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I'm leaving in three days to go to Japan for the first time!! (๑>ᴗ<๑) ✨ I have so much work/grading to get done beforehand but at least I can knock out some texts from my prelim reading list on the plane... once I'm there I want to be relatively unplugged & enjoy my honeymoon💕

My internal dialogue while trying to grade 60 essays before tomorrow night

I'll be giving a public lecture on my book at Temple University in Philly on Wed., Mar. 19, from 4:30 to 6 pm in Mazur 821 (the Women's Studies Lounge). No preregistration but you will need ID/to register to enter the building.

infiltrating the business school because their cafe has good smoothies

TOMORROW! 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🕊️ James Welker will be discussing his latest work, Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls‘ Comics Artists and Fans, from 4:30-6:00pm in the Women's Studies Lounge (Mazur 821). Snacks provided! 🌸

He was so young :(

🏳️‍🌈🇯🇵 OSAKA HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; SAYS JAPAN'S BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

➡️ My opinion on the White House using Ghibli memes: the intrusion of anime in politics always had little to do with the original intent of its creators. It’s about communicating with users receptive to anime imagery. AI is just another tool to continue a process started 30y ago.

I’m in the last few days of my prelim exam! If you reach out to me, just know that your email does Not find me well!

prelim exam submitted with a few hours to spare

Today!!

Me today while trying to work out what on earth is going on with all the smell stuff in the omegaverse (I have some theories…)

Grad school

updated my bio to reflect PhD student ➡️ PhD candidate !! 🥳

Need a reality check: is asking students to read 60 pages (30 pages of a theory article, 30 pages of ethnography) in the first week of an accelerated summer course (6 weeks total) too much? Part of me says no, since this is an accelerated course, but realistically..........