Noriko Manabe
@nmanabe.bsky.social
Professor, music theory, ethnomusicology, Japan studies. Research in music & social movements, popular music, music & language. Author, Protest Music after Fukushima; Editor, Oxford Handbook of Protest Music, 33-1/3 Japan. Views my own. linktr.ee/nmanabe
Run, don't walk, to see Raoul Peck's film, "Orwell: 2+2=5." Composed of Orwell's writing read by an actor with clips from historical and contemporary happenings, it demonstrates how clearly he describes the present day. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/m...
October 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Run, don't walk, to see Raoul Peck's film, "Orwell: 2+2=5." Composed of Orwell's writing read by an actor with clips from historical and contemporary happenings, it demonstrates how clearly he describes the present day. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/m...
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Oops—one of the US prisoners released in the swap with Venezuela was not a political prisoner but had been tried and convicted of murdering three people in Spain over a jealous rage.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Oops—one of the US prisoners released in the swap with Venezuela was not a political prisoner but had been tried and convicted of murdering three people in Spain over a jealous rage.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Estimates of participation in the No Kings protests are as high as 12 million, yet the @nytimes.com manages to ignore the whole event. They do, however, highlight an unrelated protest in Europe.
June 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Estimates of participation in the No Kings protests are as high as 12 million, yet the @nytimes.com manages to ignore the whole event. They do, however, highlight an unrelated protest in Europe.
The dollar is now down 10% against other currencies since inauguration. www.marketwatch.com/investing/in...
April 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The dollar is now down 10% against other currencies since inauguration. www.marketwatch.com/investing/in...
Euphemisms like “larger goal” and masculinist words like “raw power” and “showdown” to describe a setup, with TASS (but not AP) somehow in the audience. That’s not helpful, @nytimes.com. Note how the NYTimes has framed Zelenskyy as a spurned woman (“jettisoned”).
March 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Euphemisms like “larger goal” and masculinist words like “raw power” and “showdown” to describe a setup, with TASS (but not AP) somehow in the audience. That’s not helpful, @nytimes.com. Note how the NYTimes has framed Zelenskyy as a spurned woman (“jettisoned”).
"When you're a billionaire, they just let you do it."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Note the idolizing, masculinist language: "driven," "frenetic focus," "channeled his resentment" (as if the outcomes were deserved)
(Part of what is becoming my "@nytimes.com, do better" series)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Note the idolizing, masculinist language: "driven," "frenetic focus," "channeled his resentment" (as if the outcomes were deserved)
(Part of what is becoming my "@nytimes.com, do better" series)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"When you're a billionaire, they just let you do it."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Note the idolizing, masculinist language: "driven," "frenetic focus," "channeled his resentment" (as if the outcomes were deserved)
(Part of what is becoming my "@nytimes.com, do better" series)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
Note the idolizing, masculinist language: "driven," "frenetic focus," "channeled his resentment" (as if the outcomes were deserved)
(Part of what is becoming my "@nytimes.com, do better" series)
There's nothing like capitalism caving into the kleptocracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/t...
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There's nothing like capitalism caving into the kleptocracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/t...
Hey @nytimes.com, here’s a more informative headline from @nbcnews.com that gives us a sense of what the economic consequences are likely to be.
February 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hey @nytimes.com, here’s a more informative headline from @nbcnews.com that gives us a sense of what the economic consequences are likely to be.
Note the masculine-feminine coding in @nytimes.com headlines on Trump (“blunt force”) vs Trudeau (“emotional”). The gendered coding of the US vs Canada is reinforced by the imagery of fist-pumping Trump vs Trudeau’s strained face and open palm.
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Note the masculine-feminine coding in @nytimes.com headlines on Trump (“blunt force”) vs Trudeau (“emotional”). The gendered coding of the US vs Canada is reinforced by the imagery of fist-pumping Trump vs Trudeau’s strained face and open palm.
January 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The panopticon is already in place.
"Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge DEI Crackdown."
"Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge DEI Crackdown."
January 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The panopticon is already in place.
"Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge DEI Crackdown."
"Federal Workers Told to Inform on Colleagues Trying to Dodge DEI Crackdown."
Again, the @nytimes.com chooses to use masculine-coded language to describe Trump ("muscular," "testing limits of authority") while burying the lede on what will perhaps most impact Americans: tariffs imposed on US's biggest trading partners, resulting in higher prices for all. @nytimes.wtf #media
January 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Again, the @nytimes.com chooses to use masculine-coded language to describe Trump ("muscular," "testing limits of authority") while burying the lede on what will perhaps most impact Americans: tariffs imposed on US's biggest trading partners, resulting in higher prices for all. @nytimes.wtf #media
More information about the documentary and its trailer can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7s...
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 AM
More information about the documentary and its trailer can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7s...
Eileen Karmy Bolton is visiting IU Bloomington from Chile this week. She is giving a talk on music and labor on Tu 11/19; concert pre-talk on Cantata de Santa Maria de Iquique, performed by LAMC, on 11/19; & screening/Q&A of her documentary Himno on "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" on W 11/20.
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Eileen Karmy Bolton is visiting IU Bloomington from Chile this week. She is giving a talk on music and labor on Tu 11/19; concert pre-talk on Cantata de Santa Maria de Iquique, performed by LAMC, on 11/19; & screening/Q&A of her documentary Himno on "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" on W 11/20.
Eileen Karmy Bolton, a Chilean musicologist working in politics in Latin America, is in IU Bloomington, giving a talk on music/labor T 11/19; pre-concert talk on Iquique 11/19; & screening/Q&A of Himno, her documentary on “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,” W 11/20. blogs.iu.edu/jsommusicthe...
November 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Eileen Karmy Bolton, a Chilean musicologist working in politics in Latin America, is in IU Bloomington, giving a talk on music/labor T 11/19; pre-concert talk on Iquique 11/19; & screening/Q&A of Himno, her documentary on “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,” W 11/20. blogs.iu.edu/jsommusicthe...
How much of this is cause and effect?
May 13, 2024 at 9:06 PM
How much of this is cause and effect?
Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story ...
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story ...
December 8, 2023 at 4:00 AM
Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story ...
If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story ...
Next week, I'll be giving a series of talks and workshops in Valparaíso, Chile. Many thanks to @EileenKarmy
for the invitation (and the poster). Looking forward!
for the invitation (and the poster). Looking forward!
November 13, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Next week, I'll be giving a series of talks and workshops in Valparaíso, Chile. Many thanks to @EileenKarmy
for the invitation (and the poster). Looking forward!
for the invitation (and the poster). Looking forward!