tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841494515596907182.post7044594913131123454..comments2023-07-18T07:20:20.201-04:00Comments on More Than Just Cartoons: Mr. Leo Mahagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15252974751615373637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841494515596907182.post-47404016067461562792007-04-16T00:12:00.000-04:002007-04-16T00:12:00.000-04:00Leo- Be careful that you don't hold the counter-he...Leo- Be careful that you don't hold the counter-hegemonic depictions to high above the realm of the critique. The portrayal of gender norms as transgressions of the hegemonic in the scenario is certainly within the scope of the reality of your topic. However, you're focusing on the sources that provide the most "positive" perspective on the transformative potential of this genre within animation. Sometimes it can be easy to fall into the trap of glorifying that which is not mainstream or the culture that is considered "other" by dominant definitions, as the bearer of select 'truths' or depicting them as potentially more transformative than they actually are at the present time...I looked at your collage for quite a while before reading its contextualizing paragraph and then tried reading the two as analytically synchronous. However, it seems to me (granted, I am very unfamiliar with your specific topic, so please alert me to the appropriate resources if I'm really off-base here) that the animee world has produced some pretty hard-core porn and images that may not be described as porn, but still much more caricatured images of gender than what you've shown here.<BR/>-JessieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00882202558089495129noreply@blogger.com