"Not Like Other Shoujo"

"These aren't like other shoujo, these are cooooool shoujo" and the myth of competitive femininity. Other Great Video Essays on the Topic: Sarah Z    • "I'm Not Like Other Girls"   Tiffany Ferg    • "I'm Not Like Other Girls"   Maia C    • "Not Like Other Girls" in Media | Video Essay   Jordan Theresa    • "i'm not like the other girls"   SOCIAL MEDIA: https://beacons.ai/colleensmangarecs SUPPORT ME ON KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/colleensmangarecs 0:00 Intro 1:18 The Phrase "Not Like Other Girls" 1:57 Being "The Other Girl" 3:37 How Girls are Seen in Society 4:53 Distancing from Femininity 5:35 GeT tO tHe PoInT 6:06 How Feminine Media is Viewed 8:05 The Treatment of Shoujo Protagonists 9:25 The "Typical Shoujo" 10:39 Not Like Other Shoujo 13:17 Banana Fish IS Shoujo 14:29 Othering Feminine Media 15:48 A Double Standard 16:50 There's Nothing Wrong with the "Typical" 18:28 Closing