Nina Horisaki-Christens
@ninahorisakichr.bsky.social
Art Historian (Lecturer, UCLA), Curator, Writer, Translator, and sometimes artist (she/her)
No, the public discourse in Japan regarding gender identity, much like in the US and the UK, is not very sophisticated, but I have to wonder why. It's not like there was no access to these ideas, and it's not like these are new ideas. If people don't care enough to learn, why do they care at all?
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No, the public discourse in Japan regarding gender identity, much like in the US and the UK, is not very sophisticated, but I have to wonder why. It's not like there was no access to these ideas, and it's not like these are new ideas. If people don't care enough to learn, why do they care at all?
This was a show that TBS was broadcasting during golden hour, when they could expect whole families to be watching.
In 2001-02, Japanese television was showing a drama about the struggles of a transgender child, and educating people about the science behind sex and gender.
This was 24 yrs ago.
In 2001-02, Japanese television was showing a drama about the struggles of a transgender child, and educating people about the science behind sex and gender.
This was 24 yrs ago.
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This was a show that TBS was broadcasting during golden hour, when they could expect whole families to be watching.
In 2001-02, Japanese television was showing a drama about the struggles of a transgender child, and educating people about the science behind sex and gender.
This was 24 yrs ago.
In 2001-02, Japanese television was showing a drama about the struggles of a transgender child, and educating people about the science behind sex and gender.
This was 24 yrs ago.
I particularly remember when Kinpachi-sensei explained to his class the details of what was and was not known about the mechanisms behind sex and gender, and how science had shown it was possible to have hormones shape a body in a way that didn't match their DNA.
www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/...
www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/...
3年B組金八先生（第6シリーズ）｜ドラマ・時代劇｜TBSチャンネル - TBS
武田鉄矢主演「3年B組金八先生」第6シリーズ。3年B組にやって来た二人の転入生、直と政則が新たな波紋を投げかける。上戸彩が性同一性障害の生徒を熱演！
www.tbs.co.jp
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I particularly remember when Kinpachi-sensei explained to his class the details of what was and was not known about the mechanisms behind sex and gender, and how science had shown it was possible to have hormones shape a body in a way that didn't match their DNA.
www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/...
www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/...
The particular season that I saw was the season when one of the students in the class was struggling with feeling they weren't the gender they had been assigned at birth. Over the season, the show followed the struggles of this middle schooler to fit in or find an authentic voice.
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The particular season that I saw was the season when one of the students in the class was struggling with feeling they weren't the gender they had been assigned at birth. Over the season, the show followed the struggles of this middle schooler to fit in or find an authentic voice.
Perhaps people are unaware that there was a lot of *future* organizing that was spawned through the community building there? Occupy Debt, Occupy Museums, and Decolonize This Space were all connected to the language, governance structures, and personal relationships cultivated in OWS.
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Perhaps people are unaware that there was a lot of *future* organizing that was spawned through the community building there? Occupy Debt, Occupy Museums, and Decolonize This Space were all connected to the language, governance structures, and personal relationships cultivated in OWS.
Buttigieg's second home costs more than my (financially secure) parents' only home, but he claims a "real America" persona because he's in the Midwest, and a Democrat persona because he's gay. How exactly does he think he's NOT playing identity politics?
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Buttigieg's second home costs more than my (financially secure) parents' only home, but he claims a "real America" persona because he's in the Midwest, and a Democrat persona because he's gay. How exactly does he think he's NOT playing identity politics?
Having been through a miscarriage where the D&C missed a clot, absolutely not. I nearly passed out from the one clot AFTER taking a (doctor approved) double dose of Motrin and downing as much peppermint tea as my stomach could deal while huddling under an electric blanket all day.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Having been through a miscarriage where the D&C missed a clot, absolutely not. I nearly passed out from the one clot AFTER taking a (doctor approved) double dose of Motrin and downing as much peppermint tea as my stomach could deal while huddling under an electric blanket all day.
Yeah, but thinking about this again, they never even tried for single payer. I knew conservatives who would've supported single payer because obviously our health insurance system is inefficient and financially wasteful, but these people wouldn't vote for ACA because it's a Frankenstein system.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Yeah, but thinking about this again, they never even tried for single payer. I knew conservatives who would've supported single payer because obviously our health insurance system is inefficient and financially wasteful, but these people wouldn't vote for ACA because it's a Frankenstein system.
Truly a party with no taste for integrity, solidarity, or values. If you all were going to cave in such a spectacularly useless way, why even start this fight? You put the country through hell for nothing. This was the GOP's fault until you caved on Sunday, but now it's on you.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Truly a party with no taste for integrity, solidarity, or values. If you all were going to cave in such a spectacularly useless way, why even start this fight? You put the country through hell for nothing. This was the GOP's fault until you caved on Sunday, but now it's on you.
I'm glad you get it and furious at Democratic leadership. I should have known that the a&$#@/@$ that voted for the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq and who failed to push for SCOTUS seats and failed to hold out for a truly robust healthcare plan would cave when everything was on the line.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm glad you get it and furious at Democratic leadership. I should have known that the a&$#@/@$ that voted for the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq and who failed to push for SCOTUS seats and failed to hold out for a truly robust healthcare plan would cave when everything was on the line.
Ummmm...where, pray tell, are people buying their healthcare from if there is no gov't healthcare, they are trying not to pay "money sucking insurance companies," and yet common procedures, like *childbirth,* cost upwards of USD 100k without insurance?!!!
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Ummmm...where, pray tell, are people buying their healthcare from if there is no gov't healthcare, they are trying not to pay "money sucking insurance companies," and yet common procedures, like *childbirth,* cost upwards of USD 100k without insurance?!!!
I always thought the goal was a SHORTER mortgage since, y'know, you pay more in interest the longer your mortgage continues?!?
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I always thought the goal was a SHORTER mortgage since, y'know, you pay more in interest the longer your mortgage continues?!?
I dunno, Anderson's always been into trying the latest tech in a fairly uncritical way. She has sometimes made amazing work that way, but I saw a VR work of hers in 2017 at MassMOCA and left feeling like I had no idea why that work needed VR. It seemed gimmicky in a bad way.
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I dunno, Anderson's always been into trying the latest tech in a fairly uncritical way. She has sometimes made amazing work that way, but I saw a VR work of hers in 2017 at MassMOCA and left feeling like I had no idea why that work needed VR. It seemed gimmicky in a bad way.
This series is giving shades of: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...
www.neh.gov
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This series is giving shades of: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...
Ewwwwww...creepy.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ewwwwww...creepy.
....I definitely hadn't seen that. Thanks for the source. Now I have to bang my head against a wall for a few hours.
I'm sorry, that show at CAMSTL, at that time, was absolutely unforgivable. It's like a textbook out-of-touch-with-too-much-money-to-fail move. And yet he still gets cushy gigs.
I'm sorry, that show at CAMSTL, at that time, was absolutely unforgivable. It's like a textbook out-of-touch-with-too-much-money-to-fail move. And yet he still gets cushy gigs.
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
....I definitely hadn't seen that. Thanks for the source. Now I have to bang my head against a wall for a few hours.
I'm sorry, that show at CAMSTL, at that time, was absolutely unforgivable. It's like a textbook out-of-touch-with-too-much-money-to-fail move. And yet he still gets cushy gigs.
I'm sorry, that show at CAMSTL, at that time, was absolutely unforgivable. It's like a textbook out-of-touch-with-too-much-money-to-fail move. And yet he still gets cushy gigs.
Jeffrey Uslip? I didn't see him mentioned in any of the press around this failed US venice pavilion...
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Jeffrey Uslip? I didn't see him mentioned in any of the press around this failed US venice pavilion...
I had to watch it in two separate chunks because there were too many people to be able to sit down and my pain meds weren't keeping up the day I went to see the show.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I had to watch it in two separate chunks because there were too many people to be able to sit down and my pain meds weren't keeping up the day I went to see the show.
Newsome is what we used to call a poser. He loves to make a show of opposing his party's political enemies, but hasn't shown much dedication to defending really any of its causes.
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Newsome is what we used to call a poser. He loves to make a show of opposing his party's political enemies, but hasn't shown much dedication to defending really any of its causes.
My grandfather took his rights as a naturalized citizen very seriously, and took action when NC election officials tried to deny him his right to vote, likely making it easier for others later, as well. His right to participate was important *because* he was building a new community for himself.
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My grandfather took his rights as a naturalized citizen very seriously, and took action when NC election officials tried to deny him his right to vote, likely making it easier for others later, as well. His right to participate was important *because* he was building a new community for himself.