Off to Sendai tomorrow for the 4th EAJS Japan Conference at Tohoku University, where I’ll be presenting on situation voice media and parasocial relationship engagement strategies. Loads of great looking presentations on the programme!
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As always, those who are anti-trans also turn out to be anti-gay and anti-abortion. They are the same people, and the same groups funding them.
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New Yuri Research project! @frankhecker.com and I are looking at how viewers of Yuri/GL live-action series interact with the media. If you watch Yuri/GL dramas, please take our short survey:
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Thank you for your time and assistance with our research!
I’m really looking forward to your history of lolita!
Hi Megan Rose,
Thank you for a wonderful lecture and for answering my question about age in Harajuku communities. What you said about barriers regarding physical disability, economic standing, etc. was fascinating. (Every time you said “that’s another lecture”) it got even more interesting!
Very excited to be presenting on audio porn/situation voice again at the 2025 Mechademia Kyoto conference! The schedule was just released.
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Oh brilliant! Big fan of uketsu thanks to you
Yeah before Greek yoghurt became a thing here a few years ago, I had trouble explaining it because I was using the wrong word
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I think most people would get the meaning after a moment’s thought anyway, so the mistake really isn’t a big deal. This particular one just made me giggle.
(Yes, I was given to understand that the Chinese translation is perfectly accurate)
Yeah I didn’t notice the picture of the tongs till I got home!
Just Australians? Give some credit to us drunk Brits😆
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That’s something at least!
Not ideal for an auto shop🤣
(While we’re on Nagoya shop names, my other favourite is in Osu and called ‘Boobies Tattoo’)
That’s what I thought it said the first time I read it🤣
Excited to announce I will be heading to Chicago next year for #SCMS2025, for a roundtable with Katie Morrisey, Lori Morimoto, Areum Jeong, and Latina Vidolova on "Adapting Media Studies Pedagogy for Today's Global Media Ecosystem." Yes, I'll be talking about BL (as usual)!
@scmstudies.bsky.social
Are you interested to learn how fandom for Thai #BL is building Thai soft power in Japan? Here is a lecture I gave earlier this year exploring the intersections of Thai BL and tourism campaigns for a Japanese audience!
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Yeah it’s not that anyone would actually misunderstand, but it’s still great🤣
Yes the Japanese clearly says tongs🤣
I don’t know what we officially call it🤔🤣
So long as you pay first I guess you can touch it with whatever you like 🤣
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I did tell a member of staff but she seemed entirely undismayed🤣
(Maybe loads of people have told them before!)
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Oh wow you were there before it got gentrified! Would be interesting to know what it was like then
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I don’t want to be picky, but pumas aren’t known for their flying…🤣
🎵Puma Man, he flies like a moron🎵
Ooh always happy to meet more Nagoyaites🥰