One of the comments I always get from little kids in Japan is dekai meaning huge or gargantuan here in Japanese. Now I’m only 165cm tall and about 75kg on [...]
Staying Body Positive While Living Abroad
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Contributions by Jamila Brown
Jamila Brown is a five-year resident of Japan, teaching in the day and writing at night. She enjoys movies, reading, cosplaying, and eating good food in her downtime.
How Kung Fu Cinema Inspired a Generation of Fighters AKA Why so many Black People Love Kung Fu
Last summer I had my first dream in Japanese. I wasn’t doing anything special but I remember it so vividly because it was a dream about my old karate dojo [...]
International Women’s Day
March 8th is known as International Women’s Day. It’s a day of observance to recognize all the cultural, political, and historical achievements women have made globally. It’s also a time to reflect on how much further we have to go towards gender equality.
Decentralizing the White Gaze from the Black Experience
I find it frustrating how the depiction of the Black experience in media is still stripped down to three elements—hip-hop, slavery, and struggle. While I do enjoy hip-hop, and I’m [...]