link rot has slowly but surely dissolved away probably 70% to 80% of every cool piece of work i ever did, every interview about it, every blog, every audio recording, just boom gone and now the time magazine link to that thing i discovered in 2008 redirects to an article about jam
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
I worked behind the scenes with Iskandhar Razak on this one. As a talking head and giving him access to research and putting in contact with cosplayers, photographers, and events. It's not a bad look at cosplay in Australia
Reminder that Shonen Jump is not synonymous with "manga."
When people talk about manga artists and their insane schedules... no, those are Shonen Jump artists.
Other manga artists (the remaining 90%) work no harder than American comic artists. And they are happy not to work themselves to death.
just this week:
-- OpenAI killed Sora
-- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI
-- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content
...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?
Apropos of nothing, you can read about the connections made at a little competition called the World Cosplay Summit in my chapter "Cosplay Everywhere" - check if you have access via your library or institution www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Sometimes my job is okay - especially when I get to host tea ceremony on campus for a belated girls day celebration for highschool languages students.
Thank you to Japan Studies Association of Australia, Japan Foundation Sydney, and the Student Engagement and Learning Abroad teams at @utas.edu.au
So, can I post? Or do I have to prove I was born in the 1980s by, I dunno, quoting Big Trouble in Little Chinatown or something?
Excited to be working with @screentasmania.bsky.social at Level Up Game Showcase. Cosplay competition registrations now open.
Cosplay display registrations now open.
More information www.emeraldlking.com/levelupcosplay and www.screen.tas.gov.au/leveluptasma...
The harm done by #GenAI to human creativity develops in ways we least expect as well as the obvious ones ... cheating has always been a factor in competitions for those who would rather win than grow, but it disrespects and damages the role of the judge as well as the skills of other competitors.
Students are returning for the start of the academic year. They do so amid highly-charged debates around racism and antisemitism in Australia.
APROPOS OF NOTHING
I WRITE ABOUT THE LINKS BETWEEN GENDER AND GAMERG4T3 AND COSPLAY IN THIS CHAPTER
brill.com/edcollchap/b...
TAS大で私と働きませんか
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
Obvious downsides:
- 60% teaching at A or B
- the weather
- working with me.....
If you studied the Humanities:
Looking back, what do you wish you knew coming into your first year of an Arts degree?
New CfP by @pachuki.bsky.social and me! We'll be editing a special issue at gamevironments and are looking for contributions focused on DIY print publications like fanzines, newsletters and even DIY aspects of commercial gaming magazines. #GameStudies
journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/ga...
Early career translators, get yourself a grant right here! #Translation
If you would like to support this work but aren't gender-diverse or Australian, please consider sharing this with the anime and manga fans in your life.
#genderbending #genderbend #universityoftasmania #transgender #transgenderaustralia
We are seeking Australian participants over the age of 18 who identify as gender-diverse to take part in online interviews. All data will be anonymised.
This project has ethics approval - ethics code H40172
#genderbending #genderbend #universityoftasmania #transgender #transgenderaustralia
On a purple glittery background a banner in bubble text reads "gender bending anime+manga survey" Text that follows reads: are you a gender-diverse Australian? Do you enjoy anime and manga? Are you over the age of 18? Do you want to help platform gender-diverse voices in anime and manga studies? More information and sign up via the QR code. A progress pride flag is the bottom left corner and a qr code is the bottom left. Qr code goes to this link https://surveys2.utas.edu.au/index.php/151748?lang=en In the top right corner is the logo for University of Tasmania and the ethics code for this project Ethics code H40172
Call for Participants:
We are seeking members of the gender-diverse community (ie, anyone not cisgender) to participate in a study investigating how gender-bending anime and manga are viewed and engaged with by the gender-diverse community.
More information and sign up via the QR code.
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Call For Participants:
We are seeking members of the gender-diverse community (ie. anyone not cisgender) to participate in a study that investigates how gender-bending anime and manga are viewed and engaged with by the gender-diverse community.
surveys2.utas.edu.au/index.php/15...
Makes notes for 2027
Sometimes
Living in Australia is just yelling at the wildlife sleeping in your back yard to make sure the animals are asleep and not dead, so you don't have to try to get the council to come and deal with kangaroo and/or wallaby corpses on the second day of the year ....
Daphne Elizabeth is a chocolate brown British shorthair cat with bright orange eyes. She is sprawled happily under a black Christmas tree decorated with fake berries,mushrooms, and pine cones, joyously biting into a giant brown leather mouse toy. Here she holds it in too long claws and bites down with a snarl.
Daphne Elizabeth is a chocolate brown British shorthair cat with bright orange eyes. She is sprawled happily under a black Christmas tree decorated with fake berries,mushrooms, and pine cones. Her eyes are filled with menace as she eyes off her giant brown leather mouse toy
Daphne Elizabeth is a chocolate brown British shorthair cat with bright orange eyes. She is sprawled happily under a black Christmas tree decorated with fake berries,mushrooms, and pine cones. Final image - she is done with the fake mouse toy and with photos. Her eyes are lit with contempt for the whole thing, possibly the entire season.
I heard 🦋 like cats.
A merry whatsit and a very much better than this year 2026 from Daphne Elizabeth.
The Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania held a reception at Government House last night to celebrate its 55th anniversary. Our members and friends gathered together to celebrate not only our long and extraordinary history, but also the strength of the relationship between Tasmania and Japan.
UNHINGED COSPLAY MASHUPS
Lü Bu bu
We already pay as much rent as mainlanders, food is more expensive and wages are lower. Going to big events isn’t possible for most. We’re becoming one of those tourism destinations where the locals can’t afford to do anything. The stadium will massively accelerate that process.
#politas #auspol
Reposting so I can find this for my translation theory course next year ....
1999 - passed JLPT 3 while on exchange in Tokyo
2004 - passed JLPT 2 after a year in Nagoya
2009 - ABSOLUTELY and spectacularly failed the first mid year offering of JLPT N1 while at Ochnomizu U. I don't think I even studied?
