feminism

murakami has a pattern of misogynistic portrayals. for example, in wind up bird chronicles, there are unnecessarily sexual portrayals of may kasahara, and sexual assault is used somewhat as a plot device. in men without women (specifically samsa in love and scheherazade), female characters exist solely to be some passive admiration and projection o

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folklore of our times gives me that “chrono-sonder” (although a term coined by some random tiktoker, no other word encapsulates this feeling)

we are not told what the ex-gf truly thinks, there is no inner monologue. i don’t completely understand where she’s coming from, but i think i get the feeling. the way she’s a product of her time. and all of h

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