<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Committee for the Revival & Promotion of Shōjo Manga]]></title><description><![CDATA[rachel-thorn-en]]></description><link>https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:14:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Moto Hagio Interview (2005)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This interview originally ran in The Comics Journal  #269 (July 2005) As I type this, in the bullet train that is taking me back from...]]></description><link>https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/single-post/the-moto-hagio-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670cb6dc63214eea75653fa9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 06:20:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fba035_70018c9d44484981a6672ef2b862a350~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_350,h_450,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>littlenemo1905</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A presentation I gave in Paris in 2008]]></title><description><![CDATA[I really hate Academia.edu. It's such a sleazy site. It's sleaziness was driven home for me today when it was brought to my attention...]]></description><link>https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/single-post/a-presentation-i-gave-in-paris-in-2008</link><guid isPermaLink="false">647695cfefcfc08e72b83a65</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 00:50:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fba035_19ad71d237244fe8a88c41515521fdbe~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>littlenemo1905</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Manga Page Layouts]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2018, I made a thread on the evil birdsite about page layouts in Japanese comics. 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You may noticed I've changed my name. Here's how and why. Since coming out as transgender of couple of years...]]></description><link>https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/single-post/2017/09/09/tell-me-what-you-think-of-takako-shimura</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7fb9c95be9720017ef1b14</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2017 04:11:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fba035_26503112966345e58094d932b631920d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_698,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>littlenemo1905</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who's to judge Tezuka's rivals?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's post is a translation of a post  I made to my Japanese blog a year ago. 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The Nineteen-Forty-Niners, who created the golden rush of girls' comics in...]]></description><link>https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/single-post/2017/05/31/the-magnificent-forty-niners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7fb9c95be9720017ef1b17</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 03:35:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>littlenemo1905</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart of Thomas Errata]]></title><description><![CDATA[To everyone who has already purchased or ordered my translation of Moto Hagio’s The Heart of Thomas , please note that there are numerous...]]></description><link>https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/single-post/2017/02/01/heart-of-thomas-errata</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7fb9c95be9720017ef1b18</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:57:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fba035_0ad8183322c343359130a3311258db2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_876,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>littlenemo1905</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Manga Characters Look "White"?]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I'm still trying to put together a coherent intro to the main theme of this blog (to wit, the decline of shōjo manga), I've decided...]]></description><link>https://www.blog.rachelthorn.net/single-post/2016/04/16/do-manga-characters-look-white</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7fb9c95be9720017ef1b19</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2016 08:08:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>littlenemo1905</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take Two (Or Was It Three?)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Way back in the early days of the World Wide Web, I created the Shōjo Manga Home Page. 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