Brian Bergstrom
@brianbergstrom.bsky.social
Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG
Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto
July 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō
Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto
Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal)
IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto
July 2026: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō
Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto
Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal)
IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
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To celebrate the release of Dilemmas in the UK, Foyles asked me to write an essay about Yamamoto and her life and work.
It's up on their site now, and I'd love it if you gave it a look—I love this book, and I'm so excited to have a platform to talk about it
www.foyles.co.uk/further-read...
It's up on their site now, and I'd love it if you gave it a look—I love this book, and I'm so excited to have a platform to talk about it
www.foyles.co.uk/further-read...
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Giving the 20% of people who support something the same billing as the 80% who don’t isn’t balancing the scales of discourse, it’s actively misrepresenting American ideology in favor of presenting society as having an even partisan split on all issues.
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Giving the 20% of people who support something the same billing as the 80% who don’t isn’t balancing the scales of discourse, it’s actively misrepresenting American ideology in favor of presenting society as having an even partisan split on all issues.
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I understand the tactic of pointing out that trans kid sports bans are cruel and wrong because target like three kids, but let's be clear that if 50%, 70%, 90% of kids were trans and they were dominating every single sport they tried the bans would still be cruel and wrong
January 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I understand the tactic of pointing out that trans kid sports bans are cruel and wrong because target like three kids, but let's be clear that if 50%, 70%, 90% of kids were trans and they were dominating every single sport they tried the bans would still be cruel and wrong
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I bet this guy went to parties and his friends would be like "cmon man do the face"
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I bet this guy went to parties and his friends would be like "cmon man do the face"
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Remember when Thomas Chatterton Williams wrote that Puff Daddy was cool in the ’90s, a claim that should have seen him barred from ever weighing in on pop culture again
January 11, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Remember when Thomas Chatterton Williams wrote that Puff Daddy was cool in the ’90s, a claim that should have seen him barred from ever weighing in on pop culture again
2025 was the year, the first in my life, I learned how to "work out" thanks to a queer lifting club organized by mostly women and trans people who wanted to create a space for people uncomfortable going to a gym (like me!) I love them and this class. And now I have biceps!
January 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
2025 was the year, the first in my life, I learned how to "work out" thanks to a queer lifting club organized by mostly women and trans people who wanted to create a space for people uncomfortable going to a gym (like me!) I love them and this class. And now I have biceps!
"We need answers!" No we don't. We know what happened and that any "answers" would be lies. We need guillotines.
January 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"We need answers!" No we don't. We know what happened and that any "answers" would be lies. We need guillotines.
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I wrote a review of @jameswelker.bsky.social's book on manga and feminist history! As a queer artist myself, this is something I’ve wanted for years – a reading of classic shōjo manga that takes the lives and politics of the creators into account. 🌟 studiesonasia.scholasticahq.com/article/1548...
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I wrote a review of @jameswelker.bsky.social's book on manga and feminist history! As a queer artist myself, this is something I’ve wanted for years – a reading of classic shōjo manga that takes the lives and politics of the creators into account. 🌟 studiesonasia.scholasticahq.com/article/1548...
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Fukushima Mizuho of Japan’s Social Democratic Party opposes govt plans to create an anti-spy law & external spy agency. She says: “This would create a surveillance society; it’s preparation for war”. She claims even oshikatsu (fan behaviour) wouldn’t be allowed. www.sankei.com/article/2026...
「推し活もできなくなる」社民・福島氏、スパイ防止法制定に反対 国家情報局創設にも反発
社民党の福島瑞穂党首は7日の記者会見で、自民党や日本維新の会が検討を進めるスパイ防止法制や政府の情報活動の機能強化について、改めて強い反対姿勢を示した。「監視…
www.sankei.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Fukushima Mizuho of Japan’s Social Democratic Party opposes govt plans to create an anti-spy law & external spy agency. She says: “This would create a surveillance society; it’s preparation for war”. She claims even oshikatsu (fan behaviour) wouldn’t be allowed. www.sankei.com/article/2026...
You and me both Charli
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
You and me both Charli
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🌟 3.5/5
✍️ Another Assassins book, and just as enjoy as the last. My favorites from this one is Soda and the Blanket & Pillow duo. They're so fun.
✍️ Another Assassins book, and just as enjoy as the last. My favorites from this one is Soda and the Blanket & Pillow duo. They're so fun.
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
🌟 3.5/5
✍️ Another Assassins book, and just as enjoy as the last. My favorites from this one is Soda and the Blanket & Pillow duo. They're so fun.
✍️ Another Assassins book, and just as enjoy as the last. My favorites from this one is Soda and the Blanket & Pillow duo. They're so fun.
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Just Read 💙📚 🎧
📕 Hotel Lucky Seven, Kōtarō Isaka
🎙️ Read by Pun Bandhu
✍️ Translated by Brian Bergstrom
🔖 Fiction, Crime, Thriller
#️⃣ #kesayanganreads #mysterysky
📕 Hotel Lucky Seven, Kōtarō Isaka
🎙️ Read by Pun Bandhu
✍️ Translated by Brian Bergstrom
🔖 Fiction, Crime, Thriller
#️⃣ #kesayanganreads #mysterysky
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Just Read 💙📚 🎧
📕 Hotel Lucky Seven, Kōtarō Isaka
🎙️ Read by Pun Bandhu
✍️ Translated by Brian Bergstrom
🔖 Fiction, Crime, Thriller
#️⃣ #kesayanganreads #mysterysky
📕 Hotel Lucky Seven, Kōtarō Isaka
🎙️ Read by Pun Bandhu
✍️ Translated by Brian Bergstrom
🔖 Fiction, Crime, Thriller
#️⃣ #kesayanganreads #mysterysky
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Catsitting in the new year
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Catsitting in the new year
January 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Submissions are open for the WLT Student Translation Prize. If you’re a student enrolled in a translation studies program, send your prose and poems in by 1/10/26. We want to read your translations! All the details are here in the link:
worldliteraturetoday.org/translation-...
worldliteraturetoday.org/translation-...
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Submissions are open for the WLT Student Translation Prize. If you’re a student enrolled in a translation studies program, send your prose and poems in by 1/10/26. We want to read your translations! All the details are here in the link:
worldliteraturetoday.org/translation-...
worldliteraturetoday.org/translation-...
There should be a way to have a "close friends" circle for sexy pics and a separate one for industry friends you want to gossip with
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
There should be a way to have a "close friends" circle for sexy pics and a separate one for industry friends you want to gossip with