Welcome to Anime Feminist!
Who Are We?
Anime Feminist launched in October 2016 with three goals:
Become a hub for the kinds of intersectional feminist critique we, as feminist anime and manga fans, wanted to see.
Create a welcoming, inclusive space from which to support and signal-boost under-represented perspectives.
Pay everyone fairly for their work.
We've managed to meet those goals, and we're always aiming to become better and shine brighter!
What We Do
Every week we publish:
A Talk post to spotlight community discussion on anime trends and favorite works, and a monthly Resource post that gathers broader reading about real-world progressive causes.
A Links round-up of our posts from the previous week and relevant articles from around the web
Two Feature articles that can touch on a variety of topics, from analysis of modern and classic anime to industry interviews to personal essays.
During seasonal premieres, we pause feature coverage to provide episode one previews of new shows coming out and organize them into a digest, with content warnings, based on initial impressions -- we hope this makes it easier for readers to prioritize which new shows they'd like to try.
We also host a biweekly podcast on Sundays, with a transcript published the following week.
We want to encourage complex discussions about media through an intersectional feminist lens, and how those works shape and are shaped by the world around them.
What We Don't Do
AniFem believes firmly in critical analysis of the media we love; however, we are not a site interested in sorting works into reductive "Feminism Approved" or "Bad and You Should Feel Bad" categories. To quote our seasonal premiere digest:
"There’s greater access to anime than ever before, and we want to help you find series you can truly love, without wasting your time on a show that contains an automatic deal-breaker, be that fanservice, queerphobia, the sexualization of children, and so on.
Individuals can find value in any series, and we will never lead a boycott of a particular show, but we want to make it easier for you to get the most out of your limited time."
While we're ready to heavily critique shows that fall into damaging tropes or look at exclusion in fandom, writers are free to pitch on any title of their choosing -- and having one critical or positive article about a series doesn't mean we won't consider a different approach if it's well-argued and written.
Find Us Around the Web!
AniFem Recommends: Jump right into titles the team definitely thinks are worth your time.
The Anime Feminist Store: "Creating inclusive designs for the progressive nerd on-the-go!"
AniFem on Patreon: The main source of income that helps us pay our contributors and staff
AniFem on Ko-Fi: This is where we save up for big one-time costs (currently, we're working to raise pay rates for our writers!)
AniFem on Mastodon
AniFem on BlueSky
The AniFem Linktree
