Danmei, a Problematic Escape from the Patriarchal Society

The globalization of Japanese culture through Hello Kitty

Danmei, the feminism awareness under the Chinese patriarchal society

Originated from Japan in the 1970s, Boys’ Love (BL) Literature, or Danmei (耽美) in Chinese, is a genre that depicts the fantastical beautiful romances between two male characters. Danmei’s original meaning is “the…

What is the Best Way to Encourage Young Aboriginal Australians to Attend School?

What is the Best Way to Encourage Young Aboriginal Australians to Attend School?

Sex Education in South Korea: What Can Be Done Better?

[School Bell Rings]

It’s now time for a scheduled sex education session. Students can already expect the session to consist of the video that merely explains the conceptual aspect of sex-related social issues…

Why is Architecture School Detrimental to Student Health?

“Architecture is like a marathon. You don’t have time for breaks, you just keep running.”

That’s what one of the higher ups in the USC Architecture program told us. Imagine being a first year, already…

Three Idiots

In the Indian film Three Idiots (2009), three engineering students and best friends Rancho, Farhan, and Raju struggle to beat the draconian education systems in one of the Indian premier universities. The film was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the highest-grossing Bollywood…

Hu Yu: Preserving Shanghai’s Dialect

There are more than 7000 languages and dialects in the world, and around one disappears every 14 days. (Crystal) A linguistic phenomenon, languages are considered to disappear when they lose the majority of native speakers and exist only as interests of linguists…

The popularity of Attack on Titan: the Importance of National Identity

Being one of the most well-known anime in recent years, the Japanese anime series Attack on Titan (2013–2022) attracts countless fans from Japan and across the border. The anime series has been continuously…