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Japan’s Transgender Community
by Guest Contributor Monica Roberts, originally posted at TransGriot Japan is a giant in terms of its economic, technological, industrial, and medical prowess, but when it comes to treating transgender...
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Quoted: Holly on Interpretation of Culture
OK, I have a bunch of stuff I want to say about the infamous Japanese proverb “the nail that sticks up gets hammered down” that gives this post its title. And it is infamous ― it’s one of those...
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In McDonald’s New Japanese Ad Campaign, The Wacky Foreigner Joke’s on Americans
by Guest Contributor Jen, originally published at Disgrasian Put on your glasses or pop in your contacts and get a good look at the picture below, because this is what karma looks like: Meet “Mr....
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A Boy Band In Nazi Gear and A Hitler-’loving’ Fashionista
By Arturo R. García It’s nothing new, unfortunately, to see “celebrities” doing Nazi cosplay or making anti-Semitic remarks. But Wednesday saw an instance of each making the news, on different sides of...
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A Trailblazer Twice Over: Remembering Wally Yonamine
By Arturo R. García Ever hear the theory that life depends on a few breaks here and there? In Wally Yonamine’s case, this is literally true. As in, physiologically so. It’s not hard to imagine that...
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Open Thread: Fundraisers For Japan
By Arturo R. García As of early Monday morning, there’s still no telling how bad the situation could get in Japan following Friday morning’s 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami: Kyodo News reported...
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Signal Boost: Please Support Rising Phoenix [Culturelicious]
By Arturo R. García For the past few months, our colleagues at Beyond Victoriana have been fundraising for the Rising Phoenix fund for Shelterbox. Yesterday, BV’s leader, Ay-leen the Peacemaker,...
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Open Thread: Racism Isn’t Good Sportmanship, Soccer Fans
Jay Smooth, over at Google Plus, shared this screen grab of the trending topics after the USA women’s soccer team lost to Japan’s soccer team: By the time, I saw it, the offending messages of “Japs”...
View ArticleComing Attractions: Jiro Dreams Of Sushi [Culturelicious]
By Arturo R. García You might want to keep an eye out at your local arthouse theaters around March 9, when Jiro Dreams of Sushi is scheduled for release. As the trailer above begins, David Gelb’s...
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DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Vagina Whitening (That’s Right, You Heard Me)
By Guest Contributor Jen Wang, cross-posted from Disgrasian One year I vacationed in Mexico and spent the entire time in the water, body surfing and boogie boarding. My skin got really dark, which I...
View ArticleThe Friday MixTape–6.8.12 Edition
We start this week’s mix with Lauryn Hill, who had, to say the least, an up-and-down week: on Sunday she made a surprise appearance at Hot 97′s Summer Jam and it looked like Hill was poised to embark...
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Excerpt: On The Death Of Fukushima Plant Hero Masao Yoshida
Former Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant manager Masao Yoshida. Image via RT/Agence France-Presse The ex-head of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Masao Yoshida, 58, died at a Tokyo hospital of...
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Can Gareth Edwards Build A Global Godzilla?
By Arturo R. García The release of the trailer for the latest Godzilla release spawned a pretty good discussion over at The Mary Sue Wednesday, including this critique from a fan: It’s too early to...
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The Forgotten Story of Japanese American Zoot Suiters
By Guest Contributor Ellen D. Wu, cross-posted from Nikkei Chicago Sus Kaminaka was a zoot suiter: one of the many young people in 1940s America who embraced a distinctive, working-class urban...
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I Used To Be Excited for Big Hero 6: An Asian-American’s Perspective
By Guest Contributor Sunny Huang Two weeks ago, Big Hero 6 premiered to critical acclaim at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Even earlier, it made a big splash at New York Comic Con. And it will...
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