explaining: where all my vlogging mojo went in 2022
2022 was hard. And if I'm to get into making vlogs, even just for myself, in the future, I needed to unpack that and figure out a way forward.
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12.30 | and then it was december
2022 is now basically over, but that's not quite what got me interested in finally sending out a new newsletter. Actually, funnily enough, it was this...
08.26 | san ba in august
The gendered insult "san ba (38)" was first recorded 1000 years ago. I turn it in a couple hours.
05.30 | malaise in may
The month of May felt to me like I both constantly needed to use up those lesser power moves and was constantly defensively blocking. Every kick punch and jump I managed to get in was only just enough to fill up one bar before it got depleted again.
04.23 | can we actually take back earth day?
Like many other "movements" out there (PRIDE, International Women's Day), this one has been taken over by the very corporations with their boot on the neck of environmental activists.
Happy Earth Day: 5 zero waste hacks that aren't worth it
To honor that conflict between the intention and the execution, I'm going to have a little poke at a movement I admire, am always working towards, and love learning more about, but which sometimes gives advice that borders on parody: Zero Waste.
04.16 | confronting the need for safety with love instead of fear
Last weekend I watched the new A24 + Michelle Yeoh film "Everything Everywhere All At Once" - one of the first films in years that left me breathless in awe at the end of it.
04.09 | what is happening in shanghai right now?
Good lord Shanghai. What a fucking mess.
In case you don’t have half your friend base still living in that city, here’s what’s been going on...
04.02 | loneliness, warhol, & nyc
Part memoir of post-breakup wanderings by an expat transplant, part New York City art history reflection, "The Lonely City" by Olivia Laing felt very... I don't know, "exactly this moment" for me.
03.26 | being angry and a woman (happy #whm)
What made me happy was that I had finally gotten to a position where I had all the power over myself. That even though the situation sucked, I didn't have to acquiesce gently or pretend I was into it.