Alex Litz Apr 11, 2019 3 min Calling Myself a Feminist in Japan Litz's opinion piece relating to the April 1st ICAS event co-hosted by Uprizine, "The Courage of Our Convictions: Young Female Activists ...
Editorial Apr 4, 2019 3 min Why We Use the F-Word Artwork by Sarah Saucedo This piece was first published in Uprizine's Spring 2018 in-print edition. Uprizine has always been a feminist m...
Anonymous Mar 28, 2019 6 min What it means to be a Sex Worker Art by Emi Westside “You can’t be a feminist if you do sex work,” is a phrase that most of my clients have told me time and time again. T...
Lily Boland Nov 1, 2018 6 min The Low Down on Mental Health in Tokyo Welcome back to another annual low-down. This one is not about sexual health, but an equally important type of health--mental. If you’ve ...
Jenny Chang Oct 21, 2018 7 min Opinion: My 4 Years in Japan My Tokyo life began in 2015 as a Freshman student at TUJ. After four years, I’m graduating and ready to escape from Japan. Don’t get me w...
Lily Boland Jul 9, 2018 5 min “How Can Japan ‘Activate’ Women?” (What are we, robots with an “on” switch?) Image credit to Temple University Japan Campus, FURUHASHI architect & associates. Recently, TUJ’s ICAS held a joint seminar with Showa Un...
Victoria Teeth Apr 23, 2018 4 min Unrequited, Unrelenting, Unlawful: A Meditation on Stalking and Romance in Tokyo “Why did you unsend the message?” “Am I moving too fast for you?” “Did I make you uncomfortable? I’m confused” “Please tell me why you’re...
Michael Cucek Apr 20, 2018 3 min IWD Essay by Michael Cucek Kimura Kazue lives what she would characterize as an ordinary quiet life. Unmarried, without tertiary education, she lived with elderly m...
John Mock Apr 13, 2018 7 min IWD Essay by John Mock International Women’s Day Essay -A late submission by John Mock- The question of which woman has had an enormous influence on my life is ...
Patterson Mar 27, 2018 2 min Celebrating Women in March: Vipasha Bansal Spotlights Columbia University Professor I emailed Professor Bansal a series of questions and this was her response. The questions given to her were not easy to answer. I am extr...
