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I will figure this out later. Art is by kurocavi.

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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Do catch up on the Sinta Exhibit at Ayala Malls the 30th, this weekend, featuring works from @ayuyamane.bsky.social, Masaomi Ito, Tagasaing, Tsambolero and many artists from the Philippines and Southeast Asia! tribune.net.ph/2026/07/06/b...
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Beloved beyond borders: An exhibit on Japanese and Southeast Asian queer comics
‘Sinta: Queer Stories Across Asia’ brings together about 30 artists whose comics explore love, identity, memory, and belonging across Japan and Southeast Asia, revealing the diverse ways queer lives a...
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thanks, wratty! 🥹 It feels surreal
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Thanks!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
As someone who knows my fanfic past... I am 👀
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I had a lovely opportunity to talk about #BL, fan fiction, and fanworks in Japan and Southeast Asia on the BBC's The Conversation. I shared my own fanfic and scholarly journey, showcasing the transformative power of fanworks. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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BBC World Service - The Conversation, Fan fiction: a writer's playground
Two women creating stories based on their favourite characters
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I did say mpreg and the bbc kept it.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It's done differently by various rakugoka but her enunciation is really good. As the anime grows, she will be performing far more complex pieces and I truly believe she can pull it off! And she only started studying rakugo for this series too. Her growth is amazing.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
She is amazing! That Jugemu piece was insane!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Salty over our uni's travel moratorium since I just saw @transasianfan.bsky.social program this week, and there were some really interesting papers. I hope some of these get some publications someday. GIVE ME THAT BUS FANDOM PAPER!!! ; w; 9:38 AM · May 23, 2026
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is long in my tbr and my god your reactions. Now i am scared to start!!!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I did just say mpreg to the BBC last night.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
There was one established local journo team that approached me to talk about fandom. It took a good afternoon, and somehow I didn't hear about its posting. It was never posted. I sometimes think about whether it's because they didn't hear the narrative they wanted to hear. More work to do.
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TheOASG @theoasg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026
A free preview of Battan's Secondhand Sisters (Chapter 1) is up on Kodansha's site kodansha.us/series/secondhand-siste…
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It isn't just good. IT WILL BE GREAT.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I am like running through emotional extremes and my friends have been good at tempering at least my seething anger over this neverending shitshow surrounding BL.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The beauty of the genre is that it has always given its artists this range. The diversity in BL narratives makes the genre amazing and exciting. Policing it to conform to some "standard" rips the power of this highly transformative genre.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Even dojinshi printing is no joke these days (although it is still quite cheaper compared to some printers here in Manila.)
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
There's a part where @redstringtl.bsky.social made an interesting point at the space about the quality of manga printing in Japan and the heavy export costs that come with it. The ways different publishers navigate printing for such a limited resource (paper!) is often overlooked by consumers.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It isn't. Please. If this scholar is anal abt MTL for JP student presentations, then dammit, understand that this acquisition is no good. AI isn't the solution to manga's global distribution problem.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Even more upsetting is how some of my notable JP colleagues in manga studies are taking the news positively as if this is THE solution to bring more titles out in the world.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Listening in on a space on Twitter on the Media Do acquisition, and while I have a number of things to say, I am of the saddest hearts to think that whatever good Seven Seas will do in the next few months, Media Do's actions will screw them over.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Precisely! In a sea of stories, Kuma's given us unforgettable reads!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Laughing at someone talking about a convo at Kuma's Citrust Con panel and how their editor's choices to be too niche to sell. I think their editor's doing a great job but I guess readers who share the same taste (like me) have always occupied the bad side of the BL hell 🤣
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Ending the day with that one thing that has been keeping me alive.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Truly. Given that a frequent grand sponsor was King Records. 🥹
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Somehow, in my lecture on local revitalization, I had an opportunity to talk about Iwami and Free!. Then I missed the days when things were fun and simple. ; w; I also missed KyoAni.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Lol. One of my heartbreaking lessons because I felt these sponsors were grand enough to be in my bootleg anime VHS tapes of yore but alas.
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lalage @lalage.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
belated happy horse year
pastel drawing of a piebald palomino shetland pony with a white star and suspiciously blue eyes running under pink pear blossoms, its gloriously billowing mane engulfing its lalafellin rider
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
My box is finally here but now I just want to roll around my books and read. 🤣
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I will migrate to Malaysia if animateKL hires me as their procurement officer for BL manga. LET ME MAKE A FLOOR FILLED WITH BL MANGA like how it is in every animate all over asia.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I look forward to it!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The body forced me to be a potato yesterday and I am happy I did. Felt bad that I had to cancel my classes but I was really out of it yesterday.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
What a wonderful post. I always came as an observer and mostly heard some of the critiques on the fringes and thought wow... Editors sure are meticulous. But I am excited to see your journey towards getting a commercial BL project!
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billie snippet @billies.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Part 2 of a double blog post update~ I talk about the reviews I got on my BL doujinshi from actual BL manga editors from publishers Homesha and Takeshobo . It was super helpful and a great learning experience! breezebl.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/m...
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My First Encounter with The Traveling Editorial Department
Please check my Intro to the Traveling Editorial Department post before reading this entry for context! I’ve been wanting to get some feedback on my work for a while! So mochikomi has been on the b…
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
People at work have been telling me to slow down. I want to slow down badly, tbh. I have been telling people to get me more sick so that I can slow down and finally devolve into a potato.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Noooooooooo!!!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The way Asada Nemui's rambling has now spiraled to salty men about the loose regulations surrounding BL. *popcorn.gif*
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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
My spark of a translation baby is available for preorder if you are interested in some lusty Nakamura Asumiko BL!
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Hibana | Seven Seas Entertainment
From the mastermind behind Classmates: Dou kyu sei comes a dark romance manga about a girl, her boyfriend, and the transfer student he refuses to leave alone. Tomori knows her boyfriend Inukai has a c...
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Now that is a wicked looking bookshop!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I am with your reading group in spirit!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
OH NAUUUR A BOOKSTORE IN THE AIRPORT!!! 🙃
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Luggages are in the clear! i didn't buy more books 🥹 but one luggage threatened not to close.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Oooh this is such a great idea!
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Maru is tired 🫩🥊🚬 @marureviere.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New Filipino BL comic!!! I’ve been anticipating this one for a while, and wow, the high school nostalgia hit me hard while reading lol. It’s an academic rivals-to-lovers story, available in both English and Tagalog, and the artist is planning monthly updates 🫶
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Maru is tired 🫩🥊🚬 @marureviere.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Being Filipino feels extra special right now. Seeing Filipino creatives gaining international attention for their queer works makes my heart so full 🥹💞 This kind of representation truly matters to us. Here's to more in 2026!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Fruits are also deliciously cheap! You may only be able to eat this in the mall or market, but if you can, try a durian!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
; w; I am soooo read. But this is also very true!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
People often wonder why malls are thriving in SEAsia! It's because we can't be bothered with the heat and the malls are our greatest refuge. 🙃 The ironies of life.
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This! It's more of a mook than a mag! 🥹 The book buying has not stopped!
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khursten is here too @khursten.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Got to put on my socks and get that DaVinci BL issue
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