I was not aware that I valued cleanliness so much before coming to Israel. Japanese term Kirei means (1) beautiful, pretty, fair, and also (2) clean, clear, tidy, neat. What I perceive as aesthetically pleasing always connotes the concept of cleanliness.
Every time my partner (Ashkenazi) accompanies me (Japanese) to a local clinic (Clalit), they say to him "your foreign worker" in Hebrew. I've been thinking about why it irritates me at so many levels. #neoliberalism#racism#intersectionality#Israel
How do New Year's resolutions on Twitter negotiate tensions between global platform cultures and local contexts? We tackle this question in a new #open access paper from the DigitalValues team #outnow in