#redbooks

[nyabbycat]

being on this app is so surreal. americans are usually the ones that learn about other places and people everywhere else already know about america because we're everywhere online. we've never been on the opposite side where other people are learning about us -- and they are horrified about our "normal"

the country america spent our whole lives trying to convince us is miserable and suffering under an oppressive government that starves everyone and controls their media? that's just projection. turns out besides like... housing prices and few available jobs, china is doing pretty great. they originally believed we were all living it up "the american dream" way and now they're all thankful they were born in china and have no idea how any of us are even alive

[stimmingandstruggling]

i’m still figuring out how redbook works so i can’t share the video here yet, but y’all.

a woman made a post on tiktok talking about li hua, a pseudonym students in china learning english would write under to american “pen pals.” these letters were never sent. apparently it was crazy common, hundreds of letters have been written from li hua.

and people have started saying they feel like li hua is getting a response.

this woman posted this on tiktok and the comments were full of people writing responses, apologizing to li hua for not being in touch for so long. and one american mentioned how when they were a kid they dug holes in the beach and thought if they dug deep enough they could reach china all the way on the other side of the world, and that just awoke some MEMORIES. like, i did that. i dug holes in the sand and wondered how close i was. “as children we dug holes at the beach to try to get to you. we wondered what you’d be like our whole lives.”

the same woman made a post talking about THAT on redbook, saying it feels like we’ve both been just struggling to reach each other for so long. “i suddenly realize, this meeting was actually a two way effort. it’s like you’ve done a lot of hard work and come a long way before a date, and the wait was too long that you gradually started to forget the original intention of embarking on this road, and began to doubt, is your date real? suddenly one day, they really appeared in front of you and tell you i also made an effort to see you. and that’s a wonderful thing.”

idk that just made me cry a bit. i’ve seen a couple people refer to the feeling of being a little kid at the playground again, awkward and clumsy and sometimes hurting each other but everyone just eager to meet and share what they love.

[netscapenavigator-official]

RedNote making Americans realize just how much anti-China propaganda their government has fed them is great, but Chinese citizens realizing just how little anti-USA propaganda their government has fed them is actually so much funnier.

[toastiegal]

I know that as Americans we consume skewed media that bolsters our country’s internal reputation, but seeing just how messed up our economic & societal systems are compared to the country we’ve been taught to strongly dislike is terrifying and incredibly unsettling.

A trend on xiaohongshu is Chinese citizens asking if things they’ve been taught is real or anti-American propaganda. So far? It’s all true. Stuff like:

• Public transit costs more than $1

• Mothers being charged to hold their baby after birth in a hospital

• Having to personally pay for an ambulance

• Being taxed on regular purchases as you make them or even having to pay taxes on a house that you own

• College education leaving people with so much debt they never get free of it

• Groceries costing 25% of someone’s usual income

These are all things that I’ve just accepted as part of life, assuming it’s a universal human experience, and yet on the other side of the world this is what school age children are taught to fear.

[thequeenofthedisneyverse]

Hello tiktok refugees! I'm learning mandarin thanks to RedNote, and I'll list what I know!

What I know

Ni hǎo - Hello

Zǎo shang hǎo - Good morning

Nǐ zui jin zen me - How have you been?

Wo de ming zi - My name

Ni ne - And you?

Xiè xiè - Thank you

Zai jian - Good bye

Yes, it's basic but I'm happy to know this much. The apps I'm using are Chinese skill and Busuu!

What do you know so far?

[irl]

Making my own post, but, can we also talk about these very weird and xenophobic ads that were rolling out in the last week(s) on TikTok when everyone was switching to The Little Red Book?

[stochastique-blog]

You can be someone else

A Study in Scarlet…

#manyleatherboundbooks #eastonpress #franklinlibrary #leatherbooks #redbooks #redleather #scarletletter #shelfporn #shelfie #booksbrat #librariesofinstagram #treatyourshelf https://www.instagram.com/p/CFM7LuiB0dM/?igshid=15k1kwm5lsmqw

[ahollowyear]

maybe I'll do it, maybe I would not ..... nobody knows....

[gameraboy2]

"A Piece of Her Mind" Redbook, December 1955 Illustration by Andy Virgil

[humorandwhatnot]

[cheese-sandwichs-things]

i joined redbook recently, and i feel like im finally committing to digging that hole to china to escape my room

[thotsandtreasurechests]

Ok so I downloaded RedNote Redbook app bc FUCK YOU mark zuckerberg annd fuck you US government yall can choke.

Joining was a struggle bc everything is on Chinese/Mandarin but it is SOOO COOL seeing videos with diff POV and not the same dumbass american trends

[snailygoon]

Plss redbook is full of Americans just asking to be humbled. I keep seeing posts like “ would I be considered attractive in China? 😜” then you swipe and It’s the most mediocre white man on earth. And all the comments are just people going “nope :)” “not at all :)”

[stochastique-blog]

This is your god

Confession: I wasn’t tagged but I just couldn’t resist - red is my favourite colour!

These are some of my favourite red books (read and not yet read) for the #redflatlay challenge!

@darkwood.library “inspiRED” me on this - her post is spectactular❤ Please check her post out and share some of that beautiful bookish love!

#QOTD: What was your inspiration to fall into the world of reading? . . . . . . #redflatlay #redflatlaychallenge #redflatlays #redbooks #red #houseofearthandblood #vampires #books #sarahjmaas #bookstagramaesthetic #booksta #bookstagramza #booksofinstagram #booktok #booklover #newpost #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #southafricanbookstagram #bookchallenge #bloodandhoney https://www.instagram.com/p/ChPZdk7KFVp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[will80sbyers]

The algorithm is insanely good lmfao