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Two YA Authors Explore Life After the Bomb

Girls of Color in Dystopia post by Victoria Law on May 31, 2013 - 5:14pm; tagged atom bomb, dystopian, Ethnicity, girls of color, japan, japanese-american women, Race, YA fiction.

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We all know (or should) about the horrific effects of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

Authors Ellen Oh and Julianna Baggott both draw from this sickening point in history to explore even more dystopic aftermaths of post-bomb life.

 

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"Mutant Girls Squad" and the Horrific Adolescent

Movies post by Deb Jannerson on March 1, 2011 - 12:35pm; tagged action movies, gender, japan, teenage girlhood, transphobia.

mutant posterOn Friday, I saw the Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, and Tak Sakagucki-helmed Japanese flick Mutant Girls Squad as part of the Northwest Film Center's Portland International Film Festival (PIFF.) From the synopsis, I expected a girl power-y saga of young women bonding over their new superpowers and fighting off comic book-esque villains at each other's behest... something like X-Men meets D.E.B.S. (the latter of which I will defend until my death, and not just because of name loyalty). Basically, I went into Mutant Girls Squad thinking it would be ridiculous and entertaining. I was half right.

Comments, spoilers and a gruesome trailer after the jump!

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Wondering What This Is? Yeah, Me Too.

Social Commentary post by Mandy Van Deven on May 14, 2009 - 6:05am; tagged doll, heart shaped watermelon, invention, japan, marriage hunting bra.

So, I’m scrolling through my Google Reader today and noticed several posts about Japanese inventions. One creeped me out a bit. One made me giggle. One made me groan. And one left me feeling a little confused.

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