happens to be. Often, these ads are surefire ways…