Britt Robinson
@brittrobinson.bsky.social
🇰🇷Korea-focused Gender Advocate. ✍🏽 Founder and CEO of #&Daughters. Board Member at National Association for Black Engagement with Asia #NABEA.
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It took a long time to approve. But finally, after a three-year trial run, women in Japan can now buy the morning-after pill nationwide without a prescription. The move comes after years of opposition - including from men in Japan's medical community.
Japan (Finally) Makes Morning-After Pill Available Over the Counter Nationwide - Unseen Japan
The approval process was long, taking three years from a trial run until approval of sale nationwide without a prescription.
buff.ly
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
It took a long time to approve. But finally, after a three-year trial run, women in Japan can now buy the morning-after pill nationwide without a prescription. The move comes after years of opposition - including from men in Japan's medical community.
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Changes must be made across a wide range of settings to overcome deeply rooted gender roles and achieve gender equality, Rengo head Tomoko Yoshino said in an interview.
Rengo head urges wide-ranging changes for gender equality
Tomoko Yoshino, Rengo’s first female leader, said that the proportion of women in management positions is low in Japan.
ebx.sh
February 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Changes must be made across a wide range of settings to overcome deeply rooted gender roles and achieve gender equality, Rengo head Tomoko Yoshino said in an interview.
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Emergency contraceptives to help prevent unintended pregnancy became available over-the-counter in Japan for the first time, allowing the drugs to be purchased at about 5,400 pharmacies and drugstores nationwide. 👉 ebx.sh/VLPdSE
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Emergency contraceptives to help prevent unintended pregnancy became available over-the-counter in Japan for the first time, allowing the drugs to be purchased at about 5,400 pharmacies and drugstores nationwide. 👉 ebx.sh/VLPdSE
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Women taking their husband’s last names is still popular among heterosexual couples in the U.S. and the U.K. But in China, Vietnam, Korea, Ethiopia, and Senegal women keeping their last name after marriage isn’t a law, it’s a cultural norm.
Why Are Women Still Taking Their Husband's Name?
The practice comes from a law that made women into men's property.
www.thepersistent.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Women taking their husband’s last names is still popular among heterosexual couples in the U.S. and the U.K. But in China, Vietnam, Korea, Ethiopia, and Senegal women keeping their last name after marriage isn’t a law, it’s a cultural norm.
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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Anyone else find Bridgeton season 4 ep. 1 so predictably dull?
January 31, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Anyone else find Bridgeton season 4 ep. 1 so predictably dull?
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Once again, we cancelled $86M in Dept of Education funding across all of America’s universities for area & foreign language studies - programs created during the Cold War expressly for national security purposes - because we were told we couldn’t afford it & it wasn’t a government priority anymore.
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Once again, we cancelled $86M in Dept of Education funding across all of America’s universities for area & foreign language studies - programs created during the Cold War expressly for national security purposes - because we were told we couldn’t afford it & it wasn’t a government priority anymore.
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The Olympic Games are supposed to symbolize peace, cooperation, and shared humanity. Naturally, the United States looked at that tradition and said: You know what this needs? ICE.
ICE Agents Set to Have Security Role During Winter Olympics in Italy, Prompting Uproar
ICE agents are set to have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics Games in Italy, prompting an uproar.
variety.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Olympic Games are supposed to symbolize peace, cooperation, and shared humanity. Naturally, the United States looked at that tradition and said: You know what this needs? ICE.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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In Emi Yagi’s surreal novel, statues can speak, so the story unfolds in a museum on Mondays when a girl is paid to be a conversation partner in Latin for a statue of Venus.
When the museum is closed, a girl falls in love with a statue
A quirky tale of intimacy and connection in the strangest of places, the novel “When the Museum is Closed” unfolds through a girl falling in love with a statue.
ebx.sh
January 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
In Emi Yagi’s surreal novel, statues can speak, so the story unfolds in a museum on Mondays when a girl is paid to be a conversation partner in Latin for a statue of Venus.
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Breaking news: Federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a man believed to be U.S. citizen. The victim was a 37-year-old White male, a resident of the city and appeared to lawfully own a gun, the police chief said. https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
January 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Breaking news: Federal agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a man believed to be U.S. citizen. The victim was a 37-year-old White male, a resident of the city and appeared to lawfully own a gun, the police chief said. https://wapo.st/3M62eyV
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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A breakfast restaurant, a bike shop, and a brewery: these are some of the hundreds of businesses across Minnesota closing their doors Friday as part of a general strike to push Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of the state.
Hundreds of businesses join general strike against ICE
“We cannot simply sit by and allow this to continue,” one labor union president said. “We must use every tool that we have to fight back.”
www.motherjones.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A breakfast restaurant, a bike shop, and a brewery: these are some of the hundreds of businesses across Minnesota closing their doors Friday as part of a general strike to push Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of the state.
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English debates “they.” Japanese debates “I.” This week we look at how pronouns, names and suffixes encode gender — often in opposite ways.
Just between you and me: Gender and Japanese pronouns
Japanese pronouns reveal gender in unexpected ways, complicating how speakers express identity compared with current English.
ebx.sh
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 AM
English debates “they.” Japanese debates “I.” This week we look at how pronouns, names and suffixes encode gender — often in opposite ways.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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[Breaking] Ex-PM gets 23 years in prison as court calls 2024 martial law an insurrection
www.koreaherald.com/article/1066...
www.koreaherald.com/article/1066...
January 21, 2026 at 6:18 AM
[Breaking] Ex-PM gets 23 years in prison as court calls 2024 martial law an insurrection
www.koreaherald.com/article/1066...
www.koreaherald.com/article/1066...
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Spent last week in D.C. working with 24 students from the U.S., Japan, China, and South Korea on gender, power, and international affairs. For many, it was their first time applying a gender lens to diplomacy—and they met it with rigor.
January 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Spent last week in D.C. working with 24 students from the U.S., Japan, China, and South Korea on gender, power, and international affairs. For many, it was their first time applying a gender lens to diplomacy—and they met it with rigor.
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“Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported.”
Good.
Good.
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
“Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported.”
Good.
Good.
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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I saw this photo right before bed and thought it was AI. But this morning, the South Korean presidential office released video and it is definitely real. They jammed to BTS and “Golden”
PM Takaichi jammed with ROK President Lee, but the question of a snap election was not far from her mind. She is reportedly ready to call an election for February; all parties have shifted to campaign mode. Meanwhile, the finance and defense ministers are in the US. open.substack.com/pub/observin...
Takaichi and Lee in harmony | Japan Daily Briefing
Prime minister hosts Korea's president as Japan's parties gear up for snap election
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I saw this photo right before bed and thought it was AI. But this morning, the South Korean presidential office released video and it is definitely real. They jammed to BTS and “Golden”
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It's amazing to watch US paramilitaries stomping through retail stores in America like this. After the Gwangju Uprising, I spent months in South Korea under the vicious dictator Chun Doo Hwan. I rarely saw ROK security forces deployed in public like this until the regime began to crumble in 1987.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
It's amazing to watch US paramilitaries stomping through retail stores in America like this. After the Gwangju Uprising, I spent months in South Korea under the vicious dictator Chun Doo Hwan. I rarely saw ROK security forces deployed in public like this until the regime began to crumble in 1987.