Shari has been disrupting the placid waters of Japanese life with her western ideas for the last 17 years. She's written textbooks and been a teacher and remains ever vigilant for her own tendency to view the world through the eyes of ethnocentrism.
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TV Review: 24 - Season 6
24 forces us to think about many moral questions, in addition to providing nonstop, addictive action and entertainment.
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What’s Your Blood Type, Baby?
In Japan, a Type A personality isn’t what you'd expect.
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Is Racism Against White People Possible?
Japan finds humor at the expense of westerners.
We should think about the problems unrequited love causes for the beloved, as well as for the lover.
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Parents and Forgiveness
I still can’t completely forgive my parents, despite having sympathy for what led them to being bad parents.
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Music, Software, and Video Piracy
Content creators need to offer the customers something more enticing than getting music for free.
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The Limits of Language
How our phonetics and native language limit our expression.
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Living Your Ethics
Can you separate the art from the artist and live up to your ethical ideals?
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Housecleaning: Getting Past Gender Stereotypes
How to stop arguing over the toilet seat and the housework.
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Soul Mates, Fate and Free Will
Thoughts on how fate and free will can peacefully co-exist
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