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Last month, I briefly mentioned a factoid that’d I’d come across about how the “golden age of piracy” largely happened because a drop in sunspot activity lowered the amount of radiation getting to the earth, which then led to a lull in hurricanes.
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A very popular theme in manhwa storylines is the "regression"-style plot, where you "regress" to a point in time just before the trajectory of your life went wrong. Only, what if your life hasn't gone that wrong?
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This summer was the first summer that actually felt back to normal for me, and part of it was that I finally booked a travel itinerary that reflected how I like to travel: a lot.
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Last week I finally finished another attempt at a vlog, pushed it out to Youtube, and then immediately felt embarrassed that I'd made it at all and chose not to tell anyone about it.
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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...
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The gendered insult "san ba (38)" was first recorded 1000 years ago. I turn it in a couple hours.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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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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.