Theoretically speaking, the line between life as an only child and life with siblings should be thick and distinct. In real life, when government laws force over a decade of time between you and your older sister, the line dwindles from Sharpie to pencil. In 1990, my sister was born into a China under strict… Continue reading The one thing I needed to hear
Author: Annie Xia
What I read in January // mini-reviews
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Keywords: memoir, grief, a hawk, loss of a father, reflections, falconry history, author T. H. White First line: Fifty-five minutes north-east of Cambridge is a landscape I've come to love very much indeed. Last line: And in I go, where the dogs lie flat on the kitchen floor,… Continue reading What I read in January // mini-reviews
If you want to know more about the 2020 presidential candidates
First things first: this post gives much less air time to the Republican candidates than the Democratic candidates. My argument in defense for this disparity is that a) the few Republicans running besides President Trump seem irrelevant and b) Trump seems to be pretty known already. The names and faces that I think are less… Continue reading If you want to know more about the 2020 presidential candidates
I don’t know what to think about cancel culture
The idea and realities of cancel culture have been running around a little in my head recently. Usually when I think about these questions, I can usually come to some kind of conclusion about what I think, but the only thing I really feel about cancel culture is that it seems to be getting out… Continue reading I don’t know what to think about cancel culture
Backlist movies I want to watch in 2020
My family doesn't naturally watch movies, so for the past two years, I've kind of tried to educate myself in the world of movies. In 2018, I caught up with all the Marvel movies. In 2019, I watched a bunch of movies that were either famous or ones people on the internet/in real life seemed… Continue reading Backlist movies I want to watch in 2020
Four of my friends talk about songs that mean something to them
When I asked my friends to write about a song they love, I mostly just wanted them to write my blog post for me, but dude, they really came through. Maybe a little too much. Just kidding! Thanks guys. This is awesome. An editorial note before we start: 1) Everybody has a pen name except… Continue reading Four of my friends talk about songs that mean something to them
This is what my friends are like
Quite a few of my beliefs are built out of and on top of stories. For example, one of them is that I will always keep an open mind towards "the impossible." There's too many books about people who miss out on everything because they dismiss things as crazy. A strong example of this: the… Continue reading This is what my friends are like
