Konbinis are squeezing the sweetness out of Japan | LinkedIn
コンビニは悪い影響があります My latest wee article about how convenience stores are a negative force in the world, destroying local culture. We should, if possible, support local shops instead:
Konbinis are squeezing the sweetness out of Japan | LinkedIn
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Nice reviews coming in for our new book, out in June, about Minamata:
"I didn't expect to connect with this material the way I did. I very rarely read non fiction and I knew nothing of Minamata disease before picking this up. Being presented as manga was a smart choice; it's the reason I decided to read The Minamata Story and it's a very Japanese way to present important history. Tomi, a British Japanese student misses out on his chance to present an assignment on the Fukushima Disaster and is instead assigned Minamata Disease, to his disappointment. Once Tomi learns that his family is much closer to the disease than he knew he becomes heavily invested in researching and producing the best paper he can. The experience leads Tomi to connect with his family in new ways and to question the passive nature of the Japanese culture. Countries around the world are protesting the harm being done to the people and the environment eg. The Flint Water Crisis and Dakota Access Pipeline protests. The Japanese don't and Tomi begins to question his responsibility as a young man living in Japan. I didn't know that Japan is planning to release Fukushima waste into the ocean and I wonder how the horrors of Minamata have been so easily forgotten or ignored. Thank you to the authors for a history lesson I needed and thank you for presenting it in such an engaging and memorable way." - Leesa Burns, Netgalley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Week 6 on my online course about social issue comic books is about activism and diversity in comics... and part of that notes a hugely important point that is hardly focused on at all, even in events about the money aspects of making comic books:
"The fact that, in capitalism, things are valued according to how much profit they will make is the real source of the financial trouble that we comics creators have. For example, a recent article by Thom Pratt notes that, since Disney makes more profit from just one superhero movie than they do from a whole year of publishing all Marvel comics put together, then it's not inconceivable that they could decide to stop publishing comics at all. Based on the rationale of profit, that makes sense. But that's the problem with capitalism: there is more to life than profit. Comics, and all art, bring us something meaningful via the joy of the artwork, a good story, the characters, the ideas explored, as well as the creation process, the satisfaction of achievement, and the value of creativity. So, if the capitalist system degrades and neglects all that great stuff, leaving creators impoverished - why not get rid of that system?" sscc.teachable.com/p/radical-reading-political-comic-books |
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