Women of Japan unite: Examining the contemporary state of feminism
On Oct. 21, 1970, hundreds of women marched through the streets of Tokyo, an occasion that is often referred to as the birth of the women's liberation movement in Japan. The movement, called ūman libu (women's lib) in Japanese, was eventually adopted by women who ...
Writer released after arrest over displaying salacious objects at adult shop
A writer who goes by the pseudonym Minori Kitahara was released Saturday after being arrested on suspicion of displaying salacious objects at her adult entertainment shop, investigative sources said Sunday. The writer, whose real name is Minori Watanabe, was arrested last Wednesday together with a ...
'Patriot wives' put country before gender
In a 1989 essay, "Coming Down Again: After the Age of Excess," from a newly edited collection of her writings, the late American critic Ellen Willis discussed a dilemma the women's movement faced in the '70s. With the advent of the '60s counterculture came ...
