Posts Tagged Japan

By Katherine Cross • 9 years ago

Burning the single story: how modern Japanese art shatters relativist myths

The month-long retrospective of Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi’s films at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York provides for a unique angle of vision on the role of women in both cinema and society—as well as an overdue consideration of whether or not feminism is truly a “Western” phenomenon.

Watching them as a woman of color was a fascinating exercise in self-discovery and a reminder of why cultural relativism can be so deleterious to our empowerment; shuffling different peoples of color into separate silos not only denies us empathy with whites, but with each other, and cribs our ability to learn and grow together. Cultural relativism would hold that I, as a Puerto Rican lass who grew up ...

The month-long retrospective of Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi’s films at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York provides for a unique angle of vision on the role of women in both cinema and society—as ...
By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Consent, the mixtape:  “To say that love is the overriding theme of pop music is misleading.”

A step by step of what the Hobby Lobby / personhood Supreme Court case really means.

Poverty and fatherhood in Camden, New Jersey.

A portrait of trans artists changing the landscape of contemporary art. 

Consent, the mixtape:  “To say that love is the overriding theme of pop music is misleading.”

A step by step of what the Hobby Lobby / personhood Supreme Court case really means.

Poverty and fatherhood in ...
By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Ann’s gender-reversed parody: A response to Emily Yoffe.

Breast cancer stigmas in Uganda.

“When does an Academic become a Whore?”

Spike Jonze and Her: Who are we writing out of the future?

Apparently, women aren’t equal when it comes to corporate crime.

“Oh that’s me. That’s us, that’s us, that’s me, thank God, that’s us.”

Ann’s gender-reversed parody: A response to Emily Yoffe.

Breast cancer stigmas in Uganda.

“When does an Academic become a Whore?”

Spike Jonze and Her: Who are we writing out of the future?

Apparently, women ...
By Eesha Pandit • 12 years ago

Public health crusaders: Japanese women take the capital

Hundreds of Japanese women have been holding a sit in on the steps of the  of the Japanese capital demanding  that their government provide better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the Fukushima meltdown.

“Official recovery policy focuses on decontamination rather than protecting the health of those most vulnerable – children and pregnant women,” activist Aileen Mioko Smith, of Green Action Japan, told the Inter Press Service.

She continued, “Our meetings with officials to force faster evacuation programmes for high-risk groups are only met with promises to clear radioactive waste. This is totally irresponsible.”

On Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) admitted that one of the Fukushima reactors showed ...

Hundreds of Japanese women have been holding a sit in on the steps of the  of the Japanese capital demanding  that their government provide better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by ...
By Vanessa • 13 years ago

What We Missed

Jay Smooth’s history lesson for Chris Brown — watch it. Now.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; Nancy Goldstein connects the dots to Wisconsin. Also check out Shark-Fu’s thoughts.

The death toll from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami has topped 10,000. Donate to help relief efforts here.

Weeks after a lawsuit was filed against American Apparel CEO Dov Charney for raping a former employee, four more women have come forward with charges of sexual harassment.

Jessica writes about sexual assault on college campuses — and how no one is doing anything about it.

Jay Smooth’s history lesson for Chris Brown — watch it. Now.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; Nancy Goldstein connects the dots to Wisconsin. Also check out

By Vanessa • 13 years ago

Breaking: Tsunami hits Japan and Pacific area after massive earthquake

This is terrifying. A massive 8.9 earthquake hit Japan this morning, causing a 10-meter tsunami that has reportedly killed hundreds and is anticipated to affect other nations across the Pacific:

A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast today, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control. Tsunami warnings blanketed the entire Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.

The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of the disaster.

The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 23-foot tsunami and was followed by more than 50 ...

This is terrifying. A massive 8.9 earthquake hit Japan this morning, causing a 10-meter tsunami that has reportedly killed hundreds and is anticipated to affect other nations across the Pacific:

A ferocious tsunami spawned by one ...