A selection of more than 25 modern abstract art pieces from East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa and Central Africa from museums around the world, via Google Arts and Culture.
Monday, April 8, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
Zhang Yujing, trans masculine folk hero, honored by the Emperor of China in 1405
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.
Read more about their life at Zhang Yujing, trans masculine folk hero, honored by the Yongle Emperor in 1405
Read more about their life at Zhang Yujing, trans masculine folk hero, honored by the Yongle Emperor in 1405
Share on Instagram. Btw, March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility.
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
Big Gold Drop - fancy coat names from the 19th century Cat Garden
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. Enjoy selections from the Cat Garden and other works of late Imperial Chinese cat lore here.
Friday, December 8, 2023
Zheng Banqiao, openly bisexual 18th century magistrate, honored with a shrine for disaster relief work
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.
Read more about the storied life of this eccentric, multi-talented character here. Zheng's legacy remains influential to this day; he inspired no less than 3 (straight-washed) TV series and feature films.
Read more about the storied life of this eccentric, multi-talented character here. Zheng's legacy remains influential to this day; he inspired no less than 3 (straight-washed) TV series and feature films.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Sunday, October 8, 2023
The Righteous Ghosts
Illustration for Epidemic Ghost Story: The Righteous Ghosts
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.
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:
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