I watched The Substance, and I found its satirical treatment of lookism unexpectedly developed.
The male-centered values that permeate society, along with women who have internalized those values, were portrayed so painfully that I found it difficult to watch directly.

Congratulations, Yamamoto and the Dodgers! But this picture is like

I’ve returned to Machi Tawara’s tanka after some time, and I’m struck by how many of them are quietly brilliant. They stir something in me—enough to make me want to compose tanka of my own.

’ve been buying Koichi Masuno’s tanka and reading his works from his early years, but I sense a certain misogyny in his poetry. There’s something painfully raw about it.

Observing the recent election campaigns in Japan, I find it overly optimistic to believe that one can openly discriminate against others and remain untouched.

Is there a reason why recent Apple commercials feature white person as the main focus?

Background
1. N committed sexual misconduct against X, causing X to develop PTSD and ultimately forcing them to resign. Hereafter referred to as “the case.”

Winter break ends today, and classes resume tomorrow. It seems it will rain tomorrow, which makes me feel a bit gloomy.

Every New Year, there are unfortunate incidents of people choking on mochi. While nearly half of all mochi sales take place in December, these accidents are clearly linked to the tradition of eating ozoni during New Year celebrations. Mochi can also cause constipation.

When you go to a Japanese supermarket during the Christmas season, you’ll see piles of chicken legs and pizzas on sale, and you can easily imagine the festive table setting.

On Instagram, seemingly adorable videos of animals and babies often appear, but most of them are fake, which leaves me feeling eerily unsettled.

I am shocked by the news that a bank employee had been stealing as much as 1 billion yen from the bank’s safety deposit boxes. I am also surprised that the employee’s name has not been reported. Why is it that the victims are identified by name in reports, while the perpetrators are not?

I watched the movie “In Our Prime”, and found it underwhelming, as its narrative closely mirrors Gus Van Sant’s “Finding Forrester”. That said, with age, I’ve come to appreciate the profound beauty of mathematics—something I couldn’t grasp in my youth. Longevity, it seems, has its rewards.

I watched the movie Soft & Quiet, which depicts a hate crime from the perspective of white supremacists. There were so many opportunities to turn back, yet why couldn’t they stop themselves? Even when faced with subtle reactions from those around them, why did they fail to question their actions?