Posted in Gender, Language, Translation, Visual Culture, tagged いのちリスペクト, ホワイトリボン・キャンペーン, beauty, China, 生理休暇, Elliot Rodger, gendered pronouns, history of beauty, hurricanes, Isla Vista, LGBTの学校生活に関する実態調査(2013) 結果報告書, japan, Lean In, LGBT students, linguistics, menstrual leave, misogyny, patriarchy, satire, sexism, singular they, YesAllWomen on 2014/06/04|
1 Comment »

Utagawa Kunimasa, “Young Woman and a Cat at a Kotatsu”
Tokyo National Museum. Ukiyo-e, Nihon bijutsu zenshū, Tokugawa, (Comprehensive Collection of Japanese Art) vol. 20 (Kōdansha, 1991), p. 34. Via Japan Focus.
I ended up skipping the May reader since I was busy with the edits for the cross-dressing in anime and manga series. However, the gender issue rightfully on everyone’s mind in May was Elliot Rodger and #YesAllWomen. I don’t have much to contribute that conversation other than a link to a list of well written articles below, but I do have some more articles to share about gender in Japan.
In this gender reader: the history of beauty in Japan and China, gendered pronouns in Japanese and English, a survey of LGBT students in Japan, a collection of essential articles about Isla Vista, and more.
(more…)
Read Full Post »