Blogs about: Societal Woes
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"They call this elective surgery, but we all have died of this"
A line from Adrienne Rich’s Contradictions: Tracking Poems – number 11. It has been ringing and rings throughout my experience of myself as a female. Having had problems early on with my b… more →
In The Loonlight
"They call this elective surgery, but we all have died of this"
imaginary256 wrote 1 week ago: A line from Adrienne Rich’s Contradictions: Tracking Poems – number 11. It has been ring … more →
An unexpectedly patriotic rant
imaginary256 wrote 3 weeks ago: Its 12:45 am. Earlier than my usual bouts of reflective melancholy. It is already quiet in the house … more →
Villanelle
imaginary256 wrote 4 weeks ago: What comes out of this pain? echoing through centuries the lament of being alive and human and sane … more →
Song of the Sirens
imaginary256 wrote 4 weeks ago: the sounds break open and die at your feet - what are we supposed to say to this? the heretic … more →
Reflections on a Man in a Room
imaginary256 wrote 1 month ago: I wouldn’t want to be left in the same room with him, relatively alone. It was only the two of us, a … more →
The Perils of Feminist Angst and Miscommunication
imaginary256 wrote 2 months ago: A little girl gets caught in the crush of women waiting to receive gifts sponsored by USAID in honou … more →
また失礼ことを言ってしまった。(Once Again, Foot in Mouth.)
doutoutenki wrote 3 months ago: Soon-to-be-former Prime Mister Taro Aso has managed to stick his blue-blooded, silver spoon-dangling … more →
Communication
imaginary256 wrote 5 months ago: There is too much silence in life. Sure, we’ve got Twitter and Facebook and WordPress and othe … more →
imaginary256 wrote 5 months ago: I just finished watching Blood Diamond. You know, that film about how diamonds are forcibly mined, s … more →
何て勿体無い。(What a Waste!)
doutoutenki wrote 5 months ago: You’ve heard me mention before how poor Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate is; at around … more →
あなたはエコですか。(Are you green?)
doutoutenki wrote 7 months ago: National Geographic has released its “Greendex” for 2009 and Japan ranks third from the … more →
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imaginary256 wrote 8 months ago: Madness is a luxury – to willfully give in to crippling fears, insecurities, to surrender to w … more →
Bewildered Dragon
Mare Cromwell wrote 8 months ago: BEWILDERED DRAGON (from Urban Dragons) This is how I feel about most of the things going on in the w … more →
St. Patrick’s Day
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ShouldButDont wrote 9 months ago: As a drinker St. Patrick’s Day fails completely as a holiday. What would have normally been an enjoy … more →
The Wave
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ShouldButDont wrote 9 months ago: America cannot consider itself a civilized nation until the scourge of the wave has been eliminated … more →
Checking My Credit Score
ShouldButDont wrote 9 months ago: My father has told me to do it. The advertisement will not stop blaring that my life depends on chec … more →
Birthdays
ShouldButDont wrote 9 months ago: Today is my birthday. Yes, thanks for posting on my Facebook wall. Some people call it a milestone, … more →
医者不足 (Doctor Shortage)
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doutoutenki wrote 9 months ago: There’s no doubt about it: Japan’s much-vaunted health care and middle-class society is in decline. … more →
The Middle Class
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ShouldButDont wrote 10 months ago: I should like the middle class, right? What have they ever done to offend? They work hard and pay th … more →
