Our episode this time is on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, season 1 part 1, the part of the Ghost in the Shell franchise that actually has Tachikomas in it, finally, Jesus Christ! This episode’s special guest is illustrator and comics creator Iris Jay.

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Content warnings for this episode: police violence, sexualization, cults, state violence, violence against women, severe body horror related to skin, serial killing, surveillance/stalking, abuse of the disabled, gun violence, physical violence, memory manipulation/brainwashing, mechanical body horror, terrorism.

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