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Why So Many Early ’00s Cartoons Couldn’t Escape the Male Gaze

June 15, 2018May 9, 2019 Shelby PeakeComments Off on Why So Many Early ’00s Cartoons Couldn’t Escape the Male Gaze

Animation has long been a boys’ club—and the 21st Century has mostly been no exception. Until now.

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“We Got 5,000 Pitches”: How ‘What a Cartoon!’ Was Born

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Fred Seibert, the brain behind the anthology series that launched Cartoon Network's biggest 1990s cartoons, on how the magic was made.

‘A Country Doctor’ Is an Anime Handshake Between Franz Kafka and Kobo Abe

By John Maher

Even Kafka can always get weirder.

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Why You Should Still Watch “The Dot and the Line”

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This weekend, why not watch ‘The Dot and the Line,’ the lovely but flawed tale of mathematical romance that inspired this site?

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’BoJack Horseman’ and the Abuse We Remember

By Rachel Levinson

Season 5 tackles the question of how abusers could live with themselves.

Why the First 3 Seasons of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Are the Only Good Ones

By Nicole Ortiz

Unfortunately, Nickelodeon’s most successful show became a bit of a dud.

A New Cartoon Aims to Air the First Ever Lead Non-Binary Character

By Elly Belle

Queer artist Sam Sawyer has already raised over $63,000 to fund her spooky new series.

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Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me

By John Maher

Halloween, the descendent of Samhain, is about the overlap between the realms of the visible and invisible. Isn’t that enough?

Poem: Nobody Cares About Skeeter Valentine

By Joanna C. Valente

A poem for Nickelodeon’s 'Doug.'

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