Honestly sometimes I feel like the reason ppl don't just say "this book has no sex in it" is bc apparently sex is so scandalous that even the absence of sex has to be euphemized bc using the word "sex" at all is so forbidden and it drives me up the wall

Can we take whatever money is being paid to reactionary racist op-ed writers claiming straight white men are oppressed in publishing and give it to reviewers from marginalized backgrounds

Don't even get me started on how reviewing children's literature pays even less than reviewing for the adult market🫠

I once went to the wrong place for my health appointment bc there were two addresses that were the same except for the zip code that were about 15 minutes away from each other 🥹

I feel like my sweetness tolerance/sweet spot varies a lot depending on the specific thing in question rather than being across the board bc there are certain things that are absolutely too sweet for the "not too sweet" crowd that I love and others where I'm like "okay this is too sweet"

I'm a spice lover but considering that the average spiciness level varies a lot across different Asian cuisines I'm not really sure why it's treated as a universal Asian taste marker

I hate bean sprouts for texture issues lol. I hate when they're mixed in with noodles.

The Fuzhounese version seems like it must be close to whatever Middle(?) Chinese word the Sino-Japanese niku came from👀

Interesting that the written form is still 肉 though

For my final Taiwanese American Heritage Week post, I did a roundup of a bunch of recent and upcoming books by Taiwanese authors spanning age groups and genres and including some translated works from Taiwan. readingasiam.blog/2025/05/20/t...

For my final interview for Taiwanese American Heritage Week, I talked to karissachen.bsky.social about her debut novel Homeseeking, keeping the timeline straight, finding the right amount of description for a scene, the research rabbit holes she explored, and more. readingasiam.blog/2025/05/19/a...