The souvenir from Japan for your father:
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The souvenir from Japan for your father:
Call for Submissions β "Global Perceptions of China: Insights from the Next Generation." Scholars under the age of 35 are invited to submit proposals by October 31.
It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britainβs democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones
3/3 It has a one-off subscription fee of 15 euro (and the option to donate more if you want) to cover rent of a web domain, online storage, and the human labour of maintenance. I find this better than free services that resell your data and spam you with ads. You can access it here arx.onl/home/
2/3 It is a simple online platform where with a CV and a repository for published articles and work in progress papers, that users can make downloadable if they wish, managed by actual human beings, rather than robots, that can offer technical support when needed.
1/3 Dear academic friends, like many of you I recently deleted the articles I had uploaded on Academia, that has become a nightmare of targeted advertising and made up statistics.
A friend has created an academic content sharing service that I think has potential and I wanted to share it.
As pollen season approaches its peak here in Japan, I am grateful for the inalienable right to wear a mask wherever I goddamn please, and other completely batshit sentences I never thought Iβd write in this lifetime.
A blue silhouette of a girl with a white flower in her hair, embracing the earth. Blue block letters read YNN Yuri Network News. Art by Lissa P. For Okazu.
Today on Okazu - Yuri Network News β (ηΎεγγγγ―γΌγ―γγ₯γΌγΉ) β March 15, 2025
A massive round-up of Yuri anime news, Yuri manga, Yuri Events and more this week from the global Yuri network!
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It looks like the Japanese documentary "Instruments of a Beating Heart" has been nominated for an Oscar. I wrote about it when it screened at the Tokyo Int'l Film Festival as "The Making of a Japanese." eigafile.com/2023/10/28/t...
Check out this amazing project by @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social! Wild stuff.
It's the Rogan et al technique: Act like something that has been widely and openly discussed is secret knowledge. Pretend you have gained some special insight. Insist that no one else has understand.....until now
"Long-distance commute to school" - a Japanese illustration parodying the famous cartoon of British empire builder Cecil Rhodes. It is quite common for students in Japan to have long train commutes to school each day.
Recording this week π€... RJL's next episode is about Keiichiro Hirano + his Akutagawa-winning debut novel Eclipse (trans Brent de Chene/Charles de Wolf).
I'll be bringing in info from a conversation Hirano generously had with me in November
There will Eclipse spoilersβpick up your copy now. βΊοΈ
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This moment of sublime beauty is what the feminists who would have more women represented in government want to take away from you.
There are now 4 separate fires in Los Angeles area:
β’ Palisades: Mass destruction. Now evacuations in Santa Monica
β’ Eaton: Destroying homes in Pasadena
β’ Sylmar/Hurst: Evacuation orders issued. βRapid rate of spreadβ
β’ Tamarack: Near I-5 in Sun Valley neighborhood
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Book cover for Envisioning the Empress: The Lives and Images of Japanese Imperial Women, 1868β1952 by Alison J. Miller. The cover has a Meiji period print of a Japanese empress in Western style dress, with the emperor sitting in a Western military-style outfit behind her and some ladies in waiting also in Western garb with big bustled skirts and large hats.
Since Alison isn't in the sky π¦, I'll share the exciting news that her book "Envisioning the Empress: The Lives and Images of Japanese Imperial Women, 1868β1952" is out now! π₯³ I had the privilege of reading some of this great work in our writing group along the way! www.routledge.com/Envisioning-...
Incredibly influential manga, finally translated to English
Probably don't need to tell y'all it's important to vote π but @aasasianstudies.bsky.social elections are closing on 11/18! I'm nominated for the Diversity & Equity Committee, but do review all possible nominees & select the folks you think should help steer AAS! www.asianstudies.org/aas-2024-ele...
