The Dragonfly Parade Pod

Ihara Saikaku wrote that there were once as many Gays as there were dragonflies, so let’s meet some. || Out NOW!

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@Palirus1 @maaaryyy102 Here’s one. I have 4 episodes total so far but 2 are patreon episodes working on more

https://t.co/ZhssMlfa4k

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The Lady Murasaki wrote more in her diary and poetic memoirs about her friends at court than about her husband/cousin

[technology sista (aspiring) @typeclonghouse]

I was just thinking about this recently, but "having friends" (non familial) is a very modern and urban concept. The most traditional ppl I know have their extended family as their primary social circle and frankly it makes sense. Friends are a poor substitute for blood relation

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Read the Tale of Genji with this lens and it becomes so much more enjoyable.

It’s a woman writing warnings about a variety of women who thought the court official would fix their lives and made them all miserable. Reject men, embrace the cloth.

[nina 🫀 @cbmrw]

An emperor with hundreds of concubines is a feminist relationship dynamic because of the sheer amount of women involved 😍

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The most recent episode of my podcast details the life and thoughts of a Japanese feminist who came to the same conclusions

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For a demographic that talks a lot about Rome and Japan, they sure don’t read a lot of the classics.

I challenge you to find a samurai who did not sit around moaning about his feelings.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

It is 100% true that great men and women of the past were not sitting around moaning about their feelings. I regret nothing.

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Episode 2 of The Dragonfly Parade is available for early access on Patreon. This one is about Japanese Feminist icon and literary analyst Komashaku Kimi.

I hope by the end of it you adore her as much as I do!

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It’s finally happening!

First episode dropping tomorrow at 4 EST wherever you get your podcasts, and also on YouTube!

https://t.co/rXS62LcY0b

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I wish someone would call my home “a meeting house for ambitious women”

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Coming soon!!!

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The Taisho koto… an instrument that answers the question, what if a typewriter had strings…

https://t.co/ZUw1aHK05v

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@ElonSuxDiock @IwriteOK Illegal does not equal harmful.

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@IwriteOK They accuse the asylum seekers of being sex workers but there’s nothing threatening about sex workers. Just don’t engage in their services if you don’t like it. They make people happy, which is more than the people tormenting them ever will.

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Academics are the sweetest people. If you have a genuine interest in their field it’s exciting for them.

[TomWalker.bsky.social @tomwalkerisgood]

you can just email people and they'll probably reply especially if they're in academia. it rules lol. i'm emailing gorilla researchers and getting replies like "yep, the gorillas like bananas a lot"

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“Friend of the show” implies an equal and opposite “enemy of the show”

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@RottenInDenmark @jeremyfreese For that matter… why does he think history podcasts are all battles… History of Everything’s first episode was on potatoes…

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Im working on an episode tracking the development of one of these terms from a 9th century courtier’s name to a highly controversial porn category if you want to know more, follow for updates.

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In Japanese you’re always safer to just use the person’s name, or job in relation to you. But also Japan absolutely has gender terms… X-gender for NBs is a local term but they also have loanwords and a plethora of older terms that mark the development of the term.

[Sam “Shots Fired” Humphreys @RhetoricalHype]

You know this is nonsense and I know it’s nonsense but it’s worth pointing out;
Not all languages function like English or the Romantics.
Any weeaboo will be able to tell you just how versatile Japanese pronouns/honorifics are as a simple start.

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@RottenInDenmark …normalizing “people with uteruses” getting gynaecological care… will lower rates of cervical cancer… by making trans men feel less attacked when they go to the gyno…