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Hmm.

June 10, 2015 By Ying 2 Comments

Hello, friends. I'm halfway through a novel by Paul Scott called The Chinese Love Pavilion. I know, I know: SKETCHY TITLE ALERT! Don't worry: this is, and will remain, a PG-rated blog. Mostly, it's research for my novel-in-progress (which is set in Malaya during the Second World War). The Chinese Love Pavilion (another suggestion from my well-read friend Mary Alice Downie) takes place … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: colonialism, feminism, historical fiction, imperialism, Malaya, misogyny, Paul Scott, post-colonial, racism, reading, research, Second World War, Things I Read

In the presence of misogyny

May 28, 2014 By Ying 3 Comments

Sometimes, I despair of this world and the people it contains. I try to work hard, to take responsibility for my mistakes, to be grateful for my privileged life, to see the world from other people's vantage points. I try to raise my children to do the same. I try to remember that most people in my life do so, too. I try to remember that there are many, many decent and reasonable people in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: entitlement, feminism, misogyny, politics, Things I Read, violence

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