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Recent Press:

Magdaline Duncan, “In Anonymity, Japan’s ‘Tomorrow Girls’ Seek Equality,” Global Journalist, April 19, 2018. https://globaljournalist.org/2018/04/in-anonymity-japans-tomorrow-girls-seek-equality/

Soo-Min Shim, “Power in Pink: Tomorrow Girls Troop at Firstdraft,” Runway, March 28, 2018. http://conversations.runway.org.au/conversations/power-in-pink/

Sarinah Masukor, “Critic’s Guide: Sydney,” Frieze, March 13, 2018. https://frieze.com/article/critics-guide-sydney

Colleen Hochberger, “The Other Art History: The Non-Western Women of Feminist Art,” Artspace, March 2, 2018. https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/the_big_idea/the-other-art-history-the-non-western-women-of-feminist-art-55280

“Japanese Artist to Commemorate ‘Comfort Women,’” Rafu Shimpo, February 15, 2018. http://www.rafu.com/2018/02/japanese-artist-to-commemorate-comfort-women/

Matt Stromberg, “Two Public Performances Honor Victims of Japanese Sex Slavery During WWII,” Hyperallergic, February 12, 2018. https://hyperallergic.com/426616/comfort-women-yoshiko-shimada-tomorrow-girls-troop/

Ana Valens, “Japan’s top dictionary under fire for insensitive definition of LGBTQ people,” The Daily Dot, January 17, 2018. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/japan-dictionary-lgbtq-people/

Vanessa Graf, “Feminism and Climate Change: UCLA at the 2017 Ars Electronica Festival,” Ars Electronica Blog, September 5, 2017. https://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/2017/09/05/feminist-climate-change/

“Reforming Japan’s Sex Crime Laws,” NHK International, August 29, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg-ubnMJQGk&t=2s

Alisa Yamasaki, “Tackling the terminology behind feminism in Japan,” The Japan Times, May 11, 2017.  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/05/11/general/tackling-terminology-behind-feminism-japan

Charlotte Jansen, “The New Female Front,” Elephant Magazine, Issue 29, April 12, 2017. https://elephant.art/new-female-front-charlotte-jansen-collectives/

Annemarie Luck, “Japan’s Madonna Complex,” Index on Censorship, Vol. 46, Issue 1 (April 12, 2017), pp. 22–25. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0306422017703590

Clarisse Treilles, “La vie des Japonaises, entre inégalités et résistances,” Axelle, No. 198 (April 2017), pp. 25-27. https://www.axellemag.be/vie-japonaises-entre-inegalites-resistances/

Michelle Zacharias, “Blossom Blast - A Feminist Spring,” Tokyo Art Beat, March 11, 2018. http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/tablog/entries.en/2017/03/blossom-blast-a-feminist-spring.html

Letícia Mendes, “Girl Power no Japão,” Ovelho, March 29, 2016. http://ovelhamag.com/girl-power-no-japao/

Annie H. Jones, “The Tokyo Guide to International Women’s Day 2017,” Japan: Women’s Stories, March 4, 2017. https://womensstoriessite.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/the-tokyo-guide-to-international-womens-day-2017/

Charlotte Jansen, “Japan Hasn't Updated Its Rape Laws Since 1907—But That Might Finally be Changing,” Broadly, March 1, 2017. https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/vb4dmb/japan-hasnt-updated-its-rape-laws-since-1907but-that-might-finally-be-changing

Natalie Hegert, “Can Art Really Make a Difference?” Huffington Post, February 25, 2017. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/can-art-really-make-a-difference_us_58b115a0e4b0658fc20f9576

Komatsu Kayoko, “Spirituality and Women in Japan,” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 44, No. 1, Gendering Religious Practices in Japan (2017), pp. 123-138. https://www.jstor.org/stable/90017634?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

“Tomorrow Girls Troop and the Power Parade Across Japan,” Tilt Mag, March 29, 2016. http://tilt-mag.com/tomorrows-girls-troop/

Natalie Hegert, “The art group preaching girl power to Japan,” Dazed, February 24, 2016. http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/29985/1/the-all-female-art-group-preaching-girl-power-to-japan-tomorrow-girls-troop

Johnny Waldman,  “A Survey of Feminist Art in Japan,” Spoon and Tamago, February 17, 2016. http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2016/02/17/a-survey-of-feminist-art-in-japan

Jun Hongo, “Japan’s G7 City Abandons ‘Sexist’ Manga Character as Official Mascot,” Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2015. https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2015/11/06/japans-g7-city-abandons-sexist-manga-character-as-official-mascot/

Natalie Hegert, “The Feminist Art Group Fighting Misogyny in Japan and Korea,” ArtSlant, September 9, 2015. https://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/43903

Matt Stromberg, “ArtRx LA,” Hyperallergic, August 11, 2015. https://hyperallergic.com/228774/artrx-la-56/