tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45412974576772680582024-03-13T15:06:34.687-07:00Dreaming in a Different HueVisions from Wolfberry StudioWolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-58544810581360122362024-03-08T13:36:00.042-08:002024-03-08T13:36:00.138-08:00Zhang Yujing, trans masculine folk hero, honored by the Emperor of China in 1405<p><a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/p/zhang-yujing-trans-masculine-folk" style="display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="15th century Chinese man holding up sheathed sabre" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NIsHTiLwNuaOWGC-ROwxuCtaURRaohgthkeSQzo2IwiWOmTAG2X4PKhHZQxIbPlxYURs3Xwm-6gWPDbPFCezbcnnF5eseo1KXsEIIOmA5F4mm1K9C7MTHA5z8d5QIhWodCAsEtOThF1Exxb2Pu_9eRfyX3n5jaeyzLGgZO0ak3rI99ForjAcddtkuM0/w320-h320/ZhangYujing1.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>
Zhang Yujing (a gender-neutral name) was born to Old Man Zhang of Tongwei County in 1387. When their father wondered at the child’s pugilistic talent and disinterest in women’s work, Yujing told their father that they wanted to serve their country with martial arts and did not want to live as a girl. Old Man Zhang let Yujing live as a boy. They became a local martial arts coach at age 15, and was selected for the National Academy at age 18.<br /><br />Read more about their life at <a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/p/zhang-yujing-trans-masculine-folk" style="text-align: left;">Zhang Yujing, trans masculine folk hero, honored by the Yongle Emperor in 1405</a><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDD10VJAAG/?img_index=1">Share on Instagram</a>. Btw, March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility.</div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-88577409091261449872024-02-08T16:28:00.020-08:002024-02-08T16:28:00.133-08:00Homoerotic poetry from 8th-19th century West Asia<p>Since medieval times, <a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/p/homoerotic-poetry-in-west-asia">poets have been writing about same-sex desire in Arabic, Kurdish, Persian and Turkish</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/p/homoerotic-poetry-in-west-asia" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="2 young men in Ottoman attire standing in front of sea" border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFlIfzpR4Z1vA7zLnV5Lpl6Zc2awM1b4t5KlX5FgVDiPwt-GAvRF_Uzd3OV4Rcd0OurZfGGV9srT65WOkm70FR6SrbkR1oF3Hspp7lB06Tfk9TfYf2UEqM5ZySNbY6cOuzUFz_DjZQcMqSjs29Q8MyQffnYAY7Bwdk16WhUnLM8jj78W79Uz1iHp4Eg0/s16000/Ottoman_420.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CwYO4MLP5LH/?img_index=1">Share on Instagram</a><p></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-77240429234246642872024-01-08T15:22:00.025-08:002024-01-08T15:22:00.140-08:00Big Gold Drop - fancy coat names from the 19th century Cat Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/big-golden-drop-73507525" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Yellow Persian cat sitting in front of overturned honey jug watching ants" border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73vxzbCF-kldsEnBFYIOz-kJjM1WZLR06bZV2LTS-HD_pJQhmbR-SxzwBvrjkG35a8ErVTY43n5U8uU0JiFd-hQB06U0NZ8iAigAjL1T0-NvpvT0lMJuypib6u7SAjejMYR6FdoKnaeVwMYYloL3myBSquwPm8TF_1H0YX4XmiXlbF-RcENvLr83-RXE/s16000/GoldDrop_420.png" /></a></div><p>Mao Yuan (The Cat Garden) is a 19th century compendium of contemporary cat lore and cat literature from antiquity. It was compiled around 1852-1853 by Huang Han, a native of Wenzhou. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/collection/145446">Enjoy selections from the Cat Garden and other works of late Imperial Chinese cat lore here.</a></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-49629670771830717922023-12-08T14:54:00.030-08:002023-12-08T14:54:00.144-08:00Zheng Banqiao, openly bisexual 18th century magistrate, honored with a shrine for disaster relief work<div style="float: left; text-align: center;"><a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/t/zheng-banqiao" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEM3beL5eWeZySnp5eIiEVUgd4DOtf9Z6SMs_HhJick_ssNxbwZUPqJ4i066Lf0OrtxDjkA643yzMxxOWP_VfDau5jm6mi_zgJTZOY0xIen_FP9x8g1TPkCdmIpxEC-LhG_9vJugd_FQu6UF-RucdtCcC2IOEaOQv9qPIija3t5a64q6ThkjcVxJttxg/s320/ZBQ.png" width="320" /></a></div>In 1750,Zheng Banqiao, magistrate of Wei County in Shandong, declared his bisexuality in an autobiographical essay after 4 years of winning peoples' hearts through his famine relief work.<br/><br/><a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/t/zheng-banqiao">Read more about the storied life of this eccentric, multi-talented character here.</a> Zheng's legacy remains influential to this day; he inspired no less than 3 (straight-washed) TV series and feature films. <p></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-51568866139341329982023-11-08T15:47:00.017-08:002023-11-08T15:47:00.141-08:00Legend of the Steadfast Cat<p> Illustration for a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/together-forever-81234943">supernatural cat tale dating back to the 19th century or earlier.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/together-forever-81234943"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/together-forever-81234943" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="White cat with black tail and red top of head leaping into choppy waves" border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="623" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20D-q9pAuxd8hIcIsr5Pb5ZNDc7XeSiN-38YfcZ-YU3K2PLSjTL9CZLyct3_yar3ntYI8j2AFVaJUlDnqjm9bwiISeyWxOVVuMVDDtU7Tyd2tQU5QPQbsIuhAGFvYerJZljto81zNXuDiusyVcoi7yPiF2g_WRwPwInDnn-fHOXuLDlV4zNwG9UB7tKE/w400-h400/SteadfastCat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-60482648852949451662023-10-08T12:56:00.003-07:002023-10-08T12:56:00.153-07:00The Righteous Ghosts<p> Illustration for <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/58482779">Epidemic Ghost Story: The Righteous Ghosts</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/58482779" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="3 blue-skinned ghostly figures in armor standing in front of family of living people" border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1500" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMIXCrtBVZusUgqbXpb_yrEntGB_wiEAXV-PlogWp3jLf3P--m7mDaqLXtjTg_HaHL-Hut8wdv3xjVYyft8uU8JzKsgShP9s31YAwXYjmvg9VBSusxD1II2m-mjbcxlTthN5_vTaqnebnVMm_N5tfuKxgt1J88B1G7er7zSorEIi3ngOcGQ1jHq5H/w400-h261/RighteousGhosts.jpg" title="The righteous ghosts" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>We translated this during the COVID pandemic, as part of a series of epidemic-related folktales that we hope would inspire the reader to reflect on how working together to care for other people, including those who are not regarded as members of one's immediate community, was what helped communities survive past epidemics. </div><div><br /></div><div>Btw, just because it's 2023 and the pandemic is supposedly over and the media has moved on, it doesn't mean anti-Asian hate in North America has gone out of style:<span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>In January 2023, <a href="https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/indiana-dismisses-state-charges-against-woman-accused-of-stabbing-asian-iu-student/article_5cc6bda2-eb5b-11ed-9c2f-83876ff0f006.html" target="_blank">an Asian student was stabbed multiple times on a bus in Indiana by an attaacker who expressed racial motivations for their actions</a>. </li><li>When there was a flurry of news reporting over the Chinese balloon incident in late January/early February, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLDMqHr9PH/" target="_blank">Asian individuals in North America experienced increased public harassment.</a> </li><li>In May 2023, <a href="https://stopaapihate.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/23-SAH-CivilRightsReport.pdf" target="_blank">Stop AAPI hate released a civil rights report</a> on how COVID-related anti-Asian hate affected Asian Americans in workplaces and in places of public accommodation.</li></ul>Will you be the one to stand up for your neighbors, like the righteous ghosts from tales of yore? Even if you do not feel safe engaging in <a href="https://righttobe.org/upcoming-free-trainings/" target="_blank">bystander intervention</a>, there may be opportunities to address the <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/politics-of-pandemic-othering-putting-covid19-in-global-and-historical-context/5435248FC7AEF1468E4A8946FA57A92A" target="_blank">biased framings</a> that trap one's friends and relatives in racist assumptions that ultimately contribute to hate in our communities. They may be willing to listen to you when they are are not willing to listen to people from marginalized groups. </div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-78472651266088214982023-09-02T14:26:00.004-07:002023-09-02T14:26:00.142-07:0017th century Chinese folktale with a bisexual protagonistThe story <a href="https://www.patreon.com/wolfberrystudio/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=False%20gods%20at%20Huaguang">False Gods Wreak Havoc at Huaguang Shrine</a> is recorded in Chapter 27 of Jingshi Tongyan (Stories to Caution the World), a collection of legends and folktales edited by 17th century writer Feng Menglong.
<p>The protagonist is a bisexual youth named Wei who lived in Hangzhou during the Song Dynasty.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wolfberrystudio/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=False%20gods%20at%20Huaguang" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="English and Chinese text on pink, violet and blue background" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7KAt7nPnNWPcFW49iQ8TWLJATYZrXrOvvq7BeKVokdIv3aiFSnEdoho5sLpKJUdxH3xzLxDCYPv1KP272Cyq2W_CICTHimeOmYLlhc0G9wKqMyzc3KuPW-XZS3R1R2PReRA64KLUEuqZYx0mY3YIbmIYWDV6iRQahgaLUti_VvAiC4BssZ2oGxYM/w400-h400/Huaguang.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Btw, Bisexuality Awareness Week starts on September 16.</p><p><br /></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-75185771894066343872023-08-05T14:39:00.005-07:002023-08-05T14:39:00.147-07:00Translations from "The Cat Physiognomy Guide"<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/cat-physiognomy-60603028"> The Cat Physiognomy Guide</a>, Xiang Mao Jing, is one of the old texts collected in Cat Garden, a compendium of cat literature collected by Huang Han during the reign of Emperor Xianfeng (1850-1861). The original text of Xiang Mao Jing no longer exists. It contains tis on how to read your cat's face.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/cat-physiognomy-60603028" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZ2U65ClODr6aR5R5QkcpqJvPV4KN6jB9bvSTdJCn2J085c4bDQSNU6vSChM9cgGcVWkvsPZrF5DjrsYNz3s_L9XLzrPbXo3qeFVLD_HJI3_zDWciuTAmKUAOre9SKgW7d5PmWY_2ClgITpL3GR5Bq5fMSBiIIwL0s-inFxa9e-9ilBsW6FWmtRvE/w400-h400/CatPhysiognomy.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Btw, August 8 is International Cat Day.</p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-34276839737854311452023-07-02T14:17:00.006-07:002023-07-02T14:17:00.138-07:00Traditional societies that recognized non-binary children<p>International Non-Binary People's Day in July 14. <a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/p/many-traditional-societies-recognized">Many traditional societies recognized non-binary children</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/132963525" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDYpU0WvI8IIe4OHH45r4cCfmmcSH4JaGaUgnjS--gjTjzdes5dMwQD8wm_7QZliqlVtN3cWozBuQNe3Hxsa8kZDgDirlikf_kbcc6_BNkFlepjXWYdy9X_rMwgTlsmypmp9MRxKL0c3IC2-PGkstA6svqPZlAGRiHDijtrRRqPYJz-4jokSzTKQw/s320/EnbyMarbleTabby.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/132962805" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI4KmlTFiElcrYdJgHJU__gSUO3cfY5z0WXAdAesZQ_wHB_vr-wGK5Q2i9rpAGfiMW3SlIOzocHl3WEt8HFzlFSEWh7ejqLizctIrbN27Ne1NhmgVzfUpdTk9uZHkHVVmArtrCVjWhncFgYOjiWrUQYCn7EeuReecVPKJNQ1qO_xXXImNS54cWkY3/s320/TransMarbleTabby.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-87876923674802034172023-05-02T10:20:00.023-07:002023-05-19T14:38:54.710-07:00Wulang Shen/Wutong Shen: 17th-18th century tales of pansexual incubiBringing you translations of <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/60601111">2 homoerotic supernatural tales</a> from Feng Menglong’s 17th century work "The History of Passion".<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/60601111" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGePXd920Jm7aY3CiQjh1r-otR9jkZfKT0dC0TrK8meyQZGQpPlpYk6XnhiLo_fmpo0y8kEjJZq2V6-iCM6vuONJQ0IeQ1h4k-2rfB7ywO4mbwkp-DCoG92E8Han_MNrqfXVsMWj35F1AV4Fpw6k1Vlzu9EOEIvTZOw_jPxzv0b8TCJg7OQdS0E_O/w400-h400/Wutong.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>By the way, May 24 is Pansexual Visibility Day<br /> <p></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-73377602314099782023-04-02T14:04:00.004-07:002023-04-02T14:04:00.157-07:00"White Cats are Bad Luck" and other cat coat sayings from Huang Han's 19th century "The Cat Garden"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wolfberrystudio/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=cat%20colors%20and%20patterns" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvJhWy8c1M0EJB6P-NLlatUI2-5LreAjzZk7-F4cD_dBGGhcfIlbuv9CIb76LIGFM3cesSbMqna-mV7NB07wSBMHLSq46rng9VuBTRlXuqmpnupe3ZB3Upmi46K-A4Zycjss7_DAY7nFPnquNco9xgM8df5onu-VexpysloLCmIMxgZ9H1pgf6Ouy/s320/CatGardenSquare.png" width="320" /></a></div>A cat illustration/translation project on its way to becoming a book.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/wolfberrystudio/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Cat%20Garden"> Get sneak peeks on Patreon</a>. <p></p>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-27108990750354801982023-03-02T14:03:00.005-08:002023-03-02T14:03:35.590-08:00Transgender children are considered natural by many traditional communities<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://wolfberrystudio.substack.com/p/transgender-children-are-considered" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Transgender and gender-non-conforming (TGNC) children have been accepted and validated in Samoan, Mohave, Shoshone, Ute, Kitanemuk and Pima-Papago societies." border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBj70H7trc0H13YgDa-sssxmZ-1NNsvIrUVqdsMQVCR5MG2U-vwo6vzfCRkIPUaoVvx9WPDek1GWwIye2JMntj0KNBDCcqAnB-gOmJDFwRmISJhevHSOEbaKWrYl5CxLoPMNt3kbsLJABg58Lt0CnRw4-JpF2TuVk5D75KKUErA1yI7-kuEo69QJHX/w320-h320/TransChildrenTraditional.png" width="320" /></a></div>Trans kids are not a new phenomenon, and it is not a radical act for adults to acknowledge and support them. <div><br /></div><div>In fact, for many adults, it is the traditional thing to do.<p></p><div>Click on image to learn more.</div></div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-85943120456778158262023-01-30T17:20:00.001-08:002023-01-30T17:20:14.100-08:00Children's book: Kutta and Pilla<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kutta-Pilla-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE/dp/B0BMD6KMN9/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="628" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrvY9l2TBQmRrKnraX4Fb23vQPwalxQy2wp8iPOMSrRFyZBqFfLMoCJDbvLHCoYk4znjMiMvcIO5p3uxsUunvafnat0oUi1EZcpgKjOzXDA1NYtNScGNRdzj9r_97UiQVwdzca2XjTyfJqy5h8nar10fjTXVtkrSpN0wo68FJpkT6GqxG882oaKuc/s320/Kutta-and-Pilla-Cover-Square.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Pleased to announce the completion of a second bilingual collaboration, this one in Hindi and English. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kutta-Pilla-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE/dp/B0BMD6KMN9/" target="_blank">Kutta and Pilla</a> is now available on Amazon.<p></p><div><br /></div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-22002185637558070672022-12-10T16:17:00.033-08:002022-12-10T16:17:00.162-08:00Cat spirits of Jinhua<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/60524369" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdPu0tJkBh1kX-e0kR7usTJqTSUFHTa7CL97625hKCIXMmSLozv677BtWm8rpwow4y7fE8M-bHRYaN948fGKxeVLzGEFzuaXn5idfN6e1mONYjqOtAYBZLSzRESl5bQAcyaVJuL60ygYj-oE4EFkMmhviIb4v3ARXe8SjQ3LdPxdCDcce1GCrEr-b/s320/JinhuaCat-420.png" width="320" /></a></div>This cat spirit from the folklore of the Jinhua region of Zhejiang is believed to transform into women or men to enchant its human victims. It remains invisible to other people.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/60524369" target="_blank">Such spirits were once regular household cats. Learn how they acquired their power.</a></div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-35490312203387264622022-11-10T09:56:00.012-08:002022-11-10T09:56:00.150-08:00Grandma meets the Wuchang: 20th century encounters with the Impermanence Ghost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/grandma-meets-1-59358895" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdJ0Fi3ZnrImGtueR_2of3BB5wDCDU_hSp87a8VU4ANatX7dgRzeaffcROjsZAUJm1uP78XhZ-0KmZrLi6QXunZpCVwf9Ml_7sif-sF4dXeG9brB1s0IRvEVWptieHQzfIAq_GoB27nqIHr73VJrBS7_xTcjOOx3AfehpCpGU-32G00I15lSdQxa3/w200-h200/GrandmaWuchangs-420.png" width="200" /></a></div><br />A narrator from China recounts the tales told by their two grandmothers about a time long before they became grandmothers:<div><br /><div><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/grandma-meets-1-59358895" target="_blank">Part 1: "Paternal Grandma was fierce. No one in the village dared to cross her. She had no fear of walking in the night..."</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/59359328" target="_blank">Part 2: Maternal Grandma and her parents had a strange experience on the same night that Paternal Grandma saw the Impermanence Ghost.</a></div></div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-75201868806487421852022-10-05T14:49:00.029-07:002022-10-05T14:49:00.158-07:00Homoromantic poetry from South Asia, West Asia, North Africa and Al AndalusFrom the 8th century to the 19th century, poets from India, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco and other countries from the WANASA region and Al-Andalus wrote homoerotic and homoromantic poetry in addition to heteroerotic and heteroromantic poetry. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/wolfberrystudio/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=gay%20poetry%20in%20WANASA" target="_blank">The poets were men and women, they came from different social classes, and wrote in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Kurdish and Persian. </a>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wolfberrystudio/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=gay%20poetry%20in%20WANASA" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaoaDg26XhEAPF9iTCc7k_FZ4jDGAnf_TXWeeXBRPgShMsOxPMdxpwVSTAmI1Fw2r4O3saM6OUj8VQ5qELKsmeKRPN6GYXXSLKYjTySQdH1WGvYBPlxNphqSlqHDyJkpcaQK39awCpRB-ELvCkbpdaBQzWHOEUEsuvkkjFTLN_Lpm1IRYPYenaf6N/s1600/WANASA_Poetry-420.png" /></a></div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-69447813072753296332022-09-03T09:42:00.002-07:002022-09-03T09:42:28.726-07:00Children's book: Kelev and Kalba<p>Pleased to announce the completion of this bilingual collaboration. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kelev-Kalba-Wolfberry-Studio-LLC/dp/B0B5PLFJQY/" target="_blank">Kelev and Kalba: כֶּלֶב וְכַּלְבָּה</a> is now available on Amazon.
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kelev-Kalba-Wolfberry-Studio-LLC/dp/B0B5PLFJQY/" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Q8uIGJaIWk_nv6fxPdgCSixMnHl00p9dQVFEZypM7xu4YKr5cmkByiPHDfaKWBPlxOMtbvKpVkBC1HGTRbTbjebeYRIwcfF2tWNhoYPJgM_MBXO_tpXnHnXwyYTIOeLKMZqyGjHHYwgUWxMbDLgyQnpMvfcXWgyDIwIRvPtjbGe2DQ7tufwJo9so/s320/KalbaCover_420.png" width="320" /></a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kelev-Kalba-Wolfberry-Studio-LLC/dp/B0B5PLFJQY/" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGOyneXMHjy51cw_acjB3FR8a2dpc9HxC2Q9fSq17cvE5A_opWilOSVdg4H1ZMhMAK-AbwdQT2XdUe4m2yFEHY-fnjJSC5VyCkz20qrAWIaAVxDsmhg0mj5tKE0lsQgoMsEo9sHOjT41-Hp2DHBTYeIVK_k__gLCko_JRHR9XuGpBetyxuXM6S4Yo/s320/4DogPages-420.png" width="320" /></a></div>
Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-39232907258897146622022-08-03T17:00:00.004-07:002022-09-04T09:32:47.412-07:00Happy DOGust! For the Dog Lovers: Non-Eurocentric Dog Art! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/favorite/group/PwJSMA7CIpUaIA" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeyjaRDko3mxGT9dqyDf4tLaQJUn9oEmnoRV-zUC7DRX1pvEu6tQ4Gpc1mOmxajC790TOOHYECG_MMtFsadUV7isI91TMFCrDv5TV3coAT1_6MnBmtPBt_rHaIaiXWT41EDGzEEKstRx67b6zkiipYpAO6rNPos1hAr_kXK2n7ISv7jZBU47AMd9j/s320/Dogs.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Dear dog people, <p></p>
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August is DOGust. Tired of paging through the some arts app's mostly Eurocentric highlights looking for work created by artists from the global majority? </p>
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Good news.I've put together the following collection in Google Arts and Culture for your enjoyment :-)</p><div><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/favorite/group/PwJSMA7CIpUaIA" target="_blank">Dog art from non-European cultures</a> - 50 images of dogs and dog-like beings created by non-European artists in ancient and modern cultures</div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-38588769751083635932022-07-07T16:00:00.019-07:002022-07-07T16:00:00.156-07:00Tales of life extension magicHow far would you go to live forever? What would you do to help someone live a little longer? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/59223585">One magician sacrifices those who trust him the most</a>, while <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/59358454">another goes out of their way to help a stranger</a>...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wolfberrystudio?filters[tag]=lifespan%20extension%20magic" style="display: block; padding: 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="864" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGhGNBPbksILyYjCtutd6t64EWcY_kDi-dqhUSsyPKmxPPUBiFZUM9CoyAkZ0mNTQkdrmz7Kl-uhyiQqFjsKu5a9SVSCACgPeRpBOpkNvwo6bR_EFnjz7k2x2AjCxCVcQduHb2KPyXjHh2zYq8--C99v-31C8POcpGJVKj9FPEpAY8722VsP_1TUdS/w640-h640/LifeExt.png" width="520" /></a></div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-11485002997399598452022-06-17T18:02:00.025-07:002022-06-17T18:02:00.143-07:00Epidemic Fairytale: Gay lovers move a god to intervene in a pestilence<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/58838933" style="text-align: left;">A same-sex happily-ever-after story was recorded in Volume 29 of Canghai Shiyi (“Picking up things left in the blue sea”) a collection of stories and poems edited by 19th century scholar Lin Weicheng.</a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/58838933"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjr7FPCaPFVsuzhB5qJSyvviP9oNLrWYn9FQQC3P_ySxwallmJlLng9EFnzZ9dIB8d6YyCAIzPvrpwIAOs4GUSCWQ2LLwn17zeT6xMJrXLDFfo8ZDj2DCrMXDX3-cTF7Y4iHKUCjYgKrxn-asIOdkhEx9DDCm2PCHV9MzwfIftmRIOyuv4IUzPidV/w640-h640/LordHare.jpg" width="520" /></a></span></div>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-13425206218916351832022-05-28T20:03:00.003-07:002022-05-28T20:03:47.831-07:00Happy Mermay! Kadal Kanni is part of "Shades of Blue" exhibit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wolfberrystudio.com/myths/KadalKanni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px;"><img alt="South Indian mermaid among schools of fishes" border="0" src="http://www.wolfberrystudio.com/myths/KadalKanni.jpg" title="Kadal Kanni" width="300" /></a></div>
See Kadal Kanni in a diverse collection of blue-dominant art at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.camelbackgallery.com/shadesofblue2022exhibition">Camelback Gallery's 2022 Shades of Blue exhibition</a>.
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/wolfberrystudio/works/17113648-kadal-kanni">Kadal Kanni is available on various RedBubble products such as laptop skins and face masks</a>.</p>
Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-11608792162476743842022-04-04T17:56:00.009-07:002022-04-04T17:56:00.166-07:00Epidemic Ghost Story: The strangers’ coffin home<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/58482779">A ghostly band of tea traders battle pestilence demons to save a village.</a>Wolfberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844043646223382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541297457677268058.post-86472247657756956812022-03-11T16:49:00.001-08:002022-03-11T16:49:00.155-08:00A Tale for the Year of the Tiger: Guardians of the Gingko Forest<p>The legend of a 3rd century doctor/social entrepreneur and a team of tigers :-)</p>
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