Rebecca Suter
@reberebe.bsky.social
I teach and research modern and contemporary Japanese literature and popular culture at the university of Oslo.
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Rebecca Suter
@reberebe.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Welcome to your Arx.
Arx.onl is your Online Academic Repository Exchange Platform
arx.onl
1/3 Dear academic friends, like many of you I recently deleted the articles I had uploaded on Academia, that has become a nightmare of targeted advertising and made up statistics.
A friend has created an academic content sharing service that I think has potential and I wanted to share it.
A friend has created an academic content sharing service that I think has potential and I wanted to share it.
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The souvenir from Japan for your father:
October 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The souvenir from Japan for your father:
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Call for Submissions — "Global Perceptions of China: Insights from the Next Generation." Scholars under the age of 35 are invited to submit proposals by October 31.
Call for Submissions
CCA invites young scholars under 35 to submit paper proposals on how China is perceived in their countries or regions, as part of a new initiative to highlight underrepresented perspectives on…
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October 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Call for Submissions — "Global Perceptions of China: Insights from the Next Generation." Scholars under the age of 35 are invited to submit proposals by October 31.
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It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain’s democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones
It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain’s democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones
In making dissent a privilege, not a right, Labour is crafting a repressive toolkit. Imagine it in the hands of a Farage government, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain’s democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones
3/3 It has a one-off subscription fee of 15 euro (and the option to donate more if you want) to cover rent of a web domain, online storage, and the human labour of maintenance. I find this better than free services that resell your data and spam you with ads. You can access it here arx.onl/home/
Welcome to your Arx.
Arx.onl is your Online Academic Repository Exchange Platform
arx.onl
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
3/3 It has a one-off subscription fee of 15 euro (and the option to donate more if you want) to cover rent of a web domain, online storage, and the human labour of maintenance. I find this better than free services that resell your data and spam you with ads. You can access it here arx.onl/home/
2/3 It is a simple online platform where with a CV and a repository for published articles and work in progress papers, that users can make downloadable if they wish, managed by actual human beings, rather than robots, that can offer technical support when needed.
Welcome to your Arx.
Arx.onl is your Online Academic Repository Exchange Platform
arx.onl
October 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
2/3 It is a simple online platform where with a CV and a repository for published articles and work in progress papers, that users can make downloadable if they wish, managed by actual human beings, rather than robots, that can offer technical support when needed.
1/3 Dear academic friends, like many of you I recently deleted the articles I had uploaded on Academia, that has become a nightmare of targeted advertising and made up statistics.
A friend has created an academic content sharing service that I think has potential and I wanted to share it.
A friend has created an academic content sharing service that I think has potential and I wanted to share it.
Welcome to your Arx.
Arx.onl is your Online Academic Repository Exchange Platform
arx.onl
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
1/3 Dear academic friends, like many of you I recently deleted the articles I had uploaded on Academia, that has become a nightmare of targeted advertising and made up statistics.
A friend has created an academic content sharing service that I think has potential and I wanted to share it.
A friend has created an academic content sharing service that I think has potential and I wanted to share it.
Reposted by Rebecca Suter
As pollen season approaches its peak here in Japan, I am grateful for the inalienable right to wear a mask wherever I goddamn please, and other completely batshit sentences I never thought I’d write in this lifetime.
"Columbia agreed to ban masks, empower 36 campus police officers with new powers to arrest students and appoint a senior vice provost with broad authority to oversee the department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies as well as the Center for Palestine Studies."
This is just the worst week. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
March 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
As pollen season approaches its peak here in Japan, I am grateful for the inalienable right to wear a mask wherever I goddamn please, and other completely batshit sentences I never thought I’d write in this lifetime.
Reposted by Rebecca Suter
Today on Okazu - Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 15, 2025
A massive round-up of Yuri anime news, Yuri manga, Yuri Events and more this week from the global Yuri network!
okazu.yuricon.com/2025/03/15/y...
A massive round-up of Yuri anime news, Yuri manga, Yuri Events and more this week from the global Yuri network!
okazu.yuricon.com/2025/03/15/y...
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today on Okazu - Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – March 15, 2025
A massive round-up of Yuri anime news, Yuri manga, Yuri Events and more this week from the global Yuri network!
okazu.yuricon.com/2025/03/15/y...
A massive round-up of Yuri anime news, Yuri manga, Yuri Events and more this week from the global Yuri network!
okazu.yuricon.com/2025/03/15/y...
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It looks like the Japanese documentary "Instruments of a Beating Heart" has been nominated for an Oscar. I wrote about it when it screened at the Tokyo Int'l Film Festival as "The Making of a Japanese." eigafile.com/2023/10/28/t...
The Making of a Japanese
Elementary school students eat lunch in a scene from The Making of a Japanese. When the popular Japanese TV program Hajimete no otsukai (My First Errand) debuted on Netflix as Old Enough, it genera…
eigafile.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It looks like the Japanese documentary "Instruments of a Beating Heart" has been nominated for an Oscar. I wrote about it when it screened at the Tokyo Int'l Film Festival as "The Making of a Japanese." eigafile.com/2023/10/28/t...
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Check out this amazing project by @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social! Wild stuff.
I never expected to find #torii in Afghanistan but uhhhhh I went down a deep US military imperialism rabbit hole. 🙃
Thanks to the Hacker News community for putting me on to some new leads and angles!
Now surpassing 1,100 pins. 🔍⛩️
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Thanks to the Hacker News community for putting me on to some new leads and angles!
Now surpassing 1,100 pins. 🔍⛩️
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Torii Around the World (1090+!) - Google My Maps
A map of torii gates located outside of Japan (except for US military presence), created by Dr. Kaitlyn Ugoretz (Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture).
www.google.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Check out this amazing project by @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social! Wild stuff.
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It's the Rogan et al technique: Act like something that has been widely and openly discussed is secret knowledge. Pretend you have gained some special insight. Insist that no one else has understand.....until now
Musk's whole deal is to pretend that no one knew how government bureaucracy worked before, like it was this big mystery box, and it's exactly that combo of stupidity and arrogance that pervades silicon valley and leads to them reinventing a city bus and thinking they're Isaac Newton
February 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's the Rogan et al technique: Act like something that has been widely and openly discussed is secret knowledge. Pretend you have gained some special insight. Insist that no one else has understand.....until now
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"Long-distance commute to school" - a Japanese illustration parodying the famous cartoon of British empire builder Cecil Rhodes. It is quite common for students in Japan to have long train commutes to school each day.
February 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
"Long-distance commute to school" - a Japanese illustration parodying the famous cartoon of British empire builder Cecil Rhodes. It is quite common for students in Japan to have long train commutes to school each day.
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Recording this week 🤞... RJL's next episode is about Keiichiro Hirano + his Akutagawa-winning debut novel Eclipse (trans Brent de Chene/Charles de Wolf).
I'll be bringing in info from a conversation Hirano generously had with me in November
There will Eclipse spoilers—pick up your copy now. ☺️
I'll be bringing in info from a conversation Hirano generously had with me in November
There will Eclipse spoilers—pick up your copy now. ☺️
Eclipse a book by Keiichiro Hirano, Brent de Chene, and Charles de Wolf
In the late fifteenth century, a young Dominican friar sets out on a journey from Paris to Florence in search of manuscripts of pre-Christian philosophy. Along the way, he encounters an ascetic alchem...
bookshop.org
January 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Recording this week 🤞... RJL's next episode is about Keiichiro Hirano + his Akutagawa-winning debut novel Eclipse (trans Brent de Chene/Charles de Wolf).
I'll be bringing in info from a conversation Hirano generously had with me in November
There will Eclipse spoilers—pick up your copy now. ☺️
I'll be bringing in info from a conversation Hirano generously had with me in November
There will Eclipse spoilers—pick up your copy now. ☺️
Reposted by Rebecca Suter
This moment of sublime beauty is what the feminists who would have more women represented in government want to take away from you.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba, gathering with other LDP leaders, coincidentally ended up seated in order of receding hairline:
January 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This moment of sublime beauty is what the feminists who would have more women represented in government want to take away from you.
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There are now 4 separate fires in Los Angeles area:
• Palisades: Mass destruction. Now evacuations in Santa Monica
• Eaton: Destroying homes in Pasadena
• Sylmar/Hurst: Evacuation orders issued. “Rapid rate of spread”
• Tamarack: Near I-5 in Sun Valley neighborhood
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
• Palisades: Mass destruction. Now evacuations in Santa Monica
• Eaton: Destroying homes in Pasadena
• Sylmar/Hurst: Evacuation orders issued. “Rapid rate of spread”
• Tamarack: Near I-5 in Sun Valley neighborhood
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Palisades Fire Live Updates: 30,000 Ordered to Evacuate in L.A. (Gift Article)
Parts of Santa Monica were ordered to be evacuated as fast-moving flames destroyed homes along the coast in Los Angeles. Officials warned that winds would pick up overnight, fueling the fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
There are now 4 separate fires in Los Angeles area:
• Palisades: Mass destruction. Now evacuations in Santa Monica
• Eaton: Destroying homes in Pasadena
• Sylmar/Hurst: Evacuation orders issued. “Rapid rate of spread”
• Tamarack: Near I-5 in Sun Valley neighborhood
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
• Palisades: Mass destruction. Now evacuations in Santa Monica
• Eaton: Destroying homes in Pasadena
• Sylmar/Hurst: Evacuation orders issued. “Rapid rate of spread”
• Tamarack: Near I-5 in Sun Valley neighborhood
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Since Alison isn't in the sky 🦋, I'll share the exciting news that her book "Envisioning the Empress: The Lives and Images of Japanese Imperial Women, 1868–1952" is out now! 🥳 I had the privilege of reading some of this great work in our writing group along the way! www.routledge.com/Envisioning-...
December 11, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Since Alison isn't in the sky 🦋, I'll share the exciting news that her book "Envisioning the Empress: The Lives and Images of Japanese Imperial Women, 1868–1952" is out now! 🥳 I had the privilege of reading some of this great work in our writing group along the way! www.routledge.com/Envisioning-...
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Incredibly influential manga, finally translated to English
Ashita no Joe is a classic comic. It's not the same kind of boxing manga as Hajime no Ippo. It's from an era before that. Very different. Very good. Seedy settings, great characters, and fantastic art from Tetsuya Chiba.
Kodansha is bringing this joint over. 41pp preview:
kodansha.us/series/ashit...
Kodansha is bringing this joint over. 41pp preview:
kodansha.us/series/ashit...
Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow
A massive cultural phenomenon, made even bigger by the hit anime based on it. To this day, “Ashita no Joe” remains one of the most important manga of all time, and now it will finally see the light of...
kodansha.us
November 14, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Incredibly influential manga, finally translated to English
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Probably don't need to tell y'all it's important to vote 😐 but @aasasianstudies.bsky.social elections are closing on 11/18! I'm nominated for the Diversity & Equity Committee, but do review all possible nominees & select the folks you think should help steer AAS! www.asianstudies.org/aas-2024-ele...
AAS 2024 Election Nominees and Ballot Issues - Association for Asian Studies
We are pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the fall 2024 AAS elections. The online ballot will open on September 17, and all current AAS Members will receive an email with instructions for...
www.asianstudies.org
November 14, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Probably don't need to tell y'all it's important to vote 😐 but @aasasianstudies.bsky.social elections are closing on 11/18! I'm nominated for the Diversity & Equity Committee, but do review all possible nominees & select the folks you think should help steer AAS! www.asianstudies.org/aas-2024-ele...