Posts from No Man Is an Island

Taiwan's historical trauma is not an isolated phenomenon.

A man carries his son along a dusty road. A girl roasts rats with her grandmother. Newlyweds zip past on a motorcycle.

The debate over whether a Chinese film is 'subversive' or not often misses the point, when such relations are better understood as constantly negotiated.

In one scene, the magician morphs into a clumsily animated CGI zebra.

The party is trying to cultivate a cooler aesthetic on social media.

Tenet is a political sequel to The Dark Knight.

Class struggle was once a significant political force in the United States, and it can be again.

The Tainan Art Museum has some of Chen Cheng-Hsiung's most well-known works on display currently. These pieces are from his mature period and are very fine examples of his work

An excerpt from Jeffrey Wasserstrom's book Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink.

What perhaps can explain the public’s embrace of Hung Tung is probably the most obvious feature of his paintings — that they are cute.

Looking at images of stir-fry is a torture, as one can almost smell and taste it from the other side of the screen.

'Invisibility does something on a subconscious level to all of us.'

As much as we loudly proclaim marriage equality as the apex of queer rights, we also need to remember those forebears who took the chance to live as fully as they could, when they could, as they were.