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chudmaru
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When mangaka complain about feminists they don't mean equal pay or anything like that they mean those women activist groups that protest outside Comiket and other anime events, or those who demand the removal of objectional content in anime and manga. Example: https://kotaku.com/in-tokyo-protest-at-idol-anime-event-1846428328 These groups are also denounced by female mangaka and politicians because they end up harming women in the industry who make this stuff. A lot of female artists draw smut and would be swept up in a ban or regulation of this kind of content. Interestingly, according to sociology and gender researcher Yuki Takahashi who lectures at Musashi University, young women are turning away from feminism in Japan in general and it's becoming more unpopular in Japan as time goes on. Last edited by chudmaru on Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:49 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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BadNewsBlues
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Let’s not pretend that had the deal gone through that would’ve been a good thing when Musk pretty much admitted he wanted the site to become much worse than it was by essentially allowing the same stuff that Twitter currently struggles to combat with the only difference under his ownership being zero consequence.
Eh? It’s been speculated for years that the site had a number of fake users Musk didn’t reveal anything that wasn’t already known all that really happened as a result of his BS was tanking Twitter’s stock and boosting Tesla’s |
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Mr. slicer
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The post you quoted was specifically responding to a claim that that there was a massive meltdown here, here being this message board, not Twitter or anywhere else so they were right in dismissing that specific claim. I also sure if the person they were responding to meant Twitter they would have actually mentioned it by name. |
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ANN_Lynzee
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I'm literally having a normal discussion with people in here. I didn't even ask Kawahara the question you quoted, I'm just sharing information.
Continue being an unhinged weirdo, man. More power to you and the weird world you live in. You're doing a great job representing your compatriots 
I wouldn't be surprised. There's a lot of different branches of feminist thought when it comes to these topics. I was talking with some friends just earlier today about how folks losing their shit over private artwork involving Amphibia characters and headcanon shipping doesn't do much except get queer people fired. I've never hidden that I'm a feminist, but I don't agree with that kind of purity politics in art spaces. I think it's important to remember (there was another post similar to this in the Abe thread) is that things here aren't 1:1 with Japan at all times. Feminism as seen in the U.S. contains multitudes on different topics and the same will be true for Japan. There are obviously Japanese feminist groups that concern themselves with how female characters are depicted in media (like we saw with Tawawa on Monday) and artists might feel threatened by these groups. They aren't necessarily the same as the feminists involved with #KuToo, or workplace harassment, or paternity leave, or other issues outside of artistic expression. |
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Gamen
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I do really hate when my absolute freedom of expression compatriots turn themselves into excellent arguments for why maybe not everyone deserves freedom of expression, or the fruit of it. To illustrate my view: there's a Heinlein quote I've held to for many years: "The whole principle [of censorship] is wrong. It’s like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak." ....but as the years have passed by, it's become apparent there are a lot of babies.... |
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Egan Loo
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Uh, that happens to be one of the candidate slogans (Nippon o Mō Ichido Idai na Kuni ni) of the far-right Happiness Realization Party, the political wing of the Happy Science religious movement. It is a nominal rival of the LDP — or it might've been, except it has no national office holders. https://yuki-oikawa.com/ |
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lazerem
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You do realize not everyone on the left is pro-censorship/anti-sex appeal right? |
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ANN_Lynzee
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I wouldn't worry about it too much. It became obvious really quickly that having any kind of front-facing position at ANN comes with the bonus of people creating a version of you in their head simply so they can fight and "win" against the amalgamation they created. It's also why engaging in any kind of conversation is "raging/getting triggered/crying/some other extreme emotion here."
I write for a living, you'll know when I'm trying to actually convey some kind of anger. |
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a_Bear_in_Bearcave
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Did they? That's great, it always seemed to me that changing another culture's (whole SEA part of continent, I think) ancient religious and cultural symbol just because Westerners can't be bothered to learn the difference between it and another, similar ancient European symbol appropriated once by Western genocidal racists, is kind of, like, super racist? As for criticism of female depictions in manga, while I can understand being annoyed with the ever-present sexualization, especially of minors, including in shows that don't really need those scenes and they're just jarring (for opposite example, Keijo is fine because boobs matter there): a) I disagree with trying to censor it, b) it can get really wrong/creepy sometimes. I remember when some people on Twitter were drawing "corrected" Uzaki-chan to make her body more "realistic" without considering how shitty it is to declare a body type that many women possess as somehow wrong. |
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JackInMegaMan
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Can't post about this on twitter because it's a bunch of people complaining his political views, basedbots hooting and hollering because it "owns the lefties" and lolicons celebrating. I feel that his pro creator views are good and fine and his stance on lolicon makes logical sense (I'll leave my opinion on it out) but he runs kinda on a platform of anime being attacked by the "west" which is something that isn't really happening. It's just stirring up culture war BS and it's tiring to hear the same thing ad nauseum. Most Japanese media doesn't give a damn about the west or any one calling for censorship, it's been shown time and time again. Some Netflix anime that Japan isn't going to watch won't change that sentiment.
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Errinundra
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Post and its reply deleted. Be polite.
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residentgrigo
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Am I surprised that Akamatsu joined a conservative party that has actual nationalists in it? Like a lot of them. Of course not. I have read his work. Lol. That said, you can´t be campaigning for freedom of speech and art and be in such a political party. Another lying politician. Shocker. You need to be at least center-left or a libertarian (lol) if you want to sound believable in your pursuit of self-expression for all.
Japanese politics are very convoluted of course. There are a solid amount of choices on the ballot but centrism is the best one can hope for. Even their biggest "left" party, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, is more center than center-left. |
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Brutannica
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This should read "the upper house of the Diet"; the House of Representatives is the lower house. |
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SHD
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^says the person who has been throwing a tantrum all over this thread.  Says one of the people who are triggered to the point of hysterics, harrassment, review-bombing, and so on every time they see LGBTQ representation or people of color on TV or in a movie.
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"Extreme leftist" this is so cute. So thinking reactionary whinging is bad is on the same level as the bolshevik revolution, or what? |
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