AniFem Round-Up The Infantilization and Sexualization of Inoue Orihime in Bleach A case study in how an increasing amount of fanservice affected the quality of Orihime’s character arc. Ugly Things Cannot Be Loved: Penguindrum and the Dilemma of Yuri On a messy show’s most prominent unresolved thread, and how it can stand in for discussions […]
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