A Stroll through the Park
April 15, 2011
“Are you sure that’s safe?” were the first words out of my boyfriend’s mouth upon hearing that I’d been running around my local park at night. He was visualizing a lonely expanse of dark bushes …
Broad Recognition
A Feminist Magazine at Yale
Paulina Arnold in Taiwan
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Ts and Ps in Taipei
February 16, 2011
During my school’s Chinese New Year celebrations, a friend of mine was having his fortune told (算命 or suanming; taken pretty seriously here). When hearing about his romantic prospects, he confessed to our fortune-teller professor that …
An "Exotic" Western Woman in the "Exotic" East
January 31, 2011
I have a difficult relationship with China. Much of the reason I’m spending this semester studying in Taiwan instead of the Mainland is because I had such a miserable time during the few months I spent …