Jordan

[Jordan @JordGoodE110]

The general lack of regional styles shows how much room Korean hip hop has to grow.

[Jordan @JordGoodE110]

To start, I believe that Han-guk hip hop is a uniquely Korean response to a larger scale cultural and art movement that has since sprawled into its own movement, largely through use of physical and digital media.

[Jordan @JordGoodE110]

I think it’s interesting that a lot of Korean rappers give lessons as a second job, as that’s something that really doesn’t happen in western rap culture.

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Artistic works like #SilverSpoon put a human face to “forgotten” industries like agriculture in Japan. It teaches its audience about the struggles people in the industry face, while also introducing readers to an industry they might not have considered getting involved with

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Today’s class brought up the topic of #modernization in agriculture and questioned how rural communities could adapt and survive through things like #automation. I think it’s important to recognize the media’s role in agricultural discourse.

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https://t.co/w22gQcRDDC as an incredibly modernized country, Japan is a leader in farm automation, going as far as to have fully automated farms. While this is exciting, unease can stem from the sense that automation is pushing even more people out of the agriculture industry

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@Sohum15675181 @Tristinguyen @gtings77 @Daniel64463105 @toadisbaby I’ve noticed that virtual streamers are becoming more popular in English speaking too, probably for similar reasons. One of the advantages of Vtubers from a #fan perspective is being able to form a sort of relationship with their “character” that is impossible with actual people

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@Tristinguyen @gtings77 @Sohum15675181 @Daniel64463105 @toadisbaby Going back to an example in class, #LeagueOfLegends was able to market its virtual bands in a way that was commercially successful by separating the artists from their characters. Its work with musicians performing as themselves have been less successful https://t.co/Qa35uQIV6V

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@Tristinguyen @gtings77 @Sohum15675181 @Daniel64463105 @toadisbaby I think one of the things that most easily separates virtual and human idols is the ability to mold virtual idols to fit certain desires of their audience.

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The different perceptions of fujoshi in different Asian cultures are interesting. It’s somewhat surprising to hear that some gay male critics in the Philippines are making explicitly misogynistic critiques of female consumers of BL

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Before I start responding to the video, I have not personally seen or read any BL. However, I’m somewhat familiar with Yuri On Ice, an anime with a same-sex couple as protagonists. https://t.co/SotwZ4I9F9

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It’s encouraging to hear that Japanese BL has generally moved past dubious consent

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It’s important to consume foreign media in an ethical way. Reductionism through stereotypes and making fun of cultural tropes generally isn’t helpful for understanding the viewpoints and lives experience of authors from a different background than yourself

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The perception of shojo is really interesting to me. The fact that some women see it as empowering and other people consider it restricting is a really compelling dichotomy.

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The fact that many shojo tropes can be traced back to a single lesbian author is really neat