palestinian regency romance, taiwan new wave, and my bts bias <3

Week in Links: Issue No. 14

Edward Yang’s The Terrorizers (1986)

I am always so ambitious as the end of the year approaches. Suddenly, I become convinced that I can reach all of my goals by December 31, although I didn’t work very hard on them throughout the year.

For example, around December 10 I realized I only needed to read ten more books to reach my reading goal.

“That’s easy,” my best friend said. “Just find a series to hyperfixate on and binge the entire thing like you usually do.”

As usual, she was right, and this week I found myself accidentally reading Regency romance until three in the morning. Oops.

But perhaps like many of you, the media I’ve consumed recently has changed. I don’t think it’s reasonable or even possible for the media I consume to perfectly align with my values or my politics, but I’ve become more intentional.

Our attention is limited and it is valuable, and the narratives we consume do influence the way we view the world. It’s also part of a larger, ongoing personal effort for me to evalua…