Toku Ladies Podcast is a feminist podcast that celebrates and critiques tokusatsu, with an emphasis on Power Rangers, Super Sentai, and Kamen Rider.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 20 hours 23 minutes
Episode 10: Representation Power, Activate!
In the 10th episode of Toku Ladies, we talk about *drum roll* representation and why it matters. Yes, again. Because it’s important, and we miraculously keep finding new things to say about it. Branching out into other shows and...
Episode 9: Christmas Blues - What Happened to Diversity?
Episode 9, the final episode of 2014 for the Toku Ladies, talks about the Toku holiday specials, their overbearing focus on Christmas and, as always, why diversity matters. The Toku Ladies end 2014 on a classy note as always, and will be back in...
Episode 8: Token Toku Girls
What is a “Token” character? And what does it mean when Power Rangers and other Toku shows use “The Girl” as a token trait? In this episode of Toku Ladies, we discuss tokenism as a concept, from token female characters to token...
Episode 7: All Aboard The Hype Train
This episode of Toku Ladies spends a good deal of time rehashing current Toku events in Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Power Rangers. Then we take a dive into the Listener Mail Bag and talk about the comments and criticisms we’ve received, and...
The Interview Series: Jackie Marchand
For the Toku Ladies very first interview, we were privileged to talk to Jackie Marchand, one of the longest running writers and producers on Power Rangers. Listen to Jackie talk about her goals of writing equality between the genders on Power...
Episode 6: Toku Ladies Take Power Morphicon
This Morphicon recap episode takes a look at the great time had by TheSecondBatgirl and PockySquirrel as they attended Morphicon 4 in Pasadena. From interviewing Bandai Toy reps and celebrating Tricera-gate victory, to critiquing the problems of...
Episode 5: It's a Boy's Toy? Gendered Marketing and Toku
In this episode, the Toku Ladies talk about San Diego Comic Con 2k14, which led to Tricera-Gate and the much needed fandom discussion of gendered marketing in childrens toys. Also in this episode: The Toku Ladies head to Morphicon,...
Episode 4: Queer Coding, Queer Baiting, and Trope Subversions
The 4th installment of Toku Ladies touches upon the queer coding in American and Japanese markets, its purpose, and our favorite queer coded ladies throughout Toku. If there's something you think we missed, tweet us @TokuLadies_Pod! Disclaimer:...
Episode 3: Relationships! The Good, The Bad, and The Trippy
In the third epidode of Toku Ladies, we talk about the ways Toku portray relationships, the good one, the bad ones, and even the sometimes trippy ones. With specific focus on toxic masculinity and abuse apologist narratives, we try to explain why many...