February 28th, 2010 by Brianna
I’m not the biggest anime fan. In fact, I’ve only really started watching any at all this last year. Most of it seems to be either A: Fight Fight Fight Giant Mecha Big Gun Fight, or B: Panty Shot Male Gaze Panty Shot Boobs Fight Male Gaze Short Skirt
Not so great.
But there a few that are really… fun, even if they’re not the greatest thing ever (I’m told there’s great art, too [Revolutionary Girl Utena], but I haven’t seen any yet).
Strawberry Panic! – the ‘!’ is actually part of the title – is one of the fun ones.
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Tags: Anime, Semi-Critical Reviews, Strawberry Panic!, Yuri
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February 1st, 2010 by Brianna
Ever since Focus on the Family announced their pro-life Super Bowl ad, there’s been arguments and discussions all over. Should it be allowed by the network? Are feminists taking the wrong approach to criticizing it? (thanks, Sarah Palin!) And so on. One of the more interesting pieces was in the Washington Post – it basically suggests that feminists be, well, warmer and fuzzier and more appealing.
Echildne wrote a good (if very angry) bit about treating the pro-choice movement as if it was some sort of for-profit corporation, and loosing sight of well, a woman’s right to choose.
I’m going to suggest a slightly different take; the problem is all in the framing.
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Tags: crosspost, feminism, media, sports
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