Letter to a Heroine Bobot Bobot and the Power of Cute By Melissa King • July 23rd, 2024 Mel’s back with an essay praising the most important heroine of all: herself.
Interlinked Oh Mothra, Advance With Silk and Song By Phoenix Simms • July 10th, 2024 Mothra is at once an icon of ritual and tradition as well as one of feminine transgression.
This Mortal Coyle Purrcy from Mystic Mansion By Deirdre Coyle • July 9th, 2024 I find myself thinking about how Purrcy fits into the kawaii template of vulnerability and harmlessness. Purrcy does have these visual signifiers. I do want to help him. I am also terrified of him.
Run It Back Cute By Oluwatayo Adewole • July 2nd, 2024 Kawaii is consumed by the West as beauty without threat, whereas the very designation of Blackness is full of threat. What does it mean for a Black woman to try and be “cute?”
The Japan Issue – Theme Recap By Team Unwinnable • February 22nd, 2016 7 stories centered on Japan, its culture, its effect on the world and its effect on the writers themselves.
