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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In that sense, English is a self-destructive language, constantly yet often accidentally disrupted and subverted as one speaks it with their own accents, L1 transfer/interference, and idiosyncrasies.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

perhaps be *literary errors*—bad grammar, wrong syntax, poor vocabulary, and certain clunkiness that rejects and thus precludes smooth reading. And one way to allow for such errors in one's writing is perhaps by writing in a language that is not their own.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When writers are beginning to claim AI-generated text as *their* writing, when by extension literature is considered by many somewhat achievable via AI, and when the contours of human creativity against AI translation get blurred day by day, the only thing human that still holds literary value will

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been thinking about differences between exophonic writing and translated work originally written in the author's native tongue. Those are vastly distinct experiences to the writer themself but to the reader…? Would it bear any meaning today for writing to be done exophonically?

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Two more episodes with Rero-san to come. Stay tuned (and subscribed)!

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

On Queers with Accents Podcast, Kinoko @kinoko1027.bsky.social and I invited Kasumi Nakamura aka Rero-san @rero70.bsky.social, sociologist of gender and pop culture, to join our discussion on quoiromanticism polyamory, and what makes a relationship "romantic."

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Kinoko and I talked about polyamory vs. cheating, demisexuality and physical attraction, fluid sexuality, etc. in our latest podcast episode. Full episode on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3bpC...

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Yes, unfortunately she had to go. She spent her final days surrounded by loving and caring family and friends in the hospital room filled with message notes from friends. More about her passing here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ai...

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Donate to Keep Aileen’s Open in Emi's Memory, organized by Madison Zack-Wu

Please celebrate Emi's memory by keeping her organization Aileen’s open. Emi, c… Madison Zack-Wu needs your support for Keep Aileen’s Open in Emi's Memory

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The passport is sitting on my desk right in front of me, now purposeless.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm still processing the passing of my friend Emi Koyama. As soon as I learned she'd been diagnosed with cancer I promised her I'd visit her in Seattle sometime this summer. I got a new passport just a couple weeks ago just for this plan (that's how long it's been since my last international trip).

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations on your new achievement!

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Kinoko is the author of I Have Two Partners: Living the Polyamorous Life, a ground-breaking book in Japanese about polyamory, as well as the organizer of Poly Lounge, a series of events for polyamorous and questioning people and allies.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I started a podcast series with my ESL student, Kinoko, where we share with you video recordings of our lessons. Kinoko's ESL Lesson 004 - The pressure to fit in and finding energy in our own way progreztribe.substack.com/p/kinokos-es...

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Kinoko's ESL Lesson 004 - The pressure to fit in and finding energy in our own way

Join Kinoko-san, author of I Have Two Partners: Living the Polyamorous Life, and me as we share our lessons in podcast form — talking about various topics in English.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The Danchi Queer - a podcast where queer essayist Masaki Seto from Japan talks about his life in Japan. My first episode is about Sanseito and how Japan has always been xenophobic anyway. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

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The Danchi Queer • A podcast on Spotify for Creators

Queer essayist Masaki Seto from Japan talks about his life in Japan.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

/ someone using double quotation marks for gender pronouns and another person getting offended because they interpreted it as an emphasis (like in Japanese) instead of a sarcastic quote-like expression (like in English). This one was pretty difficult to handle, too.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

/ But I didn't know how to explain that without making it sound like I was gaslighting them to defend the anti-Semites. So I ended up saying, after explaining what I thought was the case, "but I don't know, maybe they said Jews." A similar thing happened a couple weeks ago with /

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

/ a conversation in Japanese among Japanese exchange students that they had overheard. As someone who'd grown up mostly in Japan, I knew people wouldn't say ジュウ to refer to Jewish people (they most likely say ユダヤ人) and my guess was they probably said 10 (じゅう) instead. /

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

It always feels awkward when someone believes they have been wronged but in fact they have only misunderstood the grammar or expression because it's their second language. When I was in college, a friend of mine took issue with what they perceived to be a reference to "Jews" in /

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Why would I “come out” of the closet that I never went into?

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Bisexual people are bisexual no matter who we date, fuck, or marry.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

↑今したこれらのリプですが、差別的な言辞を引用するのにあたり、トリガーウォーニングを書くべきでした。失礼しました。

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

広義の「トランスジェンダー」に含めて語られることはあると思いますし、それに私は特に反対しません（し、「絶対にトランスジェンダーには含まれない」などとも思いません）が、少なくとも「トランス女性」と呼ばれる人々の中にオートガイネフィリアの「男性」が含まれることはないのではないかと。一方で、オートガイネフィリアの「女性」については、シス女性にもトランス女性にもいると思っています。

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

たまたま見かけたので応答します。引用元を見ていただければわかりますが、相手の方はオートガイネフィリアを「ただ女性の格好して女として見られると興奮するっていうマゾヒズムの持ち主」と言っており、文脈的に「ただ女性の格好して」という部分は「アイデンティティは女性ではないが」とか「女性として生活してはいないが」という意味だと私は解釈しました。ですので私はこれをオートガイネフィリアの「男性」の話だと解釈し、「オートガイネフィリアの男性がトランス女性に含まれるわけ」ない、と言ったのです。

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Friend: Someone told me Discord is like Slack but for younger people. Me: That's micro-aggression.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

A quick overview of xenophobia in post-WWII Japan

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Is Sanseito's xenophobia anything new? - a quick overview of xenophobia in post-war Japan www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkB... The vlogging footage is from when I took a long walk in residential Saitama on a hot summer day.

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【英語Vlog】日本の排外主義は「新しい」現象なのか【英語×社会正義】

YouTube video by Masaki | ProgrezTribe

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

[New vlog] The election results (san'insen) and the rise of the far-right, fascist Sanseito are depressing, but should we be surprised? Is Sanseito's xenophobia anything new? - a quick overview of xenophobia in post-war Japan www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDkB...

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

A new video on how we should spend less time trying to be present everywhere and thus spreading ourselves too thin, and instead put in more time into crafting things that we love creating. YouTube (with English subtitles) www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Qr...

A mirror selfie of an adult man in perhaps a public restroom. A little dark overlay with yellow text on top that says, "Focus on creating what you love creating.／自分が作っていて楽しいと思うものを作ることに集中しよう"

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

See our About page for more info. progreztribe.substack.com/about#%C2%A7... Check out our FAQ page here. progreztribe.substack.com/p/frequently...

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#ProgrezTribe is a politically progressive Discord server where social issues are discussed in simple language, in either Japanese or English. If you're learning Japanese, join our conversations about queer/feminist politics etc. in simple Japanese! discord.gg/jq7Tt8bsSR

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

And her message to young women and queers. Watch in full at youtube.com/watch?v=qneO...

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This is where she responds to TERF talking points.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Is my mom a TERF? - An interview with a Japanese feminist mother on sexism youtube.com/watch?v=qneO... I went to interview my mother in Gunma, Japan to discuss her life as a woman in Japan. We talked about her past, feminism, intersectionality, transphobia, etc.

A warm-toned photo of my mom and me sitting next to each other at a table in a cafe. Hand-written text (digital) overlays on mom (feminist mother) and me (queer child).

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

And finally, this is the pro-Palestinian rally in Shibuya that I joined with fellow queers. Yes, "queers for Palestine" exists in Japan. These are all in one vlog here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuA2... I hope you enjoy it!

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Being queer is not just about nightlife, dating, and sex. In the vlog, I show you what queer community-building efforts are being made in Japan as well as show you a brief summary of the history of queer politics here.

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Masaki Seto (he/him) @mskseto.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

It's been years (literally) but I'm making vlogs again. "A queer life in Japan: politics, history, and the community" www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuA2... It's a long video (17+ mins) so I'll post snippets in 🧵

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