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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...
elaine
i own this place!
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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.
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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.
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03.16 | setting reminders that things are ok
There are many other things I want to start, restart, or optimize, but I don't need to do them all at once - nay, they are impossible to do them all at once - and even if I didn't do any of them, I don't need to beat myself up about it.
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03.03 | a brain dump about ukraine
Recently, a surprising number of people have asked my opinion on what's China's deal with this whole fiasco.
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02.24 | dream states
It turns out that state between sleep and awake actually has a name: hypnagogia.
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02.12 | finding a place was just step one of the journey
If you thought the process of house hunting was exhausting, it turns out that the process of furnishing an entirely empty apartment, all alone, is even more so.
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02.02 | happy year of the tiger
Turns out trying to supercharge apartment hunting across three very separate areas in a major cosmopolitan city by fitting all of them into three days actually takes a lot out of you.
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01.26 | being a good tourist
Looking back over the shots I took of Shaxi, I was reminded of how beautiful that part of the country was, and also about how much we need to do to protect that beauty.
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01.19 | on mishaps in east west cultural exchange
I went to the Asian Art Museum a couple of weeks ago and came across these wonderful Japanese prints of foreigners from around the Meiji Restoration era and wanted to write something about it. Who knew that this week would afford me that opportunity?!
explaining
Let's talk about multicultural mistakes & orientalism & appropriation for a minute
A reminder that culture clashes are complicated and never just about just the two at-odds that you see on the surface.
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01.12 | historical hbics - SF's vivian hallinan
Years ago, I came across a podcast that was about the muckracker Vincent Hallinan, who amongst other things sued the Catholic Church to prove there was a god. A supporting actor in his story was his wife, Vivian, who I found to be much MUCH more interesting of a character.