Grace Ting グレイス・ティン 丁恩宜
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Taiwanese American queer feminist scholar based in HK. Not on here that often. If you're ableist, don't talk to me. Currently in Tokyo on sabbatical.
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In August, I wrote about defamation & harassment by mainland Chinese feminists. Please find here a second statement (in English) providing more detail, written after continued harassment. I want to strongly emphasize that this behavior must stop.
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今日香港のカフェでもう一人の若手の研究者と喋ってた時に、二人でこの一年の日本を振りかえてみたらやっぱり同感だった。排外主義・人種差別の存在は前から認めていたけど、パンデミックの間に本当に痛感した。日本は、私たちを歓迎していない。長い間日本研究に携わっていて、初めてこの道を疑った。
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日本研究に関わっている白人男性とは立場が違う。中国系の女性で北米・イギリスなどで人種差別に遭遇し、日本ではまた違う種類の差別、次は香港での白人至上主義。誰だって疲れるでしょ。今遠くから日本の外国人に対する理不尽な態度を観察していて、これは一生忘れないなあ、と。きちんと覚えなきゃ。
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念のために言っておきたいけど、今まで心が折れなかったのは自分の特権のおかげだね。でも、一生をかけて英語圏と日本との架け橋として勤める意味を考えなきゃと思う。周辺にいるだけで大変だし、必死に居場所を作るより、一応居場所のあるところに力を入れたほうがいいかもしれない。
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Here's my hot take as a feminist scholar of Japanese lit on people gushing over Kawakami Mieko's critique of gender in her conversation with Murakami Haruki. As someone whose career is built on researching Japanese women writers, I feel upset for a few reasons: 1/10
"It’s common for my female friends to say to me, 'If you love Haruki Murakami’s work so much, how do you justify his portrayal of women?'" Mieko Kawakami interviews the same Murakami.
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6/19（金）21:00〜 オンラインイベント（主催：早稲田大学）「クィア・フェミニストの人生を築くということ——越境する研究とコミュニティ」
ティン・グレイス（TING Grace）
香港大学 ジェンダー・スタディーズ
公開講演：無料
言語：英語／日本語の通訳
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The writer gives credit to Abe for how women are now "more vocal about challenging sexual harassment, demanding promotions, and insisting men do more child care at home." You realize this implies the main problem was how "passive" Jp women just didn't stand up for themselves?
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On Friday, a man attacked ppl on a Tokyo train bec. women looked "happy." Japanese feminist author Kawakami Mieko's take: Yes, we need to look at the situation from multiple angles. But why is the suffering & economic precarity of the male assailant what we're prioritizing?
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Hi, Hongkongers. I just moved to HK. I love literature, art, feminism, queer stuff. ALSO, animals, sweets, cafes, nature. Can you recommend me HK accounts on Twitter/Instagram? Just whatever you find inspiring, that makes your day a bit better, from/about HK. *Please retweet! 🙏🏻*
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Just putting this idea out there: would anyone follow a podcast w/queer/feminist perspectives on female writers & Japanese lit? It would be pretty casual & I would just invite friends (often other women, I'm guessing) to chat w/me about books occasionally, w/some set structure.
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I love Naomi Osaka, but please note how clear it is that she’s being TOKENIZED to try to legitimatize the Olympics, which has involved huge problems with diversity. As this person says, “Why the f does Naomi get stuck cleaning up after these old men?”
こういうのを英語圏ではtokenizeと言う。
イメージアップ（もしくは挽回）のためにマイノリティ当事者を利用すること。
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Please sign a petition demanding the resignation of LDP politician Onoda Kimi, who says non-Jp in Japan don't deserve financial support from the gov. during the coronavirus crisis. This is hugely discriminatory & unhelpful for society at large during efforts to stop the spread.
「外国人は税金払え。国民年金払え。健康保険払え。マイナンバーだって与えてしっかり管理する。だけど有事の際に給付はしないよ」
そんな差別的な議員は許せない。ただちに辞職を。
選挙権はないが、声を上げることはできる。
キャンペーン賛同をお願いします！
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Every time something is about to disappear, I don’t know the right way to mourn. Arriving in July 2020, I’ve only known a HK that’s losing things. I haven’t had a chance to make anything mine, to grow to love certain parts of HK, and they are being torn away before my eyes.
#BREAKING
: The University of Hong Kong has demanded the Pillar of Shame sculpture be removed by Oct 13 at 5 pm. The sculpture, by Danish artist Jens Galschiot, was erected in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, which killed scores of demonstrators in Beijing.
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I don’t expect everyone to care. A few Asian women dying in the US—if you’re somewhere else & have no connection to this, okay. But you can bet I am calmly watching to see which non-Asians in Asian Studies don’t give a shit. I’m sorry to say this is very much my level of trust.
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Women in Japan are not recently "firmly ensconced in the working world"; women have BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME, for less $$, lack of promotion, & suffocating misogyny. The overall view of Abe's policies on gender equality is that they are hollow/ignore realities for most women.
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日本の学界が苦手な理由の中でこれは大きい。バットラーが東京で講演した時に彼女が講堂に入ると皆が立ったということを覚えている。「メシア」にするのは逆にクィア・スタディーズに失礼だと思う。社会的正義を中心にしているはずの分野でこんなに階級を重要にするなんて恥ずかしいことだと思う。
フェミニストの先輩たちに感謝するという気持ちは私も共有はするけど、「「田嶋尊師」「上野メシア」と呼びたい」というのはいかにしても気持ち悪いし、その手の呼び方とかスタンスとフェミニズムは矛盾するものではないかとも私は思う。ご本人たちだってそんなふうに呼ばれたいとは思えないのだが。
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The ugly side of Japan 👉 Edogawa Ward in Tokyo first sends vaccine tickets only to all Japanese citizens, then to all non-Japanese after one week. In the comments: “Well, they’re doing this everywhere.” Actually, I don’t think so? 🤷🏻♀️
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"If only women would just learn to speak up for themselves" vs. critiquing structural sexism that is NOT the personal responsibility of individual women to somehow solve on their own. I also have never heard a feminist say anything nice about Abe's "support" of gender equality.
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Foreigners can be detained by Japanese immigration for extended periods of time and sometimes commit suicide or die from illness. This zine has messages from those who have been imprisoned & reports from activists. Proceeds go to activism resisting this discriminatory system.
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It's really less interesting at this point to critique him & more interesting to critique the literary industries around the world that have propelled him into stardom without having him feel inclined to seriously question how he writes about women. Let's not pin it all on him.
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書いていなかったけど、歌手のデニス・ホーは、「アウト」の女性がまだ少ない、フェミニストも嫌われている香港でレズビアンとしてカミングアウトしたフェミニストだ。これを抹消しないで下さい。
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失礼ですが、マイノリティのアメリカ人・フェミニストの意見です。これは感動してもすごすぎるなんかじゃないと思います。私は白人ではなく、彼女たちの立場に置かれたことがありませんが、自分の世界観ではこれは特権のある人として勇気を出してやるべきことなんです。想像力の違いでしょうか。
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This looks great! A new book by sociologist Moriyama Noritaka (Waseda) deconstructs hurtful everyday Jp phrases, e.g. "I just want you to be happy," "I didn't mean it that way," "Getting hurt is good life experience." It's written in simple lang for young people (middle school+).
書影も公開されamazonにも情報が載っていますが、新刊『10代から知っておきたい あなたを閉じこめる「ずるい言葉」』(WAVE出版)が来月中旬に発売されます。中学生から読める、易しい言葉で書いたつもりです。お楽しみに！
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The recording of my lecture (w/Japanese captions) is now on YouTube. 字幕付きの録画をアップさせていただきました。
6/19（金）21:00〜 オンラインイベント（主催：早稲田大学）「クィア・フェミニストの人生を築くということ——越境する研究とコミュニティ」
ティン・グレイス（TING Grace）
香港大学 ジェンダー・スタディーズ
公開講演：無料
言語：英語／日本語の通訳
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Why aren't people aware of more feminist Jp criticism & literature? Why aren't there more Eng translations of such writing? Why don't they know about Rebecca's volume? Translation takes time, patience, pays little, and often doesn't count for w/survival in the academy. 6/10
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Hi
@Trevornoah
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@TheDailyShow
and appreciate all you do, but can you show more solidarity when bringing up Japan in your jokes? It's not just a land of polite people, cherry blossoms, & fancy robots. Highly racialized police brutality happens everyday in Japan.
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This writer also suggests Abe somehow fixed racism. I just heard a Todai expert explain how nationalism (& hate speech + xenophobia) have been esp. serious issues starting around the 2010's. I heard a student say they were afraid a thesis on Zainichi issues was too controversial.
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If you are a woman of color academic & students never call you "Dr." or "Prof.," feel free to borrow from my slides on gender/racial/age bias. They are tailored for my experience as an Asian woman in HK but can be modified to address other contexts.
1. We are not making shit up.
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日本のことを思っている、何年も日本語を勉強した、出来れば絶対日本社会に貢献していく人たちの一人として、失望している。
文学の研究で資料を届けてもらう方法も一応あるが、同業の人（学者だけではなく学者でないフェミニスト、クィア、本に関わる人）に会えない。一番大事なつながりはどうなる？
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これ、トランスフォビアに関する大事な話ですが、さらに広い意味でジェンダー・スタディーズの研究者やフェミニストの中で「地雷原を歩くような気持ち」が問題になっています。シスの女性としてトランスフォビアを経験したことがなくても、他のフェミニストに否定される経験がとても多いです。
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Got through my first day of online teaching with intro to gender studies at HKU! ☺️ At the risk of oversharing, here is a bit of what we are doing this semester (oh, and here is the slide I made introducing myself since I made students all fill out surveys for me):
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Many feminists have critiqued gender in Murakami Haruki's work. It's refreshing to read Kawakami's conversation with him, but why do we think it's so new? Why IS it new, to some people? This is related to structural problems in the translation industry & Japanese studies. 3/10
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My class is titled "Feminist & Queer Lit in Asian Contexts" to leave room for various future iterations; this semester there are a lot of recent East Asian texts. I tend to revise during the semester, but I'll be teaching:
Cho Nam-ju 조남주, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (2016)
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In short: I don't expect people to know about Jp studies. But I hope you can celebrate Kawakami's deliciously incisive-yet-charming voice, then pause to think about what is erased from the narrative if we just share this piece and say, "Finally! Someone actually said it!" 10/10
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I didn't realize so many people would be interested in Jp women writers & feminist criticism--thanks! A lot of new people followed me, so: How about every Mon I try to post a short intro to a diff Jp woman writer? I'll try to mention other scholars, translators, etc., too. 1/6
Here's my hot take as a feminist scholar of Japanese lit on people gushing over Kawakami Mieko's critique of gender in her conversation with Murakami Haruki. As someone whose career is built on researching Japanese women writers, I feel upset for a few reasons: 1/10
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I won't comment on a lot of other arguments made, but I hope other experts chime in to point out how this article is really misleading for the random reader looking to learn something about how Japan is doing with sexism, racism, xenophobia, or other 100% unresolved problems.
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My new article is out in the Journal of Japanese Studies, titled "Ekuni Kaori’s Tears in the Night: The Brilliance of Queer Readings for Japanese Literary Studies."
I have mixed feelings about most of my writing, but this piece is very dear to my heart.
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Feminism *everywhere* needs to be better, now. It's 2020, and we no longer have the time or luxury to settle for feminism that enfolds transphobia, racism, and other bullshit - not in places such as the US or UK (where TERFs are often discussed), & not in Japan. 15/15
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Sorry for the radio silence as I get my HK life in order. 😓 For anyone interested in Jp women writers: feel free to check out my new article on femininities, food, & violence in Ogawa Yōko's Revenge, "Pregnancy Diary," & other stories.
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日本語が完璧に話せなくて常に申し訳ないけれども、この対応は納得出来ません。外国人でアメリカの大学院で日本研究をするのは罪じゃないです。社会正義の話をしながら弱い立場にいる非ネイティブの女性を批判する日本人の学者、本当にクズだと思いました。
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It is now apparently illegal to mourn for HK icon Leslie Cheung. Because love for a queer man & flowers do so much to threaten the state.
On the 19th anniversary of Leslie Cheung's death, undercover cops are shooing fans away from Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where the Hong Kong icon took his life. Cleaners hastily remove flowers left behind by his local, mainland, and international fans. 悼念有罪
Photo by
@initiumnews
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I don't want to direct this at any particular person, but it is really sad to see the anti-mainland xenophobia come out in "HKers would never stoop this low," "We don't want to become *that*" statements while the entire city of Shanghai is suffering.
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@hoshinami629
台湾について知りたい人には
@Li_Kotomi
の小説もおすすめしたいです。台北の話だけではなくて、台湾の田舎、東京に住む台湾人や他の女性、ディアスポラの話など。教科書っぽい感じではないので、簡単にあらゆる力関係・歴史を習うよりゆっくり言葉を味わって自分で受け止め方を探す。
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The publishing industry is most interested in sensation, speed, profit. Great work can't be translated if it's not deemed sexy. There is a big gap in history since there's more interest in translating Jp women writers now, but almost only in publishing newer writers. 7/10
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Can we use this as a general opportunity to think about how to challenge Asian studies or, specifically, Japanese studies (my field)? The scholar mentioned is Ted Bestor, Jp studies anthropologist at Harvard & former president of AAS, the largest existing org for Asian Studies.
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Kawakami says, people are arguing to recognize the humanity of this man w/his personal circumstances even as, regardless of *their* personal circumstances, women are attacked just for being women. There needs to be a sense of priority in what we're talking about.
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I am delighted to announce that, in January 2020, I will be starting a position as Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Hong Kong. That is the short version of my announcement, but please read on if interested. (1/13)
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Sharing today's lecture. As a Taiwanese American feminist scholar in Japanese studies, how did I teach students in HK about U.S. histories of racism, misogyny, & imperialism? In solidarity with other Asian American & Asian women speaking & writing.
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Why are women in Japan against the Olympics? Dr. Maeda Yoshiko at FCCJ event: “70% of healthcare professionals are women. In short, the burden of COVID on the medical industry is a burden on women.” 👏👏👏
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Not that active on Twitter recently, but duly contributing to hijacking the incredibly stupid tag
#JapaneseLivesMatter
(created by right-wing Jp netizens) with my photos of cake, i.e. fulfilling part of my destiny 😑 無効化しよう！！
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For their final projects, students in my HK gender studies class were asked to "decolonize gender/ sexuality" in the everyday. The "decolonizing" aspect might NOT be 100% obvious; theoretical stuff is for their research papers. But can you show their projects some love? 🙏🏻
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If you are a scholar of Japanese literary studies in the US, you often need to teach Japanese language as part of your job. It's how the system works. We cannot afford to reject jobs. I'm personally against any type of essentializing in terms of native/non-native, & this is why:
@dwvcd
Call me a curmudgeon, but I wish Westerners who learned Japanese to a high level would find more interesting things to do with their newfound skill than "teach other Westerners Japanese". It's all very MLM-ish.
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Similarly, The Economist wrote on Kawakami's Breast and Eggs, "Mieko Kawakami lobbed a literary grenade into the fusty, male-dominated world of Japanese fiction." Yes, but there's SO MUCH amazing work by women writers that's been challenging the Jp literary world for years!! 5/10
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So, I'm in Taipei until July. Anyone want to get coffee?
FYI, I'm a Taiwanese American queer/feminist studies scholar specializing in Japanese studies, working in HK. Happy to chat about queer theory, feminisms, Japanese literature, hellish political situations *cough*.
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Rebecca Copeland
@StlRebecca
& others know of a tradition of women writers in Japan responding brilliantly to sexism w/critiques of male lit figures. Her translation vol Woman Critiqued has an excerpt from the famous『男流文学論』(On Male Lit), which has a chap on Murakami. 4/10
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Special issue in Japanese on the theme “Black Trans Lives Matter.” Amazing! So impressed by how people are getting to work. Timed for Stonewall (6/28).
51年前にNYで起きた「ストーンウォールでの蜂起」の記念日6/28に向けて、wezzyで「Black Trans Lives Matter」（黒人トランスジェンダーの命の問題）についての特集を組みます。まずひとつめの記事は、わたしが本企画を編んだ理由と、現在のアメリカでのBTLMについてなど。
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First, do make sure to read her work; don't define her through Murakami Haruki. Most importantly: Can we allow for the idea that there are serious limitations to views based on Eng-lang media? Kawakami is great, but can we praise her WITHOUT erasing other feminist work? 2/10
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Stanford, cutting Cantonese is a terrible choice. This article mentions L. Stanford exploited 1000's of Cantonese-speaking workers. Stanford owes this to Chinese Americans. I also believe U.S. unis truly need MULTIPLE forms of Ch connected to a range of histories/ perspectives.
This is sad news. We support all of our fellow Cantonese language programs. 😢
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Author Kawakami Mieko takes to court a person who harassed her online in 2018, threatening to kill her & forcing her to cancel an event and go to the police for help. This news makes me absolutely furious. To me it’s key that this happened to an openly feminist female writer.
報道の通り、2018年10月に私へ殺害予告をした人物を東京地裁に提訴しました。警察による家宅捜査が行われパソコン等が押収されましたが、初犯であり犯行を認め、保証人がおり逃亡の恐れがないことから逮捕は見送り。何があってもこのような卑劣な行為を許しません。
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For people who now give a sh*t about racism against Asians, I hope you recall all the times you didn't. Anne Anlin Cheng wrote, "attention to nonwhite groups is only as pressing as the injuries that they have suffered." Racism wasn't real when it was "only" microaggressions.
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For people complaining that they ONLY read Murakami Haruki as undergrads, that sucks, but we're out there doing our best. Kawakami Mieko has an amazing voice, but she isn't the only one. She is building on an incredible literary heritage that others are also contributing to. 9/10
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This is why I get angry about Eng-lang articles/online pieces w/shallow celebratory accounts of feminism in Jp. It's Orientalizing to suggest women in Jp are so passive/new at this that we can't have discussions about transphobia, racism, etc. rooted in some Jp feminisms. 14/15
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Meanwhile, women scholars are often the ones pushing research & translation with Jp women writers, but we struggle w/everything bec. the academy is sexist. Maybe people don't always amplify our work bec. it contributes unattractive types of feminism (boring, tired, etc.). 8/10
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香港のデモで若者を自分の弱い体でかばった年寄りまでいます。正直に言うと、日本人がこれほど驚くのを見ると本当に悲しいです。私はアメリカで育って、周りの人からたくさん教わったり、色々な価値観を吸収したりして来ました。そのおかげで今の正義感があって、周りにも期待しています。
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I am actually a really sweet person, but recently ~600-700 new people followed me when I complained about Japan. Every time I see more likes, I’m embarrassed. 🥺💦 Then, when I get happy about literature or something, it’s like dead silence. Oh, Twitter.
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皆さん、最近世の中は色々あるけれども、金曜日はよろしくお願いします。7月に香港に引っ越しても毎年研究のために戻りますが、今回の滞在を締めくくる講演では、今一番話したいことについて話そうと思います。何か「休憩」として私のクィア・フェミニズムの講演を聞いていただければと思っています。
6/19（金）21:00〜 オンラインイベント（主催：早稲田大学）「クィア・フェミニストの人生を築くということ——越境する研究とコミュニティ」
ティン・グレイス（TING Grace）
香港大学 ジェンダー・スタディーズ
公開講演：無料
言語：英語／日本語の通訳
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Oct. 31st, 12 pm (HK time): Please join me this Sat to learn about Gender Studies at HKU! I'll chat a bit about our program, what I'm teaching this semester, & why gender studies matters. Free, open to the public.
Meeting ID: 940 3451 0332
Password: 414530
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Monkey is the reboot of the literary magazine Monkey Business, one of the best sources of Japanese literature in English translation, with tons of talented writers & translators represented. 😍 I highly recommend all the past issues & suggest you follow Monkey!
Monkey vol.1, which includes my short story Dissecting Misogyny: A Live Demo!, translated by
@pollyfmbarton
, is out now! I love Polly picked this piece to translate and Monkey editors put it in the magazine when the theme is FOOD. Hope you can get this exciting magazine!
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Week 1: I mentioned her but want to talk more about Ogawa Yōko (小川洋子), one of the most well-respected writers in Japan, who has been active since the 1980's. Her stories cover not only grotesque horror in the collection Revenge & sadomasochism in the novel Hotel Iris, ...
I didn't realize so many people would be interested in Jp women writers & feminist criticism--thanks! A lot of new people followed me, so: How about every Mon I try to post a short intro to a diff Jp woman writer? I'll try to mention other scholars, translators, etc., too. 1/6
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Week 4: 😴 It's already late in Japan, but I can't quit this soon so let me talk about Matsuura Rieko (松浦理英子), arguably the most well-known lesbian writer active in Japan. Her novel The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P. (trans. Emmerich) might be a bit harder to find, but...
Week 3: Ōba (also spelled Ooba, Ohba) Minako's "The Smile of a Mountain Witch" (山姥の微笑, 1976), is one of the most well-known Jp feminist literary works. You can find it trans. by gender studies scholar Noriko Mizuta in the Penguin Book of Jp Short Stories (Kindle/pb). 1/9
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Here's a reflection on Jp feminism from my view as an AsAm feminist in Jp studies: What does solidarity mean for Jp feminists? Why does it feel like AsAm women are likely not included? How is this about imperialism? These are scattered impressions so let me know if I'm wrong. 1/8
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One of my first pieces of writing has made it out into the void. If food, femininities, and shōjo manga are up your alley, please take a look at "The Desire and Disgust of Sweets: Consuming Femininities through Shōjo Manga." (Sorry, I too am sad about🔒!)
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Teaching in HK right now is the best & worst experience ever for a feminist/queer studies scholar. I want to share a bit about why that is, and why queer/feminist work in the classroom in HK matters in this moment.
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I know it doesn't count for much, but I want students to know today that there are many professors in HK & elsewhere who love & support you. We are watching the world fall apart & doing what we can to pick up fragments of it in our near vicinity, one piece at a time.
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そして、マイノリティとしても毎日“特権の行使”で何が出来るかを考えるのもかなり普通です（これを考える余裕さえ特権だろうけど）私はこの写真を見て普通に「ありがとう！みんな、よく出来ました」と温かく思うんです。うまく言えませんが、日本人も人に対して基準を上げることが出来れば嬉しいです。
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It looks like there *might* not be any male-identifying students in my feminist/queer lit class this semester. 😟 Dear men: Please, please take feminist studies/gender studies classes! It may indeed be challenging to be in a class with a female majority. But it is 100% worth it.
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This is a thread on a recent case of transphobia in Japan: famous fiction writer Shōno Yoriko (笙野 頼子) publicly makes transphobic statements supporting J.K. Rowling & defending "freedom of expression."
@snartasa
concludes most liberals & feminists in Japan can't be trusted.
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I was just awarded a big grant that all junior scholars in HK essentially need to get before tenure review. I am so hugely relieved bec. it would have been a big strain to apply with a new proposal this fall. But two things:
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On April Fool's Day, members of girl group Nogizaka46 casually pretended to be a lesbian couple in order to get attention by performing this "spectacle." Apparently now their fans are telling people to shut up when they argue that this is disrespectful towards queers.
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女子大学で学んだのは女性同士の連帯の重要さなのに、卒業してから気がついたのは、内面化されたミソジニー、人種差別、トランスフォビアの様々な組み合わせのせいで他の女性を傷つける女性の存在です。とにかく、男性の暴力ばかりをせめているフェミニズムが本当に無意味です。
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(I translated this partly as a note to myself about where the discourse is at in Japan. I guess I am kind of shocked but also just not. It's hard to know how to feel when my friend almost took that train home last night. My priority isn't feeling sorry for this man.)
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Thoughts on
#bclt2021
. What does it mean to build a community around literary translation? What real dialogue about racism, colonialism, sexism does this entail? I very much respect
@pollyfmbarton
, workshop leader for the Japanese stream, & got her approval to tweet my thoughts.
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皆さん、近年香港の話にふれる日本の小説がありますか。または、香港の話を書きたい作家さんいるでしょうか。いい小説があれば英訳したいと思います。ニュースを見たら分かるだろうけれども、香港の状況は日に日に悪化しています。この状況の中で、香港を思っている作家の言葉を香港に贈りたいです。
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残念ながら説明する必要はあると思いますね。院生の頃、ある東京の大学の授業を聴講しようと思ったら「絶対無理でしょ」と教授に言われました。さらに、ワークショップに参加した時に、各段階で同じ方に急に「英語使うな」「あなたはこの日本語が理解出来なかったよね」と公の場で言われました。
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I was asked today, “Does your research produce results?” This is the most annoying question ever for a humanities person. Also, “Which dept at your uni is the best? The most valuable?” The idea that there is a “best” dept makes absolutely no sense.
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Meanwhile, don’t worry—there isn’t a problem with race in Japan. This image does so much to encapsulate a desire to exclude specific types of bodies (Asian, Black, brown) from the country despite how they are very much here.
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Japan Women’s University begins to accept trans women among its applicants 🌈✨🎉 As a proud graduate of
@Wellesley
(also an exchange partner of JWU), I hope that women’s colleges can lead the way to equal treatment of all women!
日本女子大学様がトランスジェンダー学生（女性）の受験資格を認めることを発表されましたね🎉 時代に応じて「女性」を再定義し、このような方針を打ち出されたことを大変嬉しく思います！大学からのコメントは以下よりご覧いただけるようです👀🌈 #トランス女性は女性です
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アメリカ・香港ではよく「大胆」と言われるぐらいはっきりと自分の意見を言ったり問題を指摘したりする。これでも毎回疲れるし勇気が要る。だが、日本にいる時は日本で教育を受けたことがない、日本語が母語でない非日本人・非白人でさらに辛い。上の人を神様だと思う制度、本当にやめてほしい。
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@AntonHur
I think you’re referring to a different person but I write about another one here. Also, racial politics even in queer communities in places like Tokyo are still not great, unfortunately.
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I’m just a junior prof in HK, trying to add some queer/feminist light to my students’ lives, desperately hoping for a long career while being mildly psychologically crushed on an everyday basis by various bleak realities of oppression in the world we live in.
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Say no to IOC President Bach visiting Hiroshima to use its status as a city of peace as part of his PR for the Olympics. The Olympics are a disgrace, and none of this should be happening.
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Yu Miri is a Zainichi Korean writer whose book Tokyo Ueno Station offers important social critiqued (trans.
@wrongsreversed
).
@sayakamurata
became an international sensation w/Convenience Store Woman (trans. Ginny Tapley Takemori); I love this work and am planning to write on it.
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There's a lot going on, but feel free to join my lecture on Friday. This is a look into my queer feminist worldview as a Jp studies literary/cultural studies scholar. Please note that there are great things about Jp studies, including hard-working feminists, queers, & POC. 😘
On Fri, 6/19, 9 pm (Japan time), please join me for an online public lecture sponsored by Waseda.
"Building a Queer Feminist Life: Research and Community across Borders"
Free & open to the public
English with Japanese interpretation
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英語圏の記事で安倍晋三が性差別、または人種差別を大幅に低減した、リベラルだった政治家という主張を見かけて唖然した。特に「最近女性が声を上げるようになった」と言っているが、問題は女性が個人として声を上げるかどうかではなく、構造的差別を認めて制度をきちんと変えるのではないでしょうか。
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Yu Miri
@yu_miri_0622
, author of Tokyo Ueno Station, points to anti-Korean hate speech on Twitter right after a huge 7.0 earthquake in Japan: claims that Koreans put poison into wells, they're thieves, celebrating, etc. This is a form of hate in some ways unique to Japan.
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Caring isn’t a one time statement saying, “What a shame.” I understand it is deeply confusing for Asian studies to confront white supremacy, esp when privilege is uneven, some Asians have a lot, & most white liberals won’t put in work to research race AND reflect on their racism.
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Being schooled by Fred Moten: "The primary work of abolition was done on the plantation by enslaved people. & they didn't have this ethical dilemma of how do we work inside the institution. The primary work of abolition is going on IN the prisons, IN those practices of refusal."
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前に参加した日本の学会もあまり居心地いいと思えなかった。アメリカでは年配の人だけが注目されずに「発言はまず若手の人から」「若手の人のために時間を作ろう」「遠慮なく意見を交わそう」と言ってくれる主催者もいる。これで力関係の問題が解決されると言えないけど、少なくとも問題意識はある。
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I was infuriated but not surprised hearing about how a female, non-Japanese reporter was treated by Japan's Foreign Minister. Here, she makes good points about what it means to be able to speak a language "perfectly."
What does it mean to speak a language perfectly?
Many people have commented on the recent infamous presser with some who were suggesting that a foreigner who doesn’t speak smoothly shouldn’t even be there
Food for thought for Japanese
people using/learning a foreign language
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