On this day in 1911, the Japanese government executed twelve anarchists, including radical journalists Kanno Sugako and Kōtoku Shūsui (shown), as part of a widespread crackdown on left-wing activism. Among those executed were Uchiyama Gudō, a Buddhist priest and socialist who spoke out against the Meiji government for its imperialism and advocated for conscripted soldiers to desert en masse.
The pretext for this crackdown was the “High Treason Incident”, a plot to assassinate the Emperor of Japan. The incident began when police searched the room of Miyashita Takichi, a young lumbermill employee, and found materials which could be used to construct bombs, concluding that there was a broader conspiracy to harm the imperial family.
On the basis of this plot, the Japanese government rounded up leftist activists from all over the country. 24 of the 26 defendants actually brought to trial were sentenced to death, despite the evidence against nearly all of them being circumstantial.
Among those executed anarcha-feminist journalist Kanno Sugako (some sources say she was executed on January 25th). At the age of 29, Kanno became the first woman with the status of political prisoner to be executed in the history of modern Japan.
Prior to his execution, Kōtoku Shūsui etched this message on the wall of his cell: “How has it come about that I have committed this grave crime? Today my trial is hidden from outside observers and I have even less liberty than previously to speak about these events. Perhaps in 100 years someone will speak out about them on my behalf.”
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incels: intentionally refusing to masturbate because of toxic reactionary conspiracy theories about testosterone levels
me: trying to masturbate so i can concentrate on literally anything else for a while and failing because thinking about sex or looking at porn makes me depressed and reminds me of my current loneliness and past abuse trauma
haha i wish that the person i am did not exist
Taylor Swift is taking on Stav this weekend
i know my
eneimiesenimiesenimimisenemies,everyone whos not like me (mods)
I really need to finish Umineko
I humbly request the collective knowledge of chapo.chat:
I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S10e. It works well, has no blemishes, still has plenty of storage due to the MicroSD, is a good size, and still has a headphone jack. I’m not impressed by it’s photography capabilities.
My carrier currently has a deal to swap it for the new S24 Ultra or S24+ at no cost. Before this, my plan was to use my current phone until it died, and then get their Gameboy Advanced SP-looking phone. You see, if I have to give up a headphone jack then it better be in exchange for some other novelty! Deep down, I’m a gadgetbahn lover. I don’t actually care about 5G because I live in America, and I’m not sure if we even have it. The Ultra comes with a stylus, which is kind of quirky I guess… As for size, I think both will fit in the pockets I use.
Hexbear, what should I do??
Options for a bit later tonight: Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Columbo, or both but get less sleep.
Guy who wants to fucking kill you because you are a tattoo artist with no tattoos
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I’ll take the opportunity to recommend Kanno’s Reflection on the way to the Gallows
Kotoku incident
Is this a gamergate thing?
I swear I hear my cats say words sometimes. One has a specific meow that sounds like how my name is pronounced with meows.
Saw a tweet that said “You don’t have to medically transition to be trans, but you have to have medically transitioned to be able to detransition” and another tweet that explicitly stated that people who only socially transitioned and later changed their mind aren’t “really” detransitioners. In the replies there were picrew trans people like “Yeah, that’s sad but true :/”
Like ok, fuck you?? I went by a female name for over 2 years, I got yelled at in public by strangers for wearing dresses, I had to put up with a lot of shit during my time as a trans girl. Do you have any idea how shameful it feels to try so hard to get people to accept you for who you are for so long, only to then have to turn around and say “uh, so it turns out you were right and it was all just a temporary thing”?
Seriously, fuck you. You’re trying to gatekeep a community you’re not even a part of? How can it be “valid” to socially transition, but not valid to socially detransition?? I guess I’m stuck having socially transitioned then? Or did I just imagine the whole thing? I identified as a gender different from the one I was assigned at birth, that’s all it takes to be transgender, and now I don’t anymore. Just because I now identify as male again doesn’t mean I didn’t go through years of confusion, self-doubt and conflicting feelings about my own identity.
I know there’s a non-insignificant number of trans people who categorically deny that some people who transition simply “change their minds” about it later, which likely has to do with wanting reassurance for themselves and their surroundings. The prospect that you might change your mind about it later is scary (I know that because I fucking felt that fear myself), and the idea that that is literally impossible, that if you have any feeling you might be trans you 100% definitely are, is comforting. It’s also a nice line to feed your parents if they’re not on board with you transitioning. But it’s pure cope and you can’t just retroactively invalidate someone as never having really transitioned in the first place, that’s just trans-medicalism with extra steps. 3 years ago this person would’ve been all like “Yaaaas, of course you’re valid sis, you don’t need to take HRT to really be trans” but now, that I decided it isn’t for me, I guess I was a poser all along.
Talking heads concert movie has a higher rating than come and see and 12 angry men on letterboxd. The letterboxd nerds must be stopped
A terrible signal
Too weak to even recognize
A gentle collapsing
The removal of the insidesI’m touched by your pleas
I value these moments
We’re order than we realize
…in someone’s eyesA frequent returning
And leaving unnoticed
A condition of mercy
A change in the weatherA view to remember
The center is missing
They question how the future lies
…in someone’s eyes
The gentle collapsing
Of every surface
We travel on the quiet road
…the overload
