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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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WIRED @wired.com · 29m

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.

www.wired.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 4h

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:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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

www.theguardian.com

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

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

Good morning!

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 2d

Is that right…

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Indivisible ATL @indivisibleatl.bsky.social · 2d

See you at the Capitol at 10am, Atlanta!

‘No Kings’ protests planned across Georgia Oct. 18

Organizers of the “No Kings" movement have announced another round of protests set for Oct. 18 across Georgia.

www.fox5atlanta.com

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 2d

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 · 6d

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

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

www.nokings.org

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 ...

www.nokings.org

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“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 · 7d

Wow, congratulations!

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

Been there. Not fun!

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

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 · 10d

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 10d

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

I think the crucial language here is "prompting a criminal investigation by local police." Every instance of this should be met with a swift response by law enforcement. Even, and especially, when the victim lacks press credentials and a national media presence to tell her story.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 10d

A CBS Chicago reporter said an ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her truck outside a detention facility, prompting a criminal investigation by local police.

CBS Reporter Says ICE Pepper-Sprayed Her Inside Her Truck

Asal Rezaei said the chemicals burned her face and caused her to vomit.

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Guerrilla Knitting! 😅

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A row of street trees in Portland, Oregon, covered in colorful knitted and crocheted yarn wraps. Each trunk is decorated with unique patterns and bright patchwork designs, creating a playful and artistic display known as yarn bombing. The vibrant installation contrasts against the natural bark and purple blossoms of the trees above.

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 12d

Timeline cleanser 🐈

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11d

I understand bailing out farmers who suffered some sort of natural disaster or blight to their crops from a parasite, disease, etc.

But that’s not what is happening. They can’t sell their abundant crops because of one man. Trump did it, he can pay the farmers out of his crypto.

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

Feeling this cat's energy every time I catch up on the news.

Julia C. Bullock @juliacbullock.bsky.social · 12d

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