Animation often brings with it associations of fairytale tropes, cutesy characters, and family-friendly storylines (with the exception of a few innuendos for the parents). But the foul-mouthed animal-human hybrids of BoJack Horseman (Bob-Waksberg, 2014-2020) exemplify the ever expanding, highly whacky world of adult animation. Although it is massively under-researched in comparison to children’s animation (Mitkus, … Continue reading You Can Lead A Horse To Feminism But You Can’t Make It Think: ‘BoJack the Feminist’ and Nuanced Understandings of Gender in Adult Animation
Month: June 2026
Why do we talk about masculinities and femininities?
When you first start reading about gender, arguably one of the most confusing concepts to grapple with is how the terms ‘masculinity’ and ‘femininity’, which may once have seemed overarching and definitive, are often discussed as plural ‘masculinities’ and ‘femininities’. These plural terms, whilst ubiquitous in academia, don’t seem to crop up too often in … Continue reading Why do we talk about masculinities and femininities?