Don't forget to check the latest info on the insta page https://www.instagram.com/femin_tokyo_podcast/🇺🇸 Episode 9 : Takarazuka, the women only cabaret with YukiLucky me, to be able to exchange about a traditional Japanese art with an incredible friend of mine, Yuki Kusano.In this episode we'll jump into the marvelous world of Takarazuka, this cabaret full of sparkles and drama and WOMEN! Because it is a women only art that has been going on for almost a century.This episode is following the sui**de of one of the amazing talented artist of the Takarazuka company, Thanks to her sister fighting for the truth, 5months later, the management finally recognized cases of bullying and harasment against the victim.As much as we love Takarazuka, it has many flaws and we're also here to talk about it and improve what we can.https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15056714The new artist of Femin is Doria, go check her page!https://www.instagram.com/doria.kriouche/🇫🇷 Episode 9 : Takarazuka, le cabaret femmes only, avec YukiN'oubliez pas d'aller voir les dernières infos sur la page insta https://www.instagram.com/femin_tokyo_podcast/Quelle chance, de pouvoir échanger sur un art traditionnel japonais avec une amie incroyable, Yuki Kusano.Dans cet épisode, nous allons plonger dans le monde merveilleux du Takarazuka, ce cabaret plein de paillettes, de drame et de FEMMES ! Car il s'agit d'un art réservé aux femmes qui existe depuis près d'un siècle.Cet épisode suit le sui**de d'une des artistes les plus talentueuses de la compagnie Takarazuka. Grâce à sa soeur qui s'est battue pour la vérité, 5 mois plus tard, la direction a finalement reconnu les cas d'intimidation et de harcèlements contre la victime.Même si nous aimons Takarazuka, cet art a de nombreux défauts et nous sommes là pour en parler et améliorer ce que nous pouvons améliorer.https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15056714La nouvelle artiste de Femin est Doria, allez voir sa page!https://www.instagram.com/doria.kriouche/

🇫🇷 Dans cet épisode on parle mariages avec Ena 😍 et il y a beaucoup à dire! On discute pression sociale, cérémonie traditionnelle, contrat de mariage de ville, gokon, agence matrimoniale et bien sûr... robes de princesses! Pas longtemps ne vous inquiétez pas. Insta du podcast ici : https://www.instagram.com/femin_tokyo_podcast/ Et l'art superbe de Aunt Lily : https://www.instagram.com/auntlily_illustration/  🇬🇧 In this episode we talk weddings with Ena 😍 and there's a lot to talk about! We discuss social pressure, traditional ceremony, city wedding contract, gokon, marriage agency and of course... princess dresses! Not for long, don't worry.  Here's the Insta page of the podcast : https://www.instagram.com/femin_tokyo_podcast/ Art is always the amazing Aunt Lily : https://www.instagram.com/auntlily_illustration/

Partie 2 de notre discussion avec Yllah sur nos vies au Japon en tant que femmes étrangères. Dans cette partie de l'épisode on rigole en échangeant nos expériences les plus cocasses, on rappelle la hiérarchie des minorités au sein de la société japonaise, sans oublier un épisode de barbouillage version pays du soleil levant. Retrouvez Yllah sur ses différents médias dans ce lien.  Yllah parle société, racisme, femmes, mais surtout elle parle du Japon avec amour. Illustration réalisée par Aunt Lily.

L'épisode 7 est pour la communauté francophone! Partie 1 🥰 Yllah discute de Tokyo et du Japon en tant que femme noire qui y vit depuis des années. Dans cette première partie on échange d'abord sur nos recherches d'appartements respectives et la discrimination qu'on y a rencontré. On parle ensuite du contenu social média de Crazyllah que vous pouvez retrouver ici ⤵️ Sa page générale Youtube Crazyllah  Insta Crazyllah  Ecoutez nos expériences d'interactions sociales au Japon... et bientôt la partie 2, avec nos épisodes les plus mignons!  L'art est réalisé par la formidable Aunt Lily  😍

Art by Doria Griouche @doria.kriouche On the 30th of September 2022, Yuki Nivez organized the first hybrid session of the comedy show Not Just A Diversity Hire. That one time a panel discussion was organized right after the comedians sets and is now coming to Femin Tokyo podcast. All panelists are different, with different backgrounds and countries but they join together on one stage to talk about the struggles of working as a social minority in their own fields. Comedians and panelists : Yuki Nivez, MX Terious, Freddy Slash Em, Bobby Judo Panelists : Lilou Augier (Panic Ball Production) and Samantha Lassaux (Femin Tokyo podcast)

Special bonus episode for the upcoming comedy show for Yuki Nivez, 4th edition, Not Just A Diversity Hire. We talk about the challenges shes faces in the comedy scene and the safe bubble she decided to create for women and minorities. The upcoming show will include a panel discussion that I will be a part of so stay tuned! 

This is the second part of the special episodes about LGBTQAI＋ perspectives in Japan. This time we'll talk with Becky, her feelings about issues both in the UK and Japan, Shinkuju Nichome, and the Pride.  Voici la deuxième partie des épisodes spéciaux sur les perspectives LGBTQAI＋ au Japon. Cette fois, nous parlerons avec Becky, de ses sentiments sur les questions à la fois au Royaume-Uni et au Japon, de Shinkuju Nichome, et de la Pride. 

Episode 5 : LGBTQAI＋, Japan and Us ・LGBTQAI＋、日本、皆 Check out Yoshi's podcast Psych and Sexology, the last episode we're exchanging about sexuality in different countries.  His research and podcast : https://linktr.ee/yoshi.miyasaka  Thank you Voice Up Japan for the great work and support to all communities! Let's talk about LGBTQAI＋ concerns in Japan, when a judgment just came in Osaka that refusing same sex couple marriage is not against the Constitution. Japan remains the last country of the G7 to not allow same sex couple marriage, but at the same time, Yoshi talk about how Japan gives him hope and how things are moving.

Episode 4 : You need a gender to be hired  就活なら性別は必要だ Si tu veux un job, il te faut un genre Art by Aunt Lily https://www.instagram.com/auntlily_illustration/ Yumi Mizuno started a group that fights against forced gender representation in the hiring process in Japan. She reaches out to universities, suits companies, shukatsu hiring companies and webiste and she's doing an amazing job. Check her out : Smash Shukatsu Sexism https://twitter.com/shukatsusexism  For the episode 4 of Femin in Tokyo, we’re going to talk about the very strict rules that exist in Japan in the professional sphere, from the moment where one will start the interviews to get hired, to the moment they start working at the office. In Japan, for the most traditional structures, the company is sort of a second family. There’s still a strong sense of sacrifice needed to a company, with sometimes, for example, long hours on overtime, which can be seen as a proof of dedication to a company. Dinners out with colleagues after work can be quite common and help to create a strong and active work sphere, sometimes as strong as the private sphere. So the professional area is definitely affecting the habitants of Japan in their private life. In Japan, the hiring process can be very stressful to the Japanese youth. It’s a pretty big deal to not being accepted in your choice university or your choice company, and both are often linked. Many companies, the very best, will only accept a specific diploma from a specific school. Japanese youth is like all nationalities, they need to belong, they don’t want to be ronin. Ronin is a term that used to talk about a former samurai who doesn’t have a master anymore, and the term was already quite negative in the past. Today it’s used for candidates who got refused either in their chosen schools, universities or company. They usually have to study hard for another year and take the same test again. Let’s talk today about one very important aspect of the hiring process in Japanese companies. The rules that dictate how to dress according to your gender.   Pour l'épisode 4 de Féminisme à Tokyo, nous allons parler des règles très strictes qui existent au Japon dans la sphère professionnelle, depuis le moment où commencent les entretiens à l'embauche, jusqu'au premier jour de travail. Au Japon, pour les structures les plus traditionnelles, l'entreprise est en quelque sorte une seconde famille. Il existe encore un fort sentiment de sacrifice nécessaire à l'entreprise, avec parfois, par exemple, de longues heures supplémentaires, qui peuvent être considérées comme une preuve de dévouement à l'entreprise. Les dîners entre collègues après le travail peuvent être assez courants et contribuent à créer une sphère professionnelle forte et active, parfois aussi forte que la sphère privée. Le domaine professionnel affecte donc bel et bien le Japon dans la vie privée. Au Japon, le processus d'embauche peut être très stressant pour les jeunes Japonais.es. Ce n'est pas une mince affaire de ne pas être accepté.e dans l'université de son choix ou dans l'entreprise de son choix, et les deux sont souvent liés. De nombreuses entreprises, les meilleures, n'acceptent qu'un diplôme spécifique d'une école spécifique. La jeunesse japonaise est comme toutes les nationalités, elle a besoin d'appartenir, elle ne veut pas être ronin. Ronin est un terme qui désignait autrefois un ancien samouraï qui n'a plus de maître, et le terme était déjà assez négatif dans le passé. Aujourd'hui, il est utilisé pour les candidat.es qui ont été refusés dans leurs écoles, universités ou entreprises. Il faut alors souvent étudier dur pendant une année supplémentaire et repasser le même test. Parlons aujourd'hui d'un aspect très important du processus de recrutement dans les entreprises japonaises. Les règles qui dictent comment s'habiller en fonction de son sexe. Yumi Mizuno a créé un groupe qui lutte contre la représentation forcée des sexes dans le processus d'embauche au Japon. Elle s'adresse aux universités, aux entreprises de costumes, aux entreprises d'embauche shukatsu et aux sites web et elle fait un travail formidable. Retrouvez-la ici : Smash Shukatsu Sexismhttps://twitter.com/shukatsusexism  

Episode 3: Tokyo Medical University – Sexist scandal in 2018 In this episode we’re talking with Remi Kitabayashi, professional dentist in Harajuku. We will exchange about the situation we saw exploding in 2018 with the Tokyo Medical University, one of the most prestigious and important medical school in Tokyo. A sexist fraud going on for 10 years or more was discovered: all women applicants saw their scores automatically decreased to enter the University, under the pretense women are weakening the doctors system by stopping mid-career to have kids. Let’s talk about how this happened, what were the repercussions, what Remi thinks of it as a Japanese woman doctor. Remi also has an association for professional women and she interviews a few of them, translating it in English or Japanese. Go check it! https://omotesando-whitening.com/15946092979185   Episode 3 : Université de médecine de Tokyo - Scandale sexiste en 2018 Dans cet épisode, nous discutons avec Remi Kitabayashi, dentiste professionnel à Harajuku. Nous allons échanger sur la situation que nous avons vu exploser en 2018 avec l'université de médecine de Tokyo, l'une des plus prestigieuses et importantes écoles de médecine de Tokyo. Une fraude sexiste en cours depuis 10 ans ou plus a été découverte : toutes les femmes candidates ont vu leurs scores diminuer automatiquement pour entrer à l'Université, sous prétexte que les femmes affaiblissent le système des médecins en s'arrêtant en milieu de carrière pour avoir des enfants. Parlons de la façon dont cela s'est produit, des répercussions et de ce que Remi en pense en tant que femme médecin japonaise. Remi a également une association pour les femmes professionnelles et elle interviewe quelques-unes d'entre elles, en les traduisant en anglais ou en japonais. Allez voir !

Something like Greek mythology can be found in Japan and it’s called Shinto. This aboriginal religion is still powerful and active today.  In this episode, the roots of Shinto explain how one religion can coexist with another, Buddhism, and has adapted through centuries to arrive in the 21st and still be active in our modern society, with all its traditions.  But above all, Shinto is a religion that often puts women in the spotlight. Goddesses, warriors, shamans, village chiefs, their names make the legends. They are powerful, fierce, selfish, generous, treacherous, calculating, vengeful and in love. They fascinate Japanese songs, Kabuki, Noh, pottery and ancient paintings. And they appear in the Kojiki, the oldest collection of writings in Japan.

Today we talk with Nobue about her field specialty, school uniforms and male gaze, or seifuku gaze as she calls it. Seifuku (uniforms) gaze describes the mix between male gaze and objectification of the symbol of the schoolgirl uniform, erasing the human behind the symbol of the clothing. Check out the coming up exhibition of Nobue: Designers With A Cause : Creating awareness about social injustices towards women🔥 ➡️Upcoming exhibtion: Breaking Down Gender Dynamic Through Clothes 12.03.21 @designerswithacauseWelcome back to Feminist in Tokyo, today we’re going to talk about a topic which is causing quite a division within the opinions I heard so far, and that’s the Japanese school uniforms, more specifically the female ones. Why is the topic controversial? Countries seem to be divided around the globe on the uniform question, and you can probably think right now of the stance of your own country. For example, I’m from France, a country which used to have uniforms, my mother for example had a few in public schools but nowadays it’s definitely scarcer, mostly in private schools. I didn’t grow up wearing school uniforms. Japan, on the other hand, has an enormous school uniform culture. It will only take you a few minutes of walking in the street, city or countryside, to see many different styles of uniforms, for many ages. It can be fashionable, it’s also a big part of the anime and manga sphere, uniforms are something that some teenagers wear even outside of school days either because it’s cute or fun, or they can’t really decide what else to wear. Adults wear it too, something I see frequently when I go to Akihabara for example. When you go take a purikura or go to the karaoke, school uniforms can be rented for fun. Uniforms can be heavily sexualized, and not only in Japan. Have you ever tried to search for schoolboy vs schoolgirl in a research engine? Schoolboy sure, you get images of normal boys going to school. Schoolgirl? Welcome to the porn universe. How many times did you come across some adults video with a school uniform fantasy? So yes, uniforms, complicated story, let’s talk about it. Today I’m lucky to have Nobue with me who accepted to talk about this topic she knows very well. Nobue's parents are taiwanese and lived most of their lives in Japan. Btw if you ever have a chance to go to Taiwan, please drop any other plans you have. Nobue’s born in Japan, speaks Japanese, Mandarin and English. Her earlier studies were done in Japan in a prestigious catholic, all-girls, international school in Tokyo. She also studied Fashion Design/Fashion Marketing at Savannah College of Art and Design in the US for 5 years.  Nobue lived in the US for a while. She’s been diving into the world of fashion for quite some time, after an internship in the fashion brand Mi Jong Lee, also quite a bit of experience in hollywood styling. Nowadays, she’s doing a thesis at the Bunka Gakuen University, and the theme is, Japanese school uniforms.

Why create a feminist podcast about life in Japan? In this introduction, I tell you about my life here for the past 10 years, as well as the current situation of feminism in Japan.