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This article by Dr. @jinsookkim.bsky.social is the first I’ve read that truly unpacks the realities of South Korea's 4B movement—its potential gains, its limitations, and its impact on transnational feminist discourse. www.flowjournal.org/2025/02/retu...

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In "The Return of Global Sisterhood? The Transnational Journey of the 4B Movement on TikTok" @jinsookkim.bsky.social explores the 4B movement as a transnational form of feminism that has been cultivated through digital platforms. Read it here: tinyurl.com/3c322z8y!

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Itō Shiori's award-winning documentary BLACK BOX DIARIES still can't be screened in Japan. A group of lawyers - Itō's former attorneys - say she didn't get permission for some of the footage. But is that true? Why are attorneys undermining their own former client?

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Good piece by @williamgallo.bsky.social explaining how the Trump agenda and freezes at NED is devastating the North Korea-related NGO community and why, unfortunately, these NGOs are unlikely to find help from Seoul in picking up the slack www-voanews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.voan...

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News Media and the Feminist Movement in China: A Brief History madeinchinajournal.com/2025/02/19/n...

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Outcry grows over gender bias in treatment of celebrities who broke law www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2...

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When the Wednesday Demonstrations began in January 1992, 234 former “comfort women” were registered with the government, but following the passing of Gil Won-ok, the number of survivors has decreased to only seven. May her memory be both a blessing and a revolution.

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The executive order, which the president plans to sign on Air Force One, will target organizations like the United States Institute of Peace, Presidential Management Fellows, the Inter-American Foundation and much much more. www.axios.com/2025/02/19/t...

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Over 40% of Japanese want to use original surnames at work after marriage: survey By age group, respondents in their 30s were most in favor of keeping their original surnames at work at 57.8 percent. english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/02...

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Gil Won-ok, one of the last survivors of sexual slavery in brothels for Japan’s World War II troops, who campaigned to bring international attention to the suffering of thousands of women like her, died this week at 96.

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South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment. apnews.com/article/sout...

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Attending Japan conferences means I get to hug Godzilla.

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Folks have contact me to learn more about MN as they consider moving to a state where their rights are constitutionally protected. Its heartbreaking for people to leave their communities for safety & acceptance, but its heartening that MN is seen as a place where human rights are valued & protected

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This is astounding. Race-based scholarships, cultural centers, and graduations are "no longer advised" and will be investigated says U.S. Department of Education. Next HBCUs will be illegal—certainly won’t qualify for any federal funding. www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

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New marriages in China crash to record low, while divorces on the rise Some 6.1 million couples registered their marriages in 2024, a plunge of 20.5% from the previous year. Last year, nearly 2.6 million couples registered for divorce, an increase of 28,000 from 2023. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/10/c...

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Gender and Disability in China: The Rise of Female-Led Disabled Persons’ Organisations madeinchinajournal.com/2025/02/13/g...

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I tell students in the first week of class that they need to practice speaking up in class so that one day, when they have something important to say that they feel strongly about, they won't be scared. 3 students, all women, who haven't spoken in the 1st 2 weeks spoke up today.

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I am a small business owner. I'm in my 2nd year of business, which is one of the toughest times to establish business sustainability and longevity. December projections for 2025 were great. I just lost my third client due to Trumps EO freezing funds and punishing DEI.

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Go to Google Search "Gulf of Mexico" Click the 3 little dots next to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" Choose "Send feedback" Click "Gulf of America" Click "Inaccurate content" Click "Incorrect" Tell Google the correct name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...

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Remove Presidents’ Day too then.😡

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Happy Year of the Snake! 🐍 How a Green Snake Became a Feminist Symbol in China The novel “Green Snake,” written by the Hong Kong author Lilian Lee in 1986, reclaims the voices and perspectives of women from a history written by men. www.sixthtone.com/news/1016587

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Me, not watching the bowl.

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The Missing Post Office, on the remote Japanese island of Awashima, is a repository for 60,000-plus pieces of mail from all over Japan to those with no forwarding address. Lost friends and pets; past and future selves; and, most frequently, the dead. Gift link to our story: wapo.st/4gtdy1n

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One of the toughest holidays of the year is coming up, Valentine's Day. Did you know 46% of U.S. adults are single? How are you using Empathy Marketing to NOT alienate your audience on V-Day? resources.audiense.com/en/blog/empa...

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Professor Sun Peidong cautions that a failure by #China #CCP to “reduce structural inequalities and injustices,” among other problems, may continue to fuel these worrying “revenge against society” attacks. www.foreignaffairs.com/china/roots-...

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I found this interview on USAID incredibly insightful. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Preserving data right now is crucial. Grateful to @jazzmyth.bsky.social for leading our effort here

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"In 1954, USAID's Food for Peace program brought flour to Taiwan and taught people how to bake. Today, the country is our sixth largest agricultural market," stated Dr. Rajiv Shah, #USAID administrator under Obama, in 2011. #Taiwan remains the US' 6th export destination for agricultural goods today.

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In their compelling essay, Invisible Heroes: The Erasure of Black Women at Seneca Falls, Black women colleagues at RepresentWomen explore the voices that have been left out in the fight for equality. Read the full essay: www.representwomen.org/_invisible_h...

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Seems likely to not only undercut US democracy promotion in places like North Korea, China, and Myanmar, but also signal to would be right wing dictators like Yoon Suk Yeol that the Trump admin is on board with their politics of undermining democracy

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Visited the Iolani Palace museum archive yesterday and got to hold a Royal Order of the Rising Sun gifted by the Emperor of Japan to the King of Hawaii in the 1880s.

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Nearly half of women in Japan say they have to wait in excruciatingly long lines to use the restroom. Is that discrimination? Here's why one Japanese woman counted public toilets to see how society treats men's and women's needs differently - and what she found.

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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE full access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

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Visited the Iolani Palace museum archive yesterday and got to hold a Royal Order of the Rising Sun gifted by the Emperor of Japan to the King of Hawaii in the 1880s.

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Trying to process the mid-air collision in D.C. tonight. Much of the Potomac is frozen, that water is freezing.

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