Who Gets to Learn? Education, power, and feminist pedagogy in Witch Hat Atelier
By Zofi Ysa, Aug 14 2026

Qifrey’s approach to teaching closely resembles principles associated with feminist pedagogy, an approach to education that views learning as a collaborative process grounded in dialogue, critical thinking, and mutual respect.

  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I have trouble entering the series simply because I don’t trust Japanese creators not named Miyazaki enough to address the question of whether the people that stole magic from the world are really the good guys when their representative is a hot twink who does nothing about bullying and direct attempts at sabotage between his students.

    • ReluctantZen@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      You might want to keep watching then. At least in the manga (havent seen the anime yet):

      spoiler for general themes as it goes on

      The ethical implications of the witches keeping magic to themselves is addressed more and more as we see what keeping it locked away from the general populace means, including their hypocrisy in using forbidden magic to make people forget things. It has become quite central to Coco’s motivations. The witches are not shown to be the paramount of good, including Qifrey.

    • wjs018@ani.socialMEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Yeah…there is some history with anime on the ml instance. Thanks for the content! Anime Feminist is a great read and more than welcome.