Julia C. Bullock
@juliacbullock.bsky.social
Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Halle Institute for Global Research and Learning at Emory University. Modern Japanese literature, history, gender and sexuality studies, film and media, translation. Beauvoir in Japan! Opinions mine.
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Beauvoir in Japan
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre spent a month in Japan in the fall of 1966. They lectured to overflow crowds, debated issues ranging from the threat of nuclear weaponry and the war in Vietnam ...
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Hello new Bluesky users! Did you know that Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre visited Japan in 1966? By way of self-introduction I'm reposting a link to my website, Beauvoir in Japan, for anyone interested in Japanese culture, history or feminism. Yoroshiku!
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This Friday at Berkeley! events.berkeley.edu/cjs/event/30...
Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905-1989
Andrea Horbinski’s new book Manga’s First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905-1989, explores the rise of manga as a disti...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This Friday at Berkeley! events.berkeley.edu/cjs/event/30...
The Many Faces of Sanae Takaichi
Love it for Amazon that they apparently think all these women are the same person.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Many Faces of Sanae Takaichi
Love it for Amazon that they apparently think all these women are the same person.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Love it for Amazon that they apparently think all these women are the same person.
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Lesson 2: How to talk about illness in Japan. Any questions no ok good.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Lesson 2: How to talk about illness in Japan. Any questions no ok good.
Carefully watching me for any sign that dinner is forthcoming.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Carefully watching me for any sign that dinner is forthcoming.
Mood.
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mood.
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Rape is the distillation of the far-right worldview that Trump embodies: a gleefully sadistic act of domination carried out as fulfillment of a supposedly natural hierarchy. It would be weird if Trump wasn’t a rapist, given his ideological commitments—which is before you get to all the accusations.
i mean c’mon. the president’s best friend was the most notorious pedo in the country’s history who ran a massive child trafficking ring. every bit of circumstantial evidence we have says that trump was a participant. if this were a criminal trial we’d have enough evidence to compel a plea deal.
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rape is the distillation of the far-right worldview that Trump embodies: a gleefully sadistic act of domination carried out as fulfillment of a supposedly natural hierarchy. It would be weird if Trump wasn’t a rapist, given his ideological commitments—which is before you get to all the accusations.
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Really looking forward to speaking at #IPCITI2025 tomorrow! My keynote, ‘Translating Rape’ will be hybrid. See below for details to register.
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really looking forward to speaking at #IPCITI2025 tomorrow! My keynote, ‘Translating Rape’ will be hybrid. See below for details to register.
We're discussing the OG "Gojira" film (1954) today in class. Of the film, one student writes:
"Technology is praised, but only as a solution to the problems that technology has caused."
Dang.
"Technology is praised, but only as a solution to the problems that technology has caused."
Dang.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We're discussing the OG "Gojira" film (1954) today in class. Of the film, one student writes:
"Technology is praised, but only as a solution to the problems that technology has caused."
Dang.
"Technology is praised, but only as a solution to the problems that technology has caused."
Dang.
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Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
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So Donald Trump’s big donors and giant corporations get massive tax breaks, but Americans waiting for SNAP payments are told to eat dirt? Did I get that right?
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So Donald Trump’s big donors and giant corporations get massive tax breaks, but Americans waiting for SNAP payments are told to eat dirt? Did I get that right?
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Not all heroes wear capes, and not all of them come with capicola.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Not all heroes wear capes, and not all of them come with capicola.
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Looking forward to reading this!
So glad to share with you the inaugural special issue of Feminist Translation Studies 'Translating with the Earth: Gender, Feminism and Eco-Translation' www.tandfonline.com/toc/rftr20/2/1 @olgacastro80.bsky.social @ftnetwork.bsky.social @womenintranslation.bsky.social @drpaulinehenry.bsky.social
Feminist Translation Studies
Special Issue: Translating with the Earth: Gender, Feminism and Eco-Translation. Guest Editors: Şebnem Susam-Saraeva and Carolyn Shread. Volume 2, Issue 1 of Feminist Translation Studies
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November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Looking forward to reading this!
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School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.
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Thank you, @warnock.senate.gov!
I’d be happy to work across the aisle with ANYONE who wants to get serious about fixing our health care system.
But we’re facing down a health care emergency that has real consequences for people right now. Extend the subsidies and my door is open.
But we’re facing down a health care emergency that has real consequences for people right now. Extend the subsidies and my door is open.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thank you, @warnock.senate.gov!
The Journal of Japanese Studies invites you to the following live, online event:
Workshop on Submitting a Manuscript to the JJS
Dec 3, 2025, 09:45 AM EST
Register in advance for this webinar:
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Workshop on Submitting a Manuscript to the JJS
Dec 3, 2025, 09:45 AM EST
Register in advance for this webinar:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Workshop on Submitting a Manuscript to the JJS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Coeditors Sabine Frühstück and Morgan Pitelka will present about things to keep in mind when preparing a manuscript for submission to the Journal of Japanese Studies.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Journal of Japanese Studies invites you to the following live, online event:
Workshop on Submitting a Manuscript to the JJS
Dec 3, 2025, 09:45 AM EST
Register in advance for this webinar:
unc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Workshop on Submitting a Manuscript to the JJS
Dec 3, 2025, 09:45 AM EST
Register in advance for this webinar:
unc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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@ossoff.senate.gov What part of this massive win says, "It's time to cave to the GOP?"
Even Trump admitted on "Truth" Social last night that the shutdown contributed to Democratic and Progressive victories.
Even Trump admitted on "Truth" Social last night that the shutdown contributed to Democratic and Progressive victories.
There, my friends, is an urban-suburban-rural, multiracial coalition.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@ossoff.senate.gov What part of this massive win says, "It's time to cave to the GOP?"
Even Trump admitted on "Truth" Social last night that the shutdown contributed to Democratic and Progressive victories.
Even Trump admitted on "Truth" Social last night that the shutdown contributed to Democratic and Progressive victories.
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this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
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So "tax the fuck out of the rich" turns out to be a winning message.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So "tax the fuck out of the rich" turns out to be a winning message.
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The biggest difference by far watching the various campaigns as a New Yorker and all of the messaging we were targeted with I think is an important takeaway for the whole country:
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The biggest difference by far watching the various campaigns as a New Yorker and all of the messaging we were targeted with I think is an important takeaway for the whole country:
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
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I have now read a few dozen different takes from Republicans on last night’s election results and none of them have concluded that Trump is responsible for it in any way. Lots of lots of other takes and theories, but none of them include accountability for their infallible hero.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I have now read a few dozen different takes from Republicans on last night’s election results and none of them have concluded that Trump is responsible for it in any way. Lots of lots of other takes and theories, but none of them include accountability for their infallible hero.
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Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the next mayor of New York Citaay. In Mamdani’s own words, “turn the volume up!”
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the next mayor of New York Citaay. In Mamdani’s own words, “turn the volume up!”
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The fact that Democrats won both elections yesterday for the Georgia Public Service Commission is remarkable enough (no Democrat had won a non-federal statewide race in GA since 2006).
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
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But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The fact that Democrats won both elections yesterday for the Georgia Public Service Commission is remarkable enough (no Democrat had won a non-federal statewide race in GA since 2006).
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia.
results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
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