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How do we translate Chuuni, Menhera, Chigyu?
Since anime and Japanese pop culture have gone mainstream, a lot of Japanese slang has been adopted and reinterpreted by Western audiences.
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ANONYMOUS WAS AN ANOMALY
On decentralization, digital activism, and the fragmentation of young male rage. The conditions that created Anonymous can never exist again. It lives…
Nov 6, 2025
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NOBODY KNOWS WHAT A PICK-ME IS
The term "pick-me" originated in the Black American community to mock bitchy women. Mainstream liberal progressives stupidly appropriated the term to…
Nov 11, 2025
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A Messy Guide to Social & Cultural Capital for Young Americans Of Flyover State Origin
Jul 30, 2025
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How I became a J-pop idol
Oct 30, 2025
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The History of Kaigai Idols
Jun 5, 2023
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HOW MUCH DO J-POP IDOLS GET PAID?
Nov 3, 2025
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~~CRASHING OUT IN AKIBA~~
Nov 7, 2025
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social "justice" & thinly veiled cyber-bullying
May 30, 2023
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~~CRASHING OUT IN AKIBA~~
A few very short stories of times I CRASHED OUT in Akihabara
Nov 7, 2025
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ENVY IS GOOD
Envy is a great thing, and if you spark it in others, you're helping them out!
Aug 21, 2025
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INTERNET KILLED THE SUBCULTURE
The death of third spaces and disruptions to our social interactions ultimately impact the formation and lifecycle of subcultures.
Aug 19, 2025
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Information for Information's Sake
In late November 2024, Dr.
Aug 4, 2025
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The time-warping, self-fracturing multi-modal information firehose
The information metabolism required to operate with agency in our current age has fundamentally altered how we experience time.
May 5, 2025
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