【by SHIMIZU Akiko, June 2024】 Although interpreted as a backlash against progressive movements, anti–gender ideology is driven by a stronger wish, namely, the restoration of a patriarchal dream-order …
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【by KAWASAKA Kazuyoshi, June 2024】 LGBTQ+ rights issues are again transnationally becoming a centre of polemics and well exploited by ultra-conservative and far-right activists not only under authorit …
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[Japan topic 2024]
Surveillance and Classification: Anti-gender Movements and the Fear of the Invisible in Japan | SHIMIZU Akiko
【by SHIMIZU Akiko, June 2024】 The current intensification of transphobia in Japan is said to have started in 2018, when one of the leading women’s universities in Japan announced that it would accept …
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[Japan topic 2024]
Shōno Yoriko’s Nanimo shitenai (1991): Talking Bodies and the Desire for National Belonging | Stefan Würrer
【by Stefan Würrer, June 2024】 The primary focus of this essay is Nanimo Shitenai (Doing Nothing), a novel published by Japanese author Shōno Yoriko in 1991, and its portrayal of the gendered body. Be …
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【by Claire Maree, June 2024】 A group gathers at the National Diet intersection on a rainy night in Tokyo. A rope cordons off parts of the sidewalk. The police monitor who enters and exits. Activists, …