August wrap-up: Women in Translation, Oxford study & skinny-shaming, Chinese blockbuster animations

My first month practicing slow reading, writing, and thinking.

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

The mad woman of the East

The female body, male gaze, & madness in Han Kang's The Vegetarian

Aug 20 • 

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Monstrous motherhood: How horror is still afraid of bad mothers

On Bring Her Back, Hereditary, The Babadook, Huesera & more

Aug 13 • 

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July 2025

TV taught me how to feel

On Bojack Horseman & the (dis)illusion of Hollywood fantasies

Jul 22 • 

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June 2025

The quest for authenticity

I have been performing as a Xi'an native for the past few years.

Jun 12 • 

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May 2025

My employer love-bombed me, and then fired me

On confusing boundaries in school & work, and harmful media representation

May 1 • 

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January 2025

Tiktok & the pathologization of experience

Are you anxiously-attached? Am I?

Jan 2 • 

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August 2024

“Do it for the plot”: The Idiot & Chinese Tinder

Narrativization & the commodification of experience

Aug 12, 2024 • 

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July 2024