Dr Bertha Chin (she/her)

So US, Isreal, UK and everyone else can take the oil, right? Be honest.

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist ...

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz

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Rewatched Netflix’s zombie Kdrama Kingdom for the nth time, and I want to know what happened in between that 7 years damnit! And what happens after everything fades to black!

I know; I say this everytime after I rewatch the show.

Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal, paving way for Paramount victory Streaming service says ‘deal no longer financially attractive’ at price required to match Paramount Skydance offer

I know Netflix isn’t the ideal answer either, but this is essentially paving way for Tr*mp’s minions to monopolise the American media.

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Jonte Richardson Steps Down as BAFTA Judge Jonte Richardson says he will no longer be a judge for the BAFTAs, calling the awards show’s handling of the Tourette’s slur incident “utterly unforgivable.”

Jonte Richardson says he will no longer be a judge for the BAFTAs, calling the awards show’s handling of the Tourette’s slur incident “utterly unforgivable.”

What Is With... Wuthering Heights’ emotionally intense press tour? The movie's leads Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi's 'mutual obsession' has attracted mixed reactions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Was interviewed by Singapore's Straits Times on celebrities' ramped up performances while on press tour junkets, playing up their characters' relationships & bringing it to off-screen to the red carpets &. interviews.
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Rewatching the Godzilla film series during this Lunar New Year holiday period before the Monarch season 2 premiere, and I find I’m constantly cheering for Godzilla and the MUTOs to win over humans probably says even more about what I think of the state of the world today.

‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.

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Gambling for children? Why Australia should consider regulating blind box toys like Labubu Blind boxes rely on the same mechanisms of seduction as loot boxes in video games – and so demand the same scrutiny.

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Chatted with @swapnilrai.bsky.social last year in Henry Jenkins & Colin Maclay's podcast, "How Do You Like It So Far" about celebrities, transcultural fandoms & streaming platforms.

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Very glad I went to watch one of the last few screenings of #RentalFamily in the cinema. It’s quiet and beautiful. And at a time when I’m itching to go to Japan, so there’s a sense of longing (on my part).

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

“The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds…”

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What K-pop and Bad Bunny have in common: Power of language, fandom, cultural pride - The Korea Times Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show carried an energy Korean audiences already recognize: the confidence of pop that does not need to translate...

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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

Fox news: the channel for white people who start yelling when there's someone on line at the grocery store speaking Spanish.

This is an incredible thread

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

In case you missed the moment.

Art is powerful

I can’t believe I sat through it, but I’d watched everything else in the franchise and thought I should at least finish it. Wished the dinosaurs had just finished everyone off

The start of #JurassicWorldRebirth is really bad (what I meant yesterday when I said GenAI-generated). More fun when the dinosaurs appear so I can at least cheer for them to annihilate the humans.

Why do all new Hollywood movies sound like they’re written by ChatGPT.

Next week!

OK, I've signed up. I'll try and make it @areum.bsky.social but it'll be early morning in Singapore so I shall try my best to be awake! Thanks for sharing this, @thekpopprof.bsky.social!

12 Feb 6:30 eastern
Dr. #JeongAreum #정아름 is brilliant. This #booktalk discusses #Kpop #fandom and is STRONGLY recommended.
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A few more days left to submit your abstract!! #fanstudies #transculturalfandoms

Commentary: What Venezuela and Greenland really tell us about Trump’s America What the world is witnessing is far more consequential than the temporary phenomenon of US President Donald Trump testing the limits of his power, says veteran newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang.

There is another explanation: They are signs of the decline of a great power struggling to keep its place at the head of the table in a world that is rapidly changing.”

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Anger as branch of ICE to help with security at Winter Olympics ROME: A branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help with security for the Winter Olympics in Italy, it confirmed on Tuesday (Jan 27), sparking anger and warnings they were not...

As long as the western world enables them, their actions will be normalised. They’re already behaving like private militia so what’s stopping them from firing against anyone they see fit? We’re hinging on the “morality” of an immoral man. It’s bonkers

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For a moment, I thought it was going to be a bittersweet and sad ending, #TaxiDriver3. I hope there’ll be a season 4 🤞🏼

Yes, well, you set the precedent when you didn’t condemn him for invading another country and kidnapped its leader right under everyone’s eyes, no matter how problematic you seem said leader was. And now you expect Trump to not be emboldened by that? Funny.

Dr Sim: Sarawakians who don’t come home to contribute are not truly successful KUCHING, Jan 9 — Sarawakians who choose not to return to their homeland to contribute to the state’s development are not truly successful, said Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian.The...

What is it then when you’ve gone back to try and do exactly this but your expertise and contribution are gaslit and spat back in your face? Hazing? A test of mettle to prove you’re really successful and thus can withstand workplace bullying?

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