this is almost certainly a troll, but it still caused me physical pain, so it deserves to be shared

also, kotaro uchikoshi seems pretty cool. the thread links to some of his good tweets

  • TrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    It's hilarious how weebs project everything they like onto Japan to the point of ignoring actual Japanese people who don't fit their fantasy.

    • Cromalin [she/her]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      if you look at his original tweet there are a bunch of people going "non-binary people don't exist in japan" and uchikoshi, a japanese man, saying stuff like

      You said "only in the most privileged part of the west", but there are many non-binary people in any part of Japan too.

      and then they try to explain to him that actually he's wrong, and they know more about japan than him

      • TrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Absolute fucking legend coming in with the offer of emotional support and then the Sartre quote: https://nitter.exp.farm/Uchikoshi_Eng/status/1554731556920762368#m

        • Cromalin [she/her]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          very calmly explaining to all the awful people talking to him that gender is a social construct

      • Ideology [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I think I've heard of more enby celebrities from Japan than binary transpeople.

          • Ideology [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            Now that I'm on the spot I can only remember Hikaru Utada and the singer in QUEEN BEE. Don't have tine to look them up rn but I've seen a few articles talking about how androgynous styles/aesthetics are becoming more popular and more people are identifying as X-Gender. Schools in Tokyo are also loosening their dresscode so that uniform genders are no longer strictly enforced and you can pick from 3 options now.

            • Cromalin [she/her]
              hexagon
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              2 years ago

              i could only think of hikaru utada and yuhki kamatani. should have remembered queen bee. i've read a bunch of stuff about x-gender people but i couldn't remember much, i was mostly just curious who you were thinking of

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      "No... No! How can this country that produces so much dick girl porn not believe exclusively in traditional Western gender expression?!"

      • Cromalin [she/her]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        the amount of people who first encountered gender/sexuality outside the cishet western norm in anime has got to be pretty high

        especially when some of the biggest early anime included :ranmao: and :hentai-free:, which are both queer enough to have completely blown some peoples minds in the 90s

      • UlyssesT
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        6 days ago

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        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I file it under the same phenomenon as homophobic republican senators getting their dicks sucked in an airport bathroom by a man.