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Historical Chinese literature, poetry, and philosophy. Co-host Rereading the Stone podcast https://bsky.app/profile/rereadingstone.bsky.social book reviews & discussion of Ming-Qing literature, science fiction, etc. https://www.patreon.com/kmichaelwilson

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Baoyu is treated as a fallen piece of sky but really Xiangling 香菱 has a better claim

26.02.2026 04:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
two women meme

guy: female heroine from a Ming-Qing novel
woman 1: overcoming your problems through perseverance and ingenuity
woman 2: jumping into a literal well 井

夢蘭哭道:「我本深閨弱質,不幸父母俱喪,飄泊異鄉,為強暴所逐,流到此處,卻又投奔親戚不著,如此命蹇,量無道理,不如早早死休。」說罷,便望著井亭中那口大井要投將下去。

合錦回文傳 -> 第五卷梁秀才改妝窺淑女 桑小姐乘夜走扁舟

two women meme guy: female heroine from a Ming-Qing novel woman 1: overcoming your problems through perseverance and ingenuity woman 2: jumping into a literal well 井 夢蘭哭道:「我本深閨弱質,不幸父母俱喪,飄泊異鄉,為強暴所逐,流到此處,卻又投奔親戚不著,如此命蹇,量無道理,不如早早死休。」說罷,便望著井亭中那口大井要投將下去。 合錦回文傳 -> 第五卷梁秀才改妝窺淑女 桑小姐乘夜走扁舟

it's happening again

#井

23.02.2026 02:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

sure hope all your doomsaying about yet another scam AI app isn't actually just giving them free PR, exactly as they planned

25.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

sure hope all your doomsaying about yet another scam AI app isn't actually just giving them free PR, exactly as they planned

25.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

these scenarios involve near-fatal diarrhea far more often than you were likely expecting

also, most scenes are on riverboats, inexplicably?

25.02.2026 05:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Five characters from Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 that have likely read 5 or more books:

1. Jia Zheng
2. Daiyu
3. Baoyu?
4. Shi Xiangyun
5. Jia Yucun

24.02.2026 17:29 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

every book is called some shit like The Husband’s Wife

24.02.2026 17:18 — 👍 271    🔁 38    💬 5    📌 0

forgot about "sadists" and "masochists," who are also responsible for all the ills of society

24.02.2026 16:01 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

there's a lot to critique in Freud but there is also a way of dismissing Freud that makes you look like an intellectual lightweight and sort of a joke

24.02.2026 05:08 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
"perverts, fetishists, weirdos" as a good or bad thing

"perverts, fetishists, weirdos" as a good or bad thing

24.02.2026 04:45 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

oh something terrible is happening in the world, surely it's the perverts, fetishists, weirdos, and submissives (?) who are responsible

24.02.2026 04:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

this post, but in blog form

www.patreon.com/posts/flower...

22.02.2026 19:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

maybe I'm over-interpreting, but I'm reading that wang 望 as our protagonist's gazing *longingly* at that well

so it's perfect for two women meme

23.02.2026 16:04 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Still, though, no matter what, that part of you, teachers, that cares about cheating regardless of circumstance and context?

That's your fascism kicking in; it's basically a light form of "intrusive thought" and you shouldn't be proud of it, per se

23.02.2026 16:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

maybe I'm over-interpreting, but I'm reading that wang 望 as our protagonist's gazing *longingly* at that well

so it's perfect for two women meme

23.02.2026 16:04 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

two women meme

guy: female heroine from a Ming-Qing novel
woman 1: overcoming your problems through perseverance and ingenuity
woman 2: jumping into a literal well 井

23.02.2026 16:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

exactly

23.02.2026 04:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wait, you want to talk about Alysa Liu?

What's her surname, again?

23.02.2026 04:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
two women meme

guy: female heroine from a Ming-Qing novel
woman 1: overcoming your problems through perseverance and ingenuity
woman 2: jumping into a literal well 井

夢蘭哭道:「我本深閨弱質,不幸父母俱喪,飄泊異鄉,為強暴所逐,流到此處,卻又投奔親戚不著,如此命蹇,量無道理,不如早早死休。」說罷,便望著井亭中那口大井要投將下去。

合錦回文傳 -> 第五卷梁秀才改妝窺淑女 桑小姐乘夜走扁舟

two women meme guy: female heroine from a Ming-Qing novel woman 1: overcoming your problems through perseverance and ingenuity woman 2: jumping into a literal well 井 夢蘭哭道:「我本深閨弱質,不幸父母俱喪,飄泊異鄉,為強暴所逐,流到此處,卻又投奔親戚不著,如此命蹇,量無道理,不如早早死休。」說罷,便望著井亭中那口大井要投將下去。 合錦回文傳 -> 第五卷梁秀才改妝窺淑女 桑小姐乘夜走扁舟

it's happening again

#井

23.02.2026 02:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

nah it's fine

23.02.2026 01:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I love kitty cats, but I don't need celebrity kitty cats in my life, so I have muted Uni, the overrated Japanese kitty cat

thank you for your attention in this matter

I am still pro-Fishtopher

23.02.2026 01:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

but he doesn't like the snow

he's not a snow pervert, he's anti-snow

22.02.2026 22:14 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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WOKE IS BACK BABY
MAKE OAKLAND CALIFORNIA THE US CAPITOL NOW!

22.02.2026 01:27 — 👍 3510    🔁 864    💬 61    📌 120

this post, but in blog form

www.patreon.com/posts/flower...

22.02.2026 19:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Flowers in the Mirror 鏡花緣 is great. Is it feminist, though, or just casting shadows? | kmichaelwilson Get more from kmichaelwilson on Patreon

Flowers in the Mirror 鏡花緣 (19th. C.) is a great historical novel. Is it feminist, though, or just casting shadows?

www.patreon.com/posts/flower...

20.02.2026 18:12 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Flowers in the Mirror 鏡花緣 is great. Is it feminist, though, or just casting shadows? | kmichaelwilson Get more from kmichaelwilson on Patreon

Flowers in the Mirror 鏡花緣 (19th. C.) is a great historical novel. Is it feminist, though, or just casting shadows?

www.patreon.com/posts/flower...

20.02.2026 18:12 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Flowers in the Mirror 鏡花緣 is great. Is it feminist, though, or just casting shadows? | kmichaelwilson Get more from kmichaelwilson on Patreon

through mirrors, flowery

www.patreon.com/posts/flower...

20.02.2026 18:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

sorry, but surrealism is sparkling water that thinks it's champagne

20.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flowers in the Mirror 鏡花緣 is great. Is it feminist, though, or just casting shadows? | kmichaelwilson Get more from kmichaelwilson on Patreon

Flowers in the Mirror 鏡花緣 (19th C.) is great. Is it feminist, though, or just casting shadows? 🌸🪞

www.patreon.com/posts/flower...

19.02.2026 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

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