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Julia C. Bullock

@juliacbullock.bsky.social

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Professor of Japanese Studies and Director of the Halle Institute for Global Research and Learning at Emory University. Modern Japanese literature, history, gender and sexuality studies, film and media, translation. Beauvoir in Japan! Opinions mine.

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello new Bluesky users! Did you know that Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre visited Japan in 1966? By way of self-introduction I'm reposting a link to my website, Beauvoir in Japan, for anyone interested in Japanese culture, history or feminism. Yoroshiku!
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Beauvoir in Japan

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre spent a month in Japan in the fall of 1966. They lectured to overflow crowds, debated issues ranging from the threat of nuclear weaponry and the war in Vietnam ...

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 1d

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 22h

"CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale."

Kudos to Dan Rather, a 44-year veteran of CBS News, for speaking truth to power.

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Dan Rather Says Bari Weiss Hire And Skydance-Paramount Merger Mark “A Dark Day In The Halls Of CBS News”

Rather said that Weiss' hire will add to fears journalists have of losing their jobs.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 21h

this is absolutely my favorite protest innovation of 2025

"my opponents are violent antifa extremist terrorists"

"your opponents are dressed as giant inflatable frogs"

solid fuck you to the pepe crowd too

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 21h

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
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Regarding the Compact

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 23h

Tucker isn't taking any more crap from Agent Orange, y'all. We march on the 18th! Let's tell the Oompa Loompa to keep his tiny hands off our democracy!

mobilize.us/s/XfIdWT

NO KINGS - Tucker, GA · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

Seems like the IRS is trying to dirty delete the email saying all employees would receive backpay once the shutdown was over.

You want a fight? You've found it.

We're not backing down, and we know the attempts to deny furloughed feds backpay is illegal.

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IRS backtracks on back pay guarantee for furloughed employees

An IRS employee told Federal News Network that earlier guidance emailed to employees on Wednesday was automatically deleted from their inboxes by Thursday.

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 1d

I was certain this was a post by The Onion. But no, evidently not, it seems we are all living in Onion-land now.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Means wanted to scale the reach of functional medicine, circulating a concept called “Labracadabra,” which would use “existing lab information from routine blood work as an educational biofeedback tool to empower patients to understand their health.”

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.’s surgeon general pick

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

At the airport, after scanning their passports, getting boarding passes, checking bags, and clearing security, Bray says he and his family were denied boarding. When they arrived at the gate, their reservations had vanished from the United Airlines system.

Read more: www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
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Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 2d

Given how subjective a category like "race" is, it's cool that we're allowing low-level thugs to make these decisions about who belongs and who doesn't, yeah?

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3d

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning!

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 3d

Is that right…

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 4d

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...

Meme image of a blue and white carton of Goats Butter, adorn with an illustration of a goat, sitting on a store shelf. Hand-written on the carton in sharpie are the words "Who you gonna call"

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 8d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7d

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already...

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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 9d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 9d

Wow, congratulations!

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 9d

The felon is tanking the economy. Anyone who didn't see this coming wasn't paying attention. Each and every one of his policies will have a negative effect on the economy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

CNBC: "Very disappointing. It's a weak number. This is private sector jobs for September. The total comes in -32,000. And that was a surprise because economists were looking for an increase of 51,000. Also, the revision was not good. August now showing -3,000 compared to the initial read of 54,000"

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 10d

Been there. Not fun!

Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 10d

On the upside this might be enough to get you a 1BR studio in Mountain View.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

ILLINOIS — BROADVIEW POLICE CHIEF ON ICE: “I was shocked. I’ve never been spoken to by a fellow law enforcement officer in such a way.”

ICE is routinely gassing cops and negatively impacting the community as their detention facility faces protests.

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Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 11d

It wasn't enough that he left us a wealth of outstanding work of his own to seed future scholarship, y'all. He wanted to fund yours too. Bless his soul. Please apply!

Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 11d

Thanks to the generosity of Mark McLelland, the AAS Northeast Asia Council offers research grants for scholars working on the history of Japanese sexualities and genders. Applications must be submitted by 5pm ET on October 1.

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Call for applications for a short-term research grant on the history of Japanese sexualities, honoring Mark McLelland, deadline October 1, 2025.

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