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James Welker @jameswelker.bsky.social · 5d

Online lecture (book talk):

James Welker
Reimaginging “Women” in 1970s–1980s Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans

Thurs, Oct 16, 7 pm New York/Toronto (8 am Friday in Tokyo)

Open to the public. (It will not be recorded.)
Zoom info is in the attached flier.

Flier for talk. Here are the full details.

I'll be giving an online lecture next week about my monograph, Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls' Comics Artists and Fans (2024), hosted by Rutgers University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Global Asias.

Thursday, October 16 at 7 pm New York/Toronto time
(or Friday, October 17 at 8 am Tokyo time)
The lecture is open to the public. Please join if you missed one of my in-person talks over the past year. (It will not be recorded.)
Zoom Meeting ID: 9181599714
Password: 446539
(Or DM me for the link.)
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Abstract: In the early 1970s, Japan saw the emergence of three dynamic and overlapping communities of women and adolescent girls who challenged Japanese gender and sexual norms: the women’s liberation (ūman ribu) movement, the lesbian community, and a sphere comprised of artists and fans of queer shōjo manga (girls’ comics). In this talk, James Welker will discuss Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls’ Comics Artists and Fans, which examines these communities and their cultural import. As he shows, individually and collectively, they found the normative understanding of the category “women” untenable and worked to redefine and expand its meaning by transfiguring ideas, images, and practices selectively appropriated from the “West.” They did so, however, while remaining primarily focused on the local. Welker argues that their transfiguration of Western culture into something locally meaningful had tangible effects far beyond these communities.

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 5d

I used to do this in the dorms at J.O.'s and only just realized I, a whole adult, had the power to do it again

BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 5d

Brought my own cinnamon toast crunch to the Costco izakaya to put on the soft serve. Don't dream it, be it.

A picture of cinnamon toast crunch on top of a cup of Costco's soft serve ice cream. Aka the ultimate decadence in these trying times.

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fishttp:// @fishttp.website · 9d

all mammals share an instinct to destroy their ancient enemy, the loathsome gourd

Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 9d

let the gourd times roll

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🌻The Killing of a Sacred Snep🪐 @fm-synth.bsky.social · 10d

It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese
hell.....yes

A package of assorted cheese with a cracker in a plastic container, from Westside Market, New York City on 77 Seventh Ave

The label reads:

Assorted cheese
hell.....yes

THE SKY IS DARK THE WIND IS COLD
THE NIGHT IS YOUNG BEFORE IT'S
OLD AND GREY. WE WILL KNOW THE
THRILL OF IT ALL--BRYAN FREEY

there is a barcode and it says 1 PCS

Packed on: & Sell by: OCT 01

Total price $5.99

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 11d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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tokitokii✨ @tokiijayy.bsky.social · Aug 10

#ranma

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Posts Genius
@abigbagofkeys.sickonedude...
You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
July 8, 2024 at 4:00 AM 83

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kay taylor rea but spooky @kaytaylorrea.bsky.social · 17d

Heads up fanfic readers, AO3 is going to be undergoing 20 hours of maintenance on this upcoming Friday, so be sure to download your long fics in advance!

www.otwstatus.org/incidents/d0...

(you can check out what time the outage will be in your time zone here: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...)

AO3 Maintenance
Scheduled for Sep 26, 07:30 UTC - Sep 27, 03:30 UTC
Scheduled
#AO3 will be down for about 20 hours starting at 07:30 UTC on September 26 while we prepare some improvements to collection browsing.
Posted 21 minutes ago. Sep 24, 2025 - 07:33 UTC
This scheduled maintenance affects: AO3

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 18d

Happened to find this - it's a useful little website if you A) want to know why you should drop Substack and B) want a list of alternatives.

A couple also have tools to import your old SS posts over.

leavesubstack.com

#kidlit

You Should Probably Leave Substack

You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.

leavesubstack.com

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 19d

Yeah!! And we both have cats to meet.

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 19d

I have 2 Iron Chef doujinshi I got online from Japan I should share on here at some point. They are my treasures.

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peter, what is this? 🔞 @anyhoozlebee.bsky.social · 19d

(Jonathan Frakes voice) None of my characters consent because they're imaginary. Theyre fake. Drawings. Not real.

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🩸Spooky Sara🩸 @pashion.bsky.social · 22d

Artwork by @pigsbliss on twitter its a very unusual art piece of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the tv show the X files xfiles it features both agents standing at someone's doorway she is holding her fbi badge and he has his hands in his pockets their eyes are unusually placed its amazing art

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 19d

I would aim for Kaga but I had a crush on Morimoto as a child

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 19d

There was no string bean when I went yesterday but the eggplant was great

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 19d

As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer:

1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors!

2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy

3) Language learning via Mango

💙📚 And:

Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · Jan 12

Want to read ethically by ditching Audible/Amazon, Spotify, &c? 💙📚

1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks

2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks

3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops

4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies

Queer Liberation Library

Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...

www.queerliberationlibrary.org

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 23d

Jesus Christ.

It was my birthday recently and I sincerely considered not living anymore.
The worst part of all is that the parents who once supported me fully in being an artist sent me an AI generated picture of a caricature of themselves holding a birthday cake with my name spelled incorrectly.

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 24d

Sunny Despair says scream it out

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 24d

Shout out to @m00psy.bsky.social who figured out the last blank! It's "priapism". A round of applause for a 41 year mystery solved.

In other news, I learned a new word today!

BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 25d

Final highlights are it still includes this paper listing submission requirements for the zine & this (nsfw) word game at the end that the original owner of this zine mostly filled out! I love when the zines have signs of how their previous owners engaged w/ them.

Can you figure out the last blank?

Photo of a paper with submission requirements from "Not Tonight Spock #4". There's also a pull out illustration of Kirk peeking out from behind the zine that I didn't feature. It's very NSFW but not a highlight for me compared to some of the illustrations I've shared in previous threads so I didn't focus on it here. It is the main illustration featured in this issue. Letterzines aren't fanart heavy though the Not Tonight Spock series does seem to have some more graphic design effort than some letterzines I've seen.

Photo from "Not Tonight Spock #4" of a word game featuring blanks in character's diary entries. It's been filled out by the previous owner.

Photo from "Not Tonight Spock #4" of a word game featuring blanks in character's diary entries. It's been filled out by the previous owner.

It also includes a list of upcoming book releases. This was important reference for fans since this was pre-internet! Diane Duane is a very celebrated Dtar Trek novel writer by the way.

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 24d

LOL I think you're right!!! It fits all the rules and the context. Thank you because I couldn't solve it either lmao I wish I knew the previous owner to let them know after 41 years.

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 25d

Hehe thank you Missy!

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 25d

That's it for tonight! Didn't plan for it but getting this in the mail and then finding out it's Spirk Day lined up too well. Not Tonight Spock? More like Yes, Tonight Spirk!

I leave you with these pics of my cat helping make this thread. He loves BL too. Good night! Happy Spirking.

Photo of my oramge cat looking at the fanzine from over my shoulder and reaching his paw out to it.

Photo of my orange cat where he's a little blurry from movement because he's reaching out to stretch his paw on my fanzine. Or hold the page down for me while I try to take photos? He's so helpful.

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 25d

Final highlights are it still includes this paper listing submission requirements for the zine & this (nsfw) word game at the end that the original owner of this zine mostly filled out! I love when the zines have signs of how their previous owners engaged w/ them.

Can you figure out the last blank?

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BootPrince 👢👑 @bootprince.bsky.social · 25d

Another big topic this issue was about the "new" movie The Search for Spock. Ppl were very excited and seemed to love it (I do too seeing as my favorite in TOS is McCoy despite my zine collection). I thought it was fun they compiled reviews as a way for people to see them if they missed that paper.

Photo from "Not Tonight Spock #3" of a fan written article in response to The Search for Spock movie thanking characters and staff for contributions to the movie.

Photo from "Not Tonight Spock #4" collecting reviews from various papers about The Search for Spock.

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