Siwen Shan 山斯文

A digital drawing of me, Siwen Shan (山斯文) in a "chibi" art style. This chibi style of me has light tan skin, large olive-green eyes, and dark hair tied in a topknot with long green ribbons. They wear a traditional olive-green wrap robe decorated with dark golden colored fan-shaped ginkgo leaf embroidery. The background resembles aged paper with faded silhouettes of ginkgo trees. Vertical Chinese characters are written in a warm olive color on the right side, from the top right, the "title" of the illustration, which reads 《银杏文士•山斯文》, translates to "The Scholar of the Ginkgo, Siwen Shan". On the bottom right is my name seal in the same warm olive color as the title of the illustration.

Three fan-shaped ginkgo leaves in shades of olive and moss green are centered on a square, cream-colored canvas with a subtle paper texture. To the right, five vertical Chinese characters are written in a warm olive-colored ink, reading 《青銀杏畫室》, which translates to Verdant Ginkgo Studio. In the bottom right corner, a small square seal contains the characters for "Siwen Shan" (山斯文), the same warm olive color as the title of the art.

A cluster of three fan-shaped, olive-green ginkgo leaves sits in the foreground. The background features a textured, aged-paper look with the soft silhouette of a large ginkgo tree and falling leaves. In the upper right, large calligraphy characters are rendered in a moss-green ink. A small moss green square seal containing the characters for "Siwen Shan" (山斯文) is located in the bottom right corner.

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Winds of Transformation And a welcome to the new literary blog, Verdant Ginkgo Studio

Verdant Ginkgo Studio AND a new poem after nearly two years are both now live! Take a read when you can, and hope you find some meaning in it 🙏💚

(PS: see below for the new artwork that got released in tandem with this rebrand!)

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a man is standing under a tree with yellow leaves on a cliff . ALT: a man is standing under a tree with yellow leaves on a cliff .

New poem and pair of artwork coming out tommorrow, along with an official rebrand launch. Stay tuned 🙏 💚

Dare I say... Love to hate and hate to love it? 👀

I didn't even know it was a thing either, but congrats! 🙏

It's disheartening how little community care and safety is discussed in the Trans community on social media. There are always calls to be loud and defiant, not even loud and proud, but never discussion of safety until the unthinkable happens to someone, yet again.

I read something on social media recently where essentially the post said that there's always that call for community and organization, but when it comes to the actual logistics of it, everyone shrugs it off. Being loud, defiant & proud w/o considering safety in all facets makes it all for naught.

The gasp that left me 💀

Abolish ICE.

There’s no reforming it.

There’s no compromise.

There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

An unfortunate truth. I just held hope that because it's Palestinian-owned and partnered, it would be better. Time will tell if these things get better for these platforms, but I understand anyone who remains off these platforms.

Heads up for anyone planning to move to Upscrolled, there are reports of Trans women in particular being banned there en masse. I won't be over there at all.

:( why can't we have anything nice 🫩

PS: the new RedNote will be created at the same time I create my Upscrolled profile. An official announcement will be out on all these blog-based platform when that happens. Stay tuned through here, Threads, and Substack (not the newsletter version) until then. All still under the same username!

Hi everyone! Currently going through some changes... More will be teased/ released as time goes on.

Because of such, and with 小红书, RedNote's, "1 username change for life" rule, I'll create a new RedNote account once the change is official.

Stay tuned!

山斯文 💚🌱

Meta has been cracking down especially hard on anti-ICE sentiment. They've always placed a shadowban on anti-Genocide and pro-Palestinian content, but with everything that ICE has done, major platforms like Meta and even Tiktok have cracked down extra hard. I'm sorry they banned you :/

Seems like a good video for his trial

Oh, and the founder is also 🍉!!

Thinking about making an Upscrolled account... They're partnered with a few 🍉-owned companies too 🤔👀

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.

These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.

a white background with yellow leaves falling on it Alt: a white background with yellow ginkgo leaves drifting by and through

ANOTHER change is coming… 🫢🌱

I'll do a Tarot thread over here, too! Reply and I'll DM you a 1 card reading. Tips super appreciated. Longer readings are available, too, so DM me for prices, services, and to book yours!

Every second the murderer is not arrested is another second for feds to hide him in a place that would create a jurisdictional fight. He's on video killing a person. You have to arrest this guy an hour ago, but you might still have time now.

Google the video & see for yourself.

This is not law enforcement. This is murder.

Sickening.

Make it viral.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.

I want to make sure this is very clear.

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov