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A few of my designs are available on t-shirts at the new "The HMV Shop" in Solihull: it's like a regular hmv but more merch-focussed, with vinyls, films & Japanese sweets (a mini taste of comic con on the high street!). I've not made it over there yet, so send me a pic if you spot them!
So excited to show you this... Meet the Hanami Party backpack! It's a collaboration between Cakes with Faces and Tofu Cute .🌸 You might know them from comic con - they're the cutest, pinkest shop with Japanese sweets, kawaii plushies & ALL the cute stationery. The new backpack's a special edition item for their DigiFest this month, with an exclusive design featuring characters from Tofu Cute and Cakes with Faces having fun under the cherry blossoms. Thank you to Tofu Cute for the collab - it's been so lovely working with them and I hope you like the bag as much as we do! 💜 It's available right now: https://www.cakeswithfaces.co.uk/product/tofu-cute-x-cakes-with-faces-hanami-party-backpack
#葉郎每日讀報
1.Zoom擅自關閉海外中國異議人士帳號
網路媒體Axios獨家報導視訊會議服務Zoom無預警地關閉了在美中國異議人士的付費帳號。約有250名海外中國異議人士在6月4日當天以線上會議的方式紀念六四事件31年，結果主辦該活動的非營利組織「Humanitarian China人道中國」的Zoom帳號幾天後隨即失效。另外一名香港民主派人士也發現自己的帳號在上個月被關閉。對此，Zoom的發言人表示他們的做法是為了符合使用者所在國家的法令規定。
（報導原文：https://bit.ly/2YtxZVK）
2.台灣獨立發行商車庫娛樂成為意外贏家
難得台灣獨立片商可以登上Variety版面。Variety報導因為疫情開始以來好萊塢電影全面喊停，因此才七歲的台灣獨立發行商車庫娛樂今年（累計到六月中為止）的累計票房居然衝上全台第一名，贏過UIP、Sony、Warner和Disney等美商。其中又以去年底上映的韓國電影《白頭山：半島浩劫》的票房最為驚人，總計累積了1.16億台幣。車庫娛樂在這場記者會中同時宣布他們成為韓國國家發展基金所成立的泛亞太內容基金的合作夥伴，將引入該基金的資金投資台灣電影。
（報導原文：https://bit.ly/3dUtsCr、https://bit.ly/2zmMfak）
3.非二元性別演員呼籲表演獎項應該廢除性別分類
《Orange Is the New Black 勁爆女子監獄》演員Asia Kate Dillon是美國主要電視網上第一個自我定義為Non-binary gender 非二元性別的演員，「他」不認為自己是女性，也不認為是男性，並且一直用they、them、their等詞彙自稱（JK Rowling表示崩潰）。他在電視劇《Billions 金錢戰爭》中飾演的角色Taylor Mason則是美國電視史上第一個非二元性別主要角色。該角色一直以來在SAG-AFRTA美國演員工會的SAG獎中報名的是「最佳男配角」獎項。Asia Kate Dillon近日發表公開信給演員工會，呼籲他們廢除演員獎項的性別分類。他說我們從沒看到男導演獎、女導演獎、男編劇獎、女編劇獎，卻偏偏只有演員的表演必須以二元性別來區分他們的成就。他認為這樣的分類過去是用來保障白人順性別女性的權益，但同時也讓其他性別多元者得到歧視的下場。
（報導原文：https://bit.ly/2YnQj2x）
4. JK Rowling特區——
1)Emma Watson：「跨性別者說他們是什麼就是什麼，他們有資格過自己定義的生活，而不需要一直被別人質疑或指導他們應該稱呼自己是什麼。」
2) Eddie Redmayne：「我無法苟同Jo（Rowling）的見解。跨性別女性就是女性，跨性別男性就是男性，非二元性是真確存在的事。我無法代表跨性別社群發言，但我確實認識到我那些跨性別友人和同僚都對於這種身份認同的質疑無比厭煩，而且這些質疑已經觸發暴力和騷擾。他們只想平靜地過自己的生活，是時候讓他們如願了。」
3) Evanna Lynch（飾演Luna）：「光想像作為一個跨性別者並且學著接受這件事並好好愛你自己已經是一件充滿挑戰的事，我們作為一個社會完全不應該再替他們增添任何痛苦。」
4) Warner Bros.正式聲明：「過去幾週的事件加強了我們作為一個企業去正面面對社會議題的決心。Warner Bros.對於多元融合的立場是非常明確的，維持一個多元融合的文化對我們公司和我們的觀眾都是非常重要的議題。我們也看重這些在創作過程中充分與我們分享創意的創作者所產出的故事。我們同時也非常認同我們有責任呼籲所有人，尤其是那些跟我們一起工作的夥伴和接觸到我們內容的觀眾，能夠有更多同理心、能夠更理解每個社群和每個人。」（有夠拗口的官樣文章！）
5)曾推動過「End Period Shame月經並非恥辱」公益活動的英國品牌The Body Shop美體小舖拿出了他們當時特別設計、上面印有"it's bloody natural" 以及 "drop the P-word"字樣的帆布袋，裝入專門研究跨性別平權的美國學者Paisley Currah的書《Transgender Rights 跨性別權利》，快遞給you-know-who。
（報導原文：https://bit.ly/2YnmCyN、https://bit.ly/2UBIlC1、https://bit.ly/3fcgIHt）
其他今天也可以知道一下的事
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➤Apple將Podcast用戶端軟體Pocket Casts從中國地區的App Store下降，理由是中國官方認為該軟體被用來傳輸在中國境內被認定為違法的內容（https://bit.ly/3hhVKZs）
➤還以為HBO Max就是DC片庫大集合的粉絲可以醒醒了，HBO Max上頭的DC電影將每個月輪流上架和下架，就像旋轉門一樣不停轉（https://bit.ly/37lXb4B）
➤已經取消的聖地牙哥Comic-Con活動將在七月以線上活動的替代方式舉辦（https://bit.ly/2MQJlh6）
➤原定十月舉辦的Coachella音樂節確定取消今年的活動（https://bit.ly/2MRg1Y1）
➤美國錄音學院宣佈葛萊美獎將跟進唱片公司的呼籲，棄用urban一詞，將Best Urban Contemporary Albu類別改名為Best Progressive R&B Album（https://bit.ly/3cUEDJM）
➤Amazon宣佈將在未來一年內暫時禁止警方使用他們的臉部辨識技術Rekognition（https://bit.ly/2ML22TA）
#toynews: The Online Edition of #SanDiegoComicCon 2021 happens between July 23-25, as is DKE Toys' #DKECON for #SDCC2021!
Featured here are the exclusives to be had via https://www.dketoys.com/store.
Further info #onTOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/3eHOPJt
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This was the first ever video clip I filmed of #SingaporeComicCon #SCC2019 (7-8 December 2019), for which I had covered relentlessly on the TOYSREVIL-blog (Read all here: https://bit.ly/30KXOTm). As we count down the months and days to December 2020, I wonder if the 2020 Edition of SCC will still happen, or would it still be physically relevant, in this COVID-Age of "Social Distancing" ...?
(Featured on Insta today: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGE3BCUgH2k/).
I know I am biased - having covered and enjoyed the annual event for the past decade here in Singapore - but I feel the annual geekcon would be quite different without the hustle-n-bustle, and the insanity of the crowds (*The music / noise-din notwithstanding FFS) - where once I/we might have complained about - but now...? Where even San Diego Comic Con and New York Comic Con have since gone virtual, including closer to Asia: Thailand Toy Expo ... with the exception of Taipei Toy Festival, which is still pushing forth in October, it remains to be seen or announced, the status of this year's SCC...
What do YOU think? Will you miss it? Are you looking forward to it happening?
How was your 2019 experience at SCC?
Featured on TOYSREVIL-Insta via hashtag #toysrevilsgcc2019": https://bit.ly/2GG0BpQ
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Featured here today is "ZOMBIE" edition of Mini Muckey (5th color) of MUCKEY MEETS FLUFFY from Japan's INSTINCTOY, with this Hiroto Ohkubo-designed character a smaller sized version of his original 7.5" tall MUCKEY (approx. 5")!
There is no audio commentary in this unboxing video, cheers :)
I purchased this at the Singapore Toy Games & Comic Con that year, direct from the INSTINCTOY booth, and was even listed as "#2" in my TOYSREVIL TOP TEN TOYS OF 2016 (Re: https://bit.ly/2RIfbzk) ... This is the first time I am showing him off in moving visuals :)
MUCKEY features on# TOYSREVIL: https://bit.ly/3hM4ypI.
FYI: This video is not sponsored. I am just showing off my toy-joy, cheers :)
Track used: "Castille Soap" from LATASHA
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