AniFem Round-Up Navigating patriarchal institutions and personal power in Ōoku Alison Tam spotlights celebrated josei mangaka Yoshinaga Fumi and her alternate history manga about a women-led shogunate. Misery Porn in Another World: The failed fantasy of JK Haru is a Sex Worker Alexis Marigold examines this LN’s attempts to bring dignity to its heroine and […]
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