The Hair Police (w/Anne Crescini)

Anne Crescini talks about how Japanese schools don't have the resources to properly combat bullying, because those resources get used on student hair color and fingernail length.

Ollie FINALLY starts studying Japanese again.
 
Wait, wow WAS Bobby looking at the Holocaust before?

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

Brian's BirthdayThe HELL that is the PTA and how her experiences with it affected Anne's Japan-facing online personaHow horrible it is to have to join a line group chatThe reactions Anne's received so far since she's shifted into slightly more Japan-critical territoryThe Praise-Japan-for-pay career trackThe way your foreignness gets wielded against you when you try to advocate for changeBullying among adults in JapanA very ill timed request for more of your money"Black School Rules," what are they and how they are and are not enforcedAnne's daughter's experience with "hair color verification" rules in her high school What a human rights lawyer told Anne about these kinds of school rulesThe Osaka case in which a girl was forced to die her natural hair, and the way the Japanese courts refused to actually take a positionOllie's time as a Japanese high school studentHow students are able to practice self expression on Japanese school campusesHow hot are those napes, guys? Did you see those napes?WHY Japan tries to exert control over children's appearanceThe overemphasis on conformity and how it affects people who naturally do not conformNoah's Unseen Japan article on hair regulationsWhen and why were some of these rules initially put in placeHow these rules can be applied to discriminate or harassElementary school training bra rulesThe cultural difference around the responsibility on the part of the school to "parent" and instill moral values in studentsThe way in which Japan tends to rely on and even voice a desire to have authorities regulate themThe Japanese approach to the "it takes a village" philosophyHow the attempts to force kids to conform can lead to bullyingThe pressure placed on schools to take care of kids even outside of the schoolWhy schools step back when it comes to bullyingA recent incident of suicide in which the school actively withheld information about bullying from the familyA theoretical focus on bullying without any effort dedicated to practical interventionAnne's hope for the future

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Content Links:
Unseen Japan Article about Hair Regulations

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