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Rachel McVeigh 魏瑞秀
@remcveigh.bsky.social
Medieval Chinese poetry and poetics: genre, form, animals | currently working on cranes, sometimes filmic dogs | PhD student at Harvard | formerly Oxford/PKU | she/her
Strongly same vibes
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
…..a tomb figurine in the form of an auspicious aquatic creature in the form of a human-headed fish? 🥹 I love him so much??
October 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Never hit “purchase” so fast
August 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Saw Reni’s “Massacre of the Innocents” today - weighs heavy
July 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The only ones ever
July 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
From today’s generals reading, for no reason at all
July 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
…wow Italy

“Why the Japanese have eyes like almonds”
May 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
There’s a place called Kartoffel Kavalier in Münster which just serves baked potatoes w various toppings

10/10, no notes
May 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Owen’s version (which reads 苦多 as being pained at their being many)
April 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
April 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Big crowds today at #handsoff Massachusetts, with speeches by @edmarkey.bsky.social, @mayorwu.boston.gov, and @pressley.house.gov, who was an especially good speaker

Particular focus on #rumeysaozturk #bringherhome
April 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Post a warning

(Seen a few years ago at 雲岡石窟)
March 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Remy the v good cat has settled down in Yenching
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ungovernable #civildisobedience
February 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Turkeys for justice
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My v chonky seal is named after (the v chonky) An Lushan

My partner wants me to knit a hat for him but I need considerable time to research what would be historically accurate
February 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Thanks BBC for this breaking news, not sure exactly what you thought they’d be doing
January 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“I don’t know how to play this”
“Bro I’m a baby I don’t know how to read”
January 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Also love this piece by Nam June Paik 🌝🐇
January 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Some great pieces at the Museo d’Arte Orientale in Turin - as an aside, does anyone know why this Tang-era lady may have had a cat on her horse?
January 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Amid the charmingly garbled English of the song “Little Brown Bear”, this poetic gem:
January 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m currently working on dog film stars (狗明星) in Republican China—some of my fave pics 👇
January 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Also, interestingly, advocated vegetarianism!

Here’s his former residence in Shanghai 👇
January 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
So is it a hammer or not, I’m getting mixed messages
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Also this fellow…
“L’abé portant le petit chien le fait bien rire” 🐶
January 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM