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Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu: The First Lady of Japanese Literature

How a grieving widow came to write two classics of world literature: a sprawling novel, and an 11th-century Twitter account.
Kizuna Ai

Kizuna Ai: How Her Sexist Usage Offended Women in Japan

Is anime "The New Orientalism"? How a Twitter controversy over Kizuna Ai had Japanese women questioning how the media depicts them.

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