AltJapan article that has helped quell my fears :)

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Completely Neuter Underage Robots Dancing Robot Moves

A topnote, no heart

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Perfume ( Read more... )

[disclaimer: post contains only kimono whining]
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What I really really really want to reply with on Neojaponisme ( Read more... )

More navel-gazing:

My comment on this Neojaponisme articleMaybe I’ll sound like a heathen, but I think part of our position in the social hierarchy is “gaijin,” and to never acknowledge our own foreignness in Japanese is sort of weird. At least if you look, sound and have the name of a Japanese person, I think that letting it slip into regular ( Read more... )