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我は、おばさん

我は、おばさん

In Japanese, Obasan means “middle-aged lady,” and it has been used quite disrespectfully. This book fights against ageism and sexism to re-define it.

2021

Stories

Pinned

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Becoming Obasan

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Iku Okada

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Jul 7, 2024

Preface from “Becoming Obasan” by Iku Okada

The article below is the preface of my book published in 2021. This is a trial for self-translated writings from Japanese to English.

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Aikido in English🥋

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Iku Okada

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Sep 22, 2025

Two Homes, One Path — My Aikido Journey

This is a self-translated writing by the author Iku Okada. The original article was written in Japanese and published in the September…

Genshinkan Aikido dojo, Manhattan, New York

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Aug 11, 2018

Writer of a Diary without Timestamp

“Hi, I’m Iku. I’m a writer.” “Oh, nice to meet you. What are you writing about?” — And I always pause a bit to describe my work. “I’m…

Writer of a Diary without Timestamp

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ESL essays and more

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Iku Okada

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Nov 12, 2017

It’s on the street

It was originally published as my homework blog in the former ESL class. [12/14/2015]

It’s on the street

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ESL essays and more

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Nov 12, 2017

Gyrotonic On Broadway

It was originally published as my homework blog in the former ESL class. [12/06/2015]

Gyrotonic On Broadway

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ESL essays and more

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Iku Okada

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Nov 12, 2017

Shoes and Tables

It was originally published as my homework blog in the former ESL class. [11/29/2015]

Shoes and Tables

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Otaku Girl And Proud

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Iku Okada

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Apr 23, 2017

Defeat the true enemy, to save Princess Peach. (OGAP-002)

Honestly I don’t play video games a lot. For the lack of knowledge, I didn’t care much about gender representation in video games before I…

Defeat the true enemy, to save Princess Peach. (OGAP-002)

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Otaku Girl And Proud

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Iku Okada

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Apr 22, 2017

Self Introduction (OGAP-001)

First of all, I am grateful that Minovsky and Hannah Cairns gave me this opportunity. As you see I was too lazy to keep this Medium alive…

Self Introduction (OGAP-001)

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ESL essays and more

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Iku Okada

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Mar 4, 2015

2–28–2015 / Me and my ‘Eikaiwa’ school

Girl named New York from Tokyo — 9

2–28–2015 / Me and my ‘Eikaiwa’ school

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ESL essays and more

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Mar 1, 2015

11–15–2014 / I get a kick out of musicals!

Girl named New York from Tokyo — 8

11–15–2014 / I get a kick out of musicals!

Iku Okada

Iku Okada

she/they

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Iku Okada (岡田育) is a Japanese writer, based in NYC. Since 2014, Iku has authored six narrative essays and one co-authored book. https://www.okadaic.net

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