“Yesterday, we handed our written list of demands to the university. I don’t think I will ever forget how I felt, printing off the documents and running together to the Student Support Office with them tightly clutched in our arms” – Yuka, Former Steering Committee Member, University of Tokyo Palestine Solidarity Encampment

Thank you so much to the brilliant editorial team at Spectre Journal for publishing my latest: a translation of a Palestine Solidarity Encampment Diary, originally published in Etc. When I first read the piece, I was so captivated by Yuka’s relentless dedication to women and queer activists, and her necessary interrogation of misogyny and homophobia in student activist spaces. It’s a story I think that anyone who has ever been involved in student organizing can see a little of themselves in.

Etc. Books チーム、ありがとうございました！数年前から、大ファンです。Etc雑誌は本当に重要なな仕事をしていて、一緒にコラボする機会があったことをとても嬉しく思います。ゆかさんの言葉は私の頭にいつも響いています。