T. Seifman
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T. Seifman
@toranosukev.bsky.social
Historian of Japanese & Luchuan (Ryukyuan) arts and culture. Person. Personal, not professional, account. I travel from time to time.

They/he. Based in Kyoto.
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Reminder that "gender ideology" is not an actual thing. It's a vague bogeyman created by the religious right to oppose women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights:

UN
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

Council of Europe
pace.coe.int/en/files/297...

Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org/news/2018/12...
Breaking the Buzzword: Fighting the “Gender Ideology” Myth
Like its buzzword brother “fake news,” “gender ideology” hasn’t taken long crossing borders into nationalist lexicons. Since its conception, it has developed into a catch-all phrase and short-hand for...
www.hrw.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
😯
July 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
and gained a strong interest in that avenue of things, I was so looking forward to someday meeting Dr. Hughes again.

Of course, his impact will live on, in his scholarship, in all the people he taught, and of course in the memories and love of those who knew him. May his memory be a blessing.
July 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I regret not taking his class during my time at SOAS, as I had not yet been turned on to Okinawan Studies, and had nearly zero musical experience. In retrospect, having now taken sanshin lessons in Hawaiʻi, made friends with many ethnomusicologists,
July 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Jefferies is one of the only Dems speaking up clearly and explicitly against antisemitism without dissembling or playing word games.

Please show Jews the same support you show so wonderfully for so many other minorities. 💙
June 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM