LRT: it's also coming out from British indie press And Other Stories (not to be confused with the clothing brand And Other Stories)

We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize: TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King @linkinglionking.bsky.social, ed. Yuka Igarashi, pub. Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social! literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...

so apropos of absolutely nothing, i have two questions for anyone who's been following this so far: (1) how old do you think li ruoyuan is? (2) how old do you think li ruoyuan looks?

they all want their daughters to be Kickass Mighty Girls because they know what awaits Hot ones and Mothers

Romance should evolve, but its so clear when people want the shine and financial benefit of Romance without respecting the genre, its conventions, or the readers. It's disturbing, but not surprising that we've arrived in a place where CRAFT DOESNT MATTER is a thing people believe.

"You don't think this looks a bit like me?" Continuation of my woodcarver x puppet oc's #guolduart

I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.

So I could do the responsible thing and go to sleep or I could see if I can read all 29 chapters before 4am............................ Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Chapter 29 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which Bian Jin's sex education continues, much to her chagrin) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/11/10/t...

Chapter 29 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which Bian Jin's sex education continues, much to her chagrin) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/11/10/t...

Two new baihe audio drama adaptations based on novels by Qi Xiao Huang Shu: Shrine (began airing on 11 September) and Piaopiao (begins airing on 16 November)

Two new baihe audio drama adaptations based on novels by Qi Xiao Huang Shu: Shrine (began airing on 11 September) and Piaopiao (begins airing on 16 November)

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

helpful list of baihe translations by actual humans (self-identified) compiled by @/true0blue.bsky.social: baihehumantl.carrd.co

that's two 12/10, perfect, no notes for The Creator's Grace

Review: The Pumpkin Coach and Cinderella (南瓜马车灰姑娘) by Mo Bao Fei Bao (墨宝非宝), a novel with 'serious literary fiction' vibes that felt like a throwback to a much earlier era 🔗 read here: baihe-media.dreamwidth.org/75047.html

truly enjoying watching @laine4466.bsky.social 's descent into the zaowu pit (where i have already taken up residence and have planted a whole garden of peach trees)

this is now on Gagaoolala! 🔗 watch here: www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/59...

Chapter 28 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (in which the sex toy box makes its reappearance, and Bian Jin has a crash course in lesbian sex) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/10/25/t...

Got nothing to do this weekend? Then you should binge watch The World is Watching Queer History film festival available only until October 31! Be gay. Do crime. Watch documentaries.  Visit frameline.org/theworldiswatching or visit our bio for direct link.

suddenly found myself thinking about this excellent bit of sapphic shizunfuckery 🔗 watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJa...

Baihe book mail: self-published version of Film Star Jianghu (御姐江湖) by Ning Yuan (宁远)

Baihe book mail: Her Various Moments (她的山海朝夕) by Hua Yu (华予)

Baihe book mail: Summer Cicada (夏蝉) by Taojiu de Jiaohuazi (讨酒的叫花子)

Baihe book mail: volume two of Players, Please Be On Standby (玩家请就位) by Shi Wei Yue Shang (时微月上)

normalizing MTL is bad bc ppl harass and dunk on non-anglo artists without wondering if maybe the auto-translate wasn’t communicating the OP’s tone, words, and intention

He Lei always at the scene of the crime (makeout scenes in uncensored Chinese GL shows)

🐏 New Absolute Units 🐏 Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections. In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

two more to add to the mix

its indigenous peoples day so i encourage y'all to, sure, repost memes about christ*pher c*lumbus if you want, but more importantly go actually send some coin to an indigenous american person

POV you’re a little goblin and you live in a very wholesome forest

Chapter 27 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (Shen Ni: I dare you to give me a love-bite, shijie, I DARE you— oh. OH) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2025/10/12/t...

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉 Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e... news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Also open for pre-orders: Greed (贪心) by Jing Wu (璟梧), originally serialised online as Forbidden to Fall in Love (禁止动心)

Pre-orders currently open for the second and final volume of Niannian (念念) by Jin Ke (今轲)

Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...

Promotional art for the audio drama adaptation of Secret Addiction (暗瘾), based on the baihe novel of the same title by Gu Lai Yi (顾徕一), featuring a romance between a classical dancer and a conservator 🎨 Yoohu--

Turns out, 6 months was optimistic

Yesterday: imagine managing to get the last seat on a packed train even in 1st class, just to be confronted by a frail 75+ White man who decided that the only Black person in the carriage (and NOT the only person who got on that carriage) couldn't possibly have a 1st class ticket.

Peng Yaqi and Wang Yifei (from Be Her Resilience) in a photoshoot for Retro magazine

青蛇 Green Snake (1993) 🔗Tumblr gifset: www.tumblr.com/decrescendo/...

青蛇 Green Snake (1993)

reverse angle

Re LRT: is there danmei set in oxford/cambridge, i've always wondered

Oxbridge: who’s the top and who’s the bottom, discuss

Looks like She Is Still Cute Today was licensed for English print publication by Tokyopop and the first volume is available for pre-order: 🔗 tokyopop.com/products/978... 🔗 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813946...

Pre-orders are open! You can grab my KPop Demon Hunter's sticker (and so many others!) over on this site: fanart4change.bigcartel.com All proceeds go to the Trevor Project <3 Thanks for having me @fanart4change.bsky.social #fandomevents

how is she so strong

just guess