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Japan Gender Reader, Dec. 2013

Posted in Consumer Culture, Gender, Media, Race, Visual Culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 2013/12/29| 1 Comment »

In this gender reader: more on Abenomics, Disney dimorphism, video games before gendered marketing, and more.

I have never met a person who could completely cover my hands in theirs. I'd be making that face, too. Image from Frozen via Family Inequality.

HULK SMASH YOUR DELICATE LADY HAND. Image from Frozen via Family Inequality.

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Japan Gender Reader, November 2013

Posted in Expat Living, Gender, Race, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 2013/11/30| 3 Comments »

In this gender reader, doing some catching up from October (when I did a spooky gender reader instead): harassment of non-Japanese women in Japan; bottoming out a whopping #105 in the Gender Gap Index; the problem with all the patronizing “sexless” Japan journalism; and Social Justice Wario.

Frequency of sex vs fertility rate via Yuki Aota.

Frequency of sex vs fertility rate via Yuki Aota.

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Japan Gender Reader, June 2013

Posted in Consumer Culture, Gender, Visual Culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 2013/06/24| 4 Comments »

My friend Toranosuke over at the Japanese-art blog A Man With Tea has been looking for a good Japan-and-gender blog, something like a Japan-focused version of the excellent The Grand Narrative, which focuses mainly on Korea. My blog has a broader focus, but if I do occasional Gender Readers, why not do a Japan/Asia-specific one? Readers, if you have links or blog suggestions, please send them my way in the comments! よろしくお願いします.

via Contemporary Japanese Literature

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