Beatrix Kondo

Beatrix Kondo is the final boss in a long quest dismantling gender issues in pop culture. She writes about K-dramas, anime, and East Asian media, specializing in ruining happy endings by pointing out red flags.

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Hinako, a young woman in a sailor-style school uniform, stands in an alley looking towards a stone stairway. A misshapen monstrous figure stands at the top of the stairs.

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 4: Silent Hill f and the system that was always the monster

When the pattern becomes undeniable

Beatrix Kondo Mar 31, 2026

James Sunderland stands in front of a barred cell, facing away from it, holding a rifle. Inside the cell, Maria is sitting on a bed, looking towards James.

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 3: Silent Hill 2, James Sunderland, and the murder no one calls murder

You cannot observe Silent Hill 2's villain from a safe distance

Beatrix Kondo Mar 24, 2026

Radha Mitchell as Rose in the 2006 Silent Hill movie. She is walking into the town; due to the extreme fog, only whiteness can be seen behind her

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 2: Rose and the mother who won't reconcile

The 2006 Silent Hill film adapted the first game, but made its protagonist a mother, not a father

Beatrix Kondo Mar 18, 2026

A screenshot of Silent Hill depicting Harry Mason talking to a nurse in a gloomy hospital room

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 1: The cult, the witch, the burning girl

When horror speaks in code

Beatrix Kondo Mar 10, 2026

Monika sitting at a desk, facing the screen, her hands folded under her chin. In the windows behind her, there's a starry sky filled with explosi

The monster was right

How Doki Doki Literature Club exposes dating sims as systems that punish female autonomy

Beatrix Kondo Feb 5, 2026

How do I form a video gaming group?

Awful women deserve better games

I loved Geralt, but Ciri actually makes a lot of sense for The Witcher 4

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 4: Silent Hill f and the system that was always the monster

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 3: Silent Hill 2, James Sunderland, and the murder no one calls murder

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 2: Rose and the mother who won't reconcile

Silent Hill was always feminist, Part 1: The cult, the witch, the burning girl

The monster was right