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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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醒世姻緣傳 A Fated Marriage to Awaken the Ages (17th C.) by 西周生 (pseud.), 100 chapters not to be confused with 警世陰陽夢 Yin-yang Dream to Warn the World (17th C.) by 國清 (pseud.), 40 chapters

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'This is a story not of “fated mates” but of “fated hates,” as it were. Instead of “enemies to lovers" in a contemporary sense, readers are faced w/ an unhappy marriage fated as karmic retribution for evils committed in a previous lifetime. Pitch that to your agent!' www.patreon.com/posts/big-re...

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醒世姻緣傳 A Fated Marriage to Awaken the Ages (17th C.) by 西周生 (pseud.), 100 chapters not to be confused with 警世陰陽夢 Yin-yang Dream to Warn the World (17th C.) by 國清 (pseud.), 40 chapters

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'This is a story not of “fated mates” but of “fated hates,” as it were. Instead of “enemies to lovers" in a contemporary sense, readers are faced w/ an unhappy marriage fated as karmic retribution for evils committed in a previous lifetime. Pitch that to your agent!' www.patreon.com/posts/big-re...

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Big Reading, Big Lists, and a Big New Idea I'm calling "Anti-Romance" 🔥 www.patreon.com/posts/big-re...

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I wrote a blog post but I think Friday afternoon is a bad time to post it, thinking about waiting until tomorrow morning-ish 🤔 talking about readings and brainstorming the idea of an "anti-romance" 🔥 (structurally speaking)

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it occurs to me why this novel is so remarkable, and actually the thread I wrote earlier today allows this idea to clarify itself for me, hence tweeting isn't a waste of time: this novel is so remarkable because it's a form that's never been seen before it's a kind of... anti-romance structurally

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it occurs to me why this novel is so remarkable, and actually the thread I wrote earlier today allows this idea to clarify itself for me, hence tweeting isn't a waste of time: this novel is so remarkable because it's a form that's never been seen before it's a kind of... anti-romance structurally

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a good tldr on what I read and research is basically: in the Ming and Qing Dynasty, men wrote (quasi-)romance novels, and these books are weird and angular, and mostly untranslated I am studying these works, looking for general trends and hoping to highlight the most exceptional works

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when liberals talk about "rape culture," they are technically right, but they don't know the depths of the problem in a deep way, the only form of meaning making open to conservatives is projection outward from the logic of rape if given the chance, they will reduce all society to forms of rape

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the ur-fantasy of the Ming and Qing male novelist seems to be a kind of "involuntary polygamy," serendipitous circumstances whereby, despite vigorous refusals, the very future of the nation relies upon one's taking several extremely hot and talented wives who all become good friends & never quarrel

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Make a fool of you! I'm the one befooled, Elayne!

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The academic style is easily subsumable by AI because it was already somewhat fake your average academic paragraph is an exercise in maximalism (get as many references on the page as physically possible); of course a computer can do this better

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the same people whose every paper and every citation shouts "I am at the top of the knowledge hierarchy" minds and souls ruined by a lifelong performance of "merit," now having to reconcile the social murder of 99% of their classmates with the principles of an ostensibly democratic society

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we need to start treating piles of wealth and tenure-track jobs as the "records of having done a crime" that they really are I guarantee not even a single tenure-track appointment in the last 50 years didn't involve backroom subtleties

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we need to start treating piles of wealth and tenure-track jobs as the "records of having done a crime" that they really are I guarantee not even a single tenure-track appointment in the last 50 years didn't involve backroom subtleties

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never trust when academics claim to be popularizing *anything* it's always a deflection from the real social content of their actions (the squid game that determines who gets a job, and who gets non-dischargeable life-crushing debt)

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never trust when academics claim to be popularizing *anything* it's always a deflection from the real social content of their actions (the squid game that determines who gets a job, and who gets non-dischargeable life-crushing debt)

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imagine being a Chinese immigrant in a small town in the US, and being pleasantly surprised to learn that local non-Chinese neighbors play Mahjong & want you to join, learning that they play the game mostly the same way, except they use weird names for the pieces & they shout "Mahjong!" upon winning

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my "masculinity is just a smell" take will grow on you over time after reading that twelfth torturous take ("actually, masculinity is—"), it'll start seeming more reasonable

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Because I like dialogue but my mind is wired a bit differently, I'm afraid to inform all of you that I've been listening carefully and I think your hot takes on masculinity, while earnest, have all been wrong here's the secret: masculinity... as its core... is nothing more... than a smell

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