I’ve been seeing a lot of comments online stating that the reason why Mackenyu doesn’t talk much or appear in interviews and bts social media posts is because he’s a Japanese idol contracted to a strict Japanese agency, which sounds logical, but it’s not true.

First off, Mackenyu is not an idol, he doesn’t sing and dance. Some might have called him an idol because he’s a handsome young actor who attracted a lot of idol fans, but he’s not an idol. Secondly, he is not contracted to a Japanese agency. He used to be, but a couple of years ago he made the switch to Asian Cinema Entertainment, which is an American Agency focused on promoting Asian American actors. He reportedly made this switch because he wanted to focus on building his career outside of Japan, which tracks with his current projects all involving western production companies and streaming platforms.

So then why the silence during interviews and absence on social media? Frankly, I don’t know, but if I had to guess, it’d be a combination of these possible reasons:

  1. He’s just busy. Seriously, the guy has a lot of upcoming projects, I would not be surprised if he just didn’t have the time to hang out with the others in Cape Town.
  2. Even though he’s not contracted to a Japanese agency anymore, he’s still used to do the way they do things and is conscious of his public image. Keep in mind that he is more famous and high profile than the other strawhat actors, and given how serious he seems about his career, it would make sense if he’s more careful about how he appears and what he puts on social media.
  3. He’s naturally a more quiet person in public. I’ve seen Mackenyu on Japanese variety shows before; he has his goofy moments, but he does come off as more reserved.
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ONE PIECE | Anime Expo Announcement | Netflix

The original Japanese voice cast of the Straw Hats in the One Piece anime will return for the Japanese dub of Netflix's One Piece live-action series.

Netflix’s One Piece live-action series will stream on August 31, 2023.

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They should put “being correct about the consequences of 2016 since day one” in the DSM because there are truly few things that make you feel more like a madman screaming in a straitjacket than having known what would happen if people let Trump get elected really since 2015 and then watching everyone fuck around and find out and have all of this political horror very predictably happen while those same chucklefucks from earlier act like their actions and subsequent outcome of 2016 is irrelevant to our current political situation

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Netflix show unleashes wave of MeToo allegations in Taiwan | Women's Rights News | Al Jazeera

Netflix show unleashes wave of MeToo allegations in Taiwan
Self-ruled island’s reckoning with sexual harassment and assault has been a long time coming.
aljazeera.com

Nearly six years since the #MeToo campaign took the world by storm, Taiwan’s reckoning with sexual harassment and assault has been a long time coming.


Taiwan’s first experience with #MeToo was relatively small compared with other places, although there were some well-publicised incidents. One included the release of a novel by 26-year-old writer Lin Yi-han that drew on her experiences of being groomed and sexually assaulted by her middle school teacher. The writer later took her own life, setting off a national discussion.


This time, it was the Taiwanese Netflix drama Wave Makers that inspired women to act.

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Endless Favorite Manga ↳ Sailor Moon

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My.Kali: "is the first LGBTQ+ webzine for and from the Middle East and North Africa. they aim to demonstrate diversity and fight repressive forms and norms with art therapy, photography, and visual innovation. The magazine tackles issues related to women’s rights, personal politics, gender related matters, freedom of speech, alt-communities, and new media. This allows for a window of hope where societies’ minorities can find solidarity, offering a safe atmosphere of reassurance and certainty in the midst of regional turmoil."

cookinguptales

Now that the post is over 10k and my notes are straight-up unusable…

One thing I wish I’d spelled out more explicitly in the original post because I see this point getting lost on a lot of rebloggers who don’t understand why the healthcare thing was such a big deal is like

The subtext I thought would be understood bc I lived back then but apparently has been lost today is that making sure queer employees and their partners had healthcare in the early 90s meant Disney was paying for a lot of AIDS treatment.

This is one reason fundie Christians were so upset and queer employees were so grateful. It’s one reason why it was such a controversial decision. It was a major talking point amongst my family, who believed back then that AIDS was a punishment from God.

(Some still do, I think. We don’t talk.)

I keep seeing people saying that Disney only chose that option “because of their bottom line” and it’s like??? Were you listening??? Disney has been paying for that decision for literally decades, but they’ve stood by it.

Like… the 90s weren’t like now! It wasn’t profitable to cater to the queer population of the country back then. They weren’t raking in money with this.

It’s in no way a perfect company but I fully believe in criticizing people for the specific things they do wrong and praising them for the specific things they do right. Disney has fucked copyright, monopoly, and labor laws and I’m not about to defend that. But they are well known in FL for being friendly to both queer people and disabled people, and that is unambiguously a good thing.

(Like side note, I could talk about Disney and accessibility for days. I have traveled extensively while disabled and no one does it like Disney.)

I’ve had people reblogging the post like “I straight-up don’t believe Disney is an industry leader in equal protections for queer employees” and it’s like ??? do you think I just pulled this out of my ass? If you want more information, go look it up! You’ll see that this is well-established history. It’s not my fault y'all don’t read! :|

findingfeather

Y’all really need to fucking start grasping the concept that people and corporations can be good on one metric and shit on another and BOTH STILL EXIST.

I’m sorry that real life doesn’t conveniently make it so that people, organizations and institutions are All Good or All Bad for you. But denying that shit happened because it ruins your easy sorting protocol is not only stupid, it’s going to fuck you over.