My main Japanese source is a woman. I spoke with about 8 Japanese critics total. A few identified as feminists, but that didn’t bleed into their views on fan service.

I really enjoy your articles Cecilia. Your one of the better writers on Kotaku, keep up the good work ;)

Presumably your cats don’t wake you up every ninety minutes and scream for thirty minutes for an entire year. Exhaustion like that is how you forget your baby in the backseat.

I do get how people can do it (which was obviously not the case in this situation). When this happens, it’s not typically when they are taking a cross-country trip with their kids, it’s when they are going through the rote motions of their day. Have you ever gotten in your car to head to ____, but gotten halfway to a…

...and now Waze has this reminder whenever you arrive at your location

Good. Fuck this guy.

Honest question: did anyone else not have any body hang ups about their barbies? I was a major tomboy growing up, so my poor barbies spent most of their surviving earthquakes (bed being viciously shaken), tornadoes (hurled out of tree), floods (....boy, my mom was pissed about that one), generally being all around…

An animator I know isn’t going to bother with Moana. “I’ve seen the formula before,” he said. “There’s a sassy princess with attitude, her adorable and hilarious side kick, a quest, and a demi-god.” He’s right, and he should know: worked at both The Mouse and Pixar.

In fairness Elsa had not realized all this yet. She probably thought things were fine without her around.

Seriously. It is the first thing to be a goddamn delight since the fucking election (and I’m including Gilmore Girls in that list)! I cried multiple times, but it was so beautiful and hopeful and happy. I loved it so much, and it’s weird to see Kate say it packed less of an emotional punch than Zootopia, which did…

Ha! I loved it because it really felt like they just went “fuck it, let’s do a Bowie-esque nonsense song.”

Brb still crying about the stingray.

Wrong. “Shiny” is the best song since it’s basically Jemaine Clement reprising his Bowie impression from Flight of the Conchords.

Ugggh. Don’t hate on Moana. It is beautiful and perfect. I am an adult-person and I saw it twice this weekend and will be going for a third time on Friday. It’s the only thing bringing me joy in our pre-Trump America right now. It is High Disney.

I also love “I am Moana” and “You’re Welcome” should be widely celebrated.

Oh man this movie might not have gotten to you but boy did it hit me. The reprise of this song...when the manta showed up I was sobbing. Such a beautiful, heart-wrenching scene.

How many times will I have to see this movie to forget that we’re now living in the darkest timeline?

Auli’i Cravalho’s since she’s the one voicing the character too.

yeah, this is what I’m familiar with. Outside of a historical drama, I don’t think I’ve heard anyone refer to their father as ‘Papa’, unless they were speaking to their children about the children’s grandfather.