"The Academy Award-winning US director Megan Mylan’s Taller Than the Trees follows the daily life of Masami Hayata, a Tokyo ad executive, who embodies the changes that Japan is undergoing. With his wife frequently out of town for her job as a flight attendant, Hayata takes on the role of domestic caregiver, attending to their … Continue reading Taller than the Trees: The Cost of Oya-koko or Filial Piety
Month: May 2018
Free Speech: A Magic Shield That Lets You Be An Asshole?
"The strategy of a lot of the people on the far right is to get us to attack our own institutions and not think that they’re valuable anymore. By waving free speech around as if it was a magic shield that lets you be an asshole, they’ve convinced a significant percentage of the rest of … Continue reading Free Speech: A Magic Shield That Lets You Be An Asshole?
