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3 Body Problem

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

3 Body Problem (Season 1, 2024, USA)

Creators: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss & Alexander Woo (based on the trilogy by Liu Cixin)

Directors: Derek Tsang, Andrew Stanton, Minkie Spiro & Jeremy Podeswa

Mini-review:

As a huge fan of any story related to aliens, conspiracies and all that stuff, I couldn't miss out on this show. And, thankfully, I enjoyed it a lot. One of my favorite things is that it focuses mostly on the scientific aspects of the plot, instead of throwing a bunch of senseless action scenes into every episode. It's not like there aren't any set pieces, but they're just not the focus at all. The whole cast does a pretty solid job, but the standout is without a doubt newcomer Zine Tsang; her performance is stunning, even though she's only in half of the episodes. Tbh, my biggest complaint is that the CGI leaves much to be desired, considering all the resources that went into making this show. And also, given the concept, I think the show could have been a lot more adventurous in terms of visuals. But still, 3 Body Problem was a pretty good sci-fi show. I hope we get to see more, but if we don't, I'll probably check out the original books.

[rickchung]

3 Body Problem (prod. David Benioff, D. B. Weiss & Alexander Woo).

Netflix's cerebral, big-budget international television adaptation of the acclaimed but dense and long considered unfilmmable (as evidenced by a never released 2015 film) Chinese hard sci-fi novel trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past by computer engineer Cixin Liu hardly skimps on its ambitious scope. Layered with an alien first contact narrative and theoretical astrophysics conundrum, the series rushes through its Cultural Revolution political backstories, scattered character relationships, and mysterious plot machinations reloving around a life-liek virtual reality video game.

[intersex-support]

hello! i newly figured out i am intersex, however i haven't been able to find much content talking about intersex experience, history or community, when i first realized i was queer originally i found a lot of content like that and found it helpful, and i was wondering if there's any recommendations you might be willing to give about any content on being intersex or intersex creators who you think people should know about!

Hey!

This ask honestly made me really happy, because when I was searching for people and resources to share with you, I realized how much stuff has been created in the past 5 years. When I was diagnosed as intersex, I felt like there was so much less stuff than there even is now, so it makes me really happy to know there is more stuff, even if it's still hard to find.

Some of the things I've put on this list are outdated or might include perspectives that I don't completely love, but might include important historical context. It is also a very US centric and English language centric resource, although I have linked to organizations in other countries and would love if people added on recommendations to intersex resources in a variety of languages. As always, take what resonates with you and leave behind the rest!

Books:

Cripping Intersex by Celeste E Orr

Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex by Elizabeth Reis

XOXY: A Memoir by Kimberly Zieselman

Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) by Thea Hillman

In September, Alicia Weigel is releasing her memoir Inverse Cowgirl.

In August, Pidgeon Pagonis is releasing their memoir, Nobody Needs to Know.

Fiction books:

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Intersex #ownvoices books, collated by Bogi Takács

Films:

Every Body directed by Julie Cohen is in theaters right now, and will eventually be on streaming services.

Ponyboi directed by River Gallo

Intersexion directed by Grant Lahood

Articles + misc:

Hermaphrodites with Attitude newsletter-content note for h slur and some other outdated language. Very important history though <3

Jazz Legend Little Jimmy Scott Is a Cornerstone of Black Intersex History by Sean Saifa Wall

What it's like to be a Black intersex woman by Tatenda Ngwaru

9 Young People on How They Found Out They Are Intersex by Hans Lindhal

Teen Vogue's series of intersex interviews

After years of protest, a top hospital ended intersex surgeries. For activists, it took a deep toll by Kate Sosin

Intersex Awareness Day: A Demonstration that Inspired a Movement

Normalizing intersex: Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics

Music-Ana Roxanne

Youth&I-intersex youth zine

Juliana Huxtable-Visual Art

Youtube channels:

Emilord-videos about AIS and surgery.

Jubilee Intersex video

Hans Lindhal-videos on a wide variety of intersex topics.

What's It Like To Be Intersex? | Minutes With | UNILAD

What It's Like To Be Intersex As/Is

Pass the Mic: Intercepting Injustice with Sean Saifa Wall

Intersex Organizations:

Link to org list

People/orgs to follow:

Sean Saifa Wall

Alicia Weigel

River Gallo

Hans Lindhal

Fàájì/funk

Jahni

Justin Tsang

Intersex Awareness (fabulous direct action organizing in the US-keep an eye out cause we're gonna do more this year!)

Liat Feller

Jubilee

Crystal Hendricks

Mari Wrobi

Intersex people, please feel free to add on more resources, art, writing, and people that you like!!

[ingridchu]

Books with he/art -- new TKC #ArtistsBookLibrary series now online (and eventually on-site) 💛📚 #Repost @taikwuncontemporary • • • • • • #心水藝術家書籍：第一回 #LoveBooksByArtists №1 香港藝術家曾冠群是自學成才的攝影師，喜愛探索我城生活變化無常的面貌。他鏡頭下的香港看似平靜無波，但構圖形式，對人物姿勢和面部表情的細微觀察，卻隱隱透出城市的悲情和張力。藝術家毫不畏縮地捕捉香港從殖民時期到主權移交後的轉變，不時流露出Henri Cartier-Bresson、森山大道和Bruce Gilden的風味。 本週，教育和公共項目副策展人何苑瑜挑選了由曾冠群獨立出版的40頁小誌《Moments in Limbo》，該小誌以照片為主，印數150份。小誌巧妙有力地迫使我們細心觀察，令我們一步步走向吉凶難測的未來。封面上的氣球正是社會現狀的縮影：象徵歡樂和慶典的氣球此刻竟一動不動，是在慶祝些甚麽？還是甚麽陷入了僵局？ #LoveBooksByArtists 每隔一週，我們便會從藝術家書籍圖書館選出一本藝術家書籍，公諸同好。圖書館搜羅亞洲為主的藝術家主導出版的書籍，並不時舉辦活動；去年夏季，曾冠群曾參與圖書館的節目「封面之下：藝術出版調查」，這系列由陳思穎、朱珮瑿和何苑瑜策劃，旨在宣揚藝術家以書籍作為藝術表達的媒介。 Hong Kong artist and self-taught photographer Jimi Tsang explores the living conditions of a city perpetually in flux. The Hong Kong he portrays appears calm on the surface—and yet the sadness and tension of the city seeps through in his formal compositions and subtle observations of facial expressions and gestures. Echoes of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Daido Moriyama, and Bruce Gilden emerge in the artist’s unflinching depiction of pre-and post-Handover Hong Kong. This week, Associate Curator of Education & Public Programmes Louiza Ho selects ‘Moments in Limbo’, a 40-page, self-published photo-based zine by Jimi Tsang, printed in an edition of 150. The zine artfully and powerfully compels us to observe attentively, and brings us on a journey to the uncertainties of the future. The balloon on the cover encapsulates the state of affairs: something that symbolises joy and celebration is now frozen. Does this evoke something celebratory—or something in limbo? #LoveBooksByArtists features bi-weekly selections of a single artist book from the Artists’ Book Library—a growing collection of Asia-centred, artist-driven publications. The Artists’ Book Library also runs and hosts events; last year, Tsang took part in ‘Under-Cover: Investigations in Art Publishing’, a programme series curated by Hera Chan, Ingrid Pui Yee Chu and Louiza Ho that highlighted practitioners using books as a medium of artistic expression. 曾冠群，小誌《Moments in Limbo》（2015-2018），照片由藝術家提供。 Jimi Tsang, 'Moments in Limbo' (2015-2018). Courtesy of the artist. (at 大館 Tai Kwun) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEt0Y92ldT7/?igshid=15qtwmg7dhaj2

[cheukyiupoon-blog]

ASK ME ANYTHING ! . . . FINAL

To express Johnson's love towards clay, I decided to make this zine completely by hand. My interviewee, Johnson Tsang, as a ceramic artist, creates all his works by hands, and the hand-made zine is going to have the same ways of making to make reference to his way of making artwork. The use of masking tape at places strengthen the idea of handmade and it is the material he used for markings. The hard and thick cardboard cover and back, and the thin Japanese paper (1st and last page) have uneven and random marks like dirt mark on it. I think the material makes the design relatable to Johnson’s working environment and the colour helps to link the zine to the clay. The cardboard, canvas and masking tape have a unique sandy texture which forms contrast with the smooth paper texture of the zine representing the flexibility of ceramic. It makes it coherent to Johnson’s thought about ceramic – be soft. The brown colour of the paper for the inner page links to ceramic. Since the paper has a dark colour, the semi-transparency of the tracing paper help balanced it out. The semi-transparent characteristic of the tracing paper also adds visual interest to the zine, giving the reader a hint of the answer to the question. The irregular way of placing the image and texts represents his unrestricted ideas and free working style. The use of blue colour thread links to few of his works such as ‘gifted’.