It is the otaku’s sexuality, then, that really distinguishes them for Saito ¯. He explores it using Lacanian psychoanalysis, which may not be to everyone’s taste, but he does so without the slightest trace of moralizing judgment, which is refreshing and long overdue. Tamaki, Saito. Beautiful Fighting Girl, University of Minnesota Press, 2011. ProQuest Ebook […]
I wasn’t sure what to write on this blog concerning Forgotten Country because of my internal reactions to the book as I was reading it. I will be limiting the full extent of my thoughts on this book because of personal reasons. Forgotten Country (History?) working against them(?) Threatened? Reverting to images of strength – […]
I gotta admit, I was cracking up watching the stand-up. I’m not sure how many people realize this, but the mom impression is perfect. I’m not a linguist so I can’t really go in detail regarding all the things she gets right, but as far as pronunciation and word choice, absolutely perfect. I’m not really […]
How in the world did this happen? It appears that everything I talked about in my previous posts somehow found their way into an article written by some Chinese-American fella, with maybe a few exceptions and a few nuanced differences here and there, and possibly even with a few responses to my own complaints. I’ll […]
“‘What’s he saying?’ Donald Duk’s pal Arnold Azalea asks in a whisper. ‘Same thing as everybody- Chinese are artsy, cutesy and chickendick.’ Donald whispers back.” The first thing I’d like to say about the film was that I thought it was a nice film. I didn’t like the lead guy all that much, he alternated […]
This book is a vision of ‘whitewashing’ at its clearest and worst. I thought the little bit towards the end was fantastic, where they remove the crosstie with the names on it, and replace it with the Golden Spike, and have Donald react to it as an active participant in his dream. I also loved […]
Kara no Kyoukai OST Ongakushu 1 Kara no Kyoukai OST Ongakushu 2 Just some links for myself, for when I’m working on my posts Interesting anime, btw. If you wanna check it out, I recommend looking it up first; it has some disturbing content.
I don’t like to talk about myself, but somewhat inevitably, I’ve managed to talk about myself far more than I’m comfortable with. I don’t know if I appreciate it or not, but for now, I’m just taking it. I’m pretty sure I’ve identified what it is I’m afraid of. But maybe I’ve said too much […]
I don’t really know how I think. Sometimes I think I know, sometimes I identify myself as something or other, and then find some contradiction in my definition of how I think, at which point I scrap it all and define it as merely ‘undefined.’ As much as I’d like to, I probably will never […]
I admit I cheated a little bit regarding the last post in this section. I am not like Motoko. Whereas I described myself as being between two places, Motoko is beyond them. That said, I want to go a little bit deeper. Regarding history – there is definitely a freedom that comes from being beyond […]