Jeannette NgQuick Review: Natsu Hyūga’s The Apothecary DiariesThe Apothecary Diaries is set in the inner chambers of the Emperor’s vast palace with its bickering, scheming ladies and eunuchs. The story…2 min read·May 25, 2021----
Jeannette NgQuick Review of Miya Kazuki’s Ascendance of the Bookworm: I’ll Stop at Nothing to Become a…Ascendance of the Bookworm is a love letter to the book itself, not just its contents of word and stories, but the physical object. After a…4 min read·May 25, 2021--1--1
Jeannette NgQuick Review of Nozomu Mochitsuki’s Tearmoon EmpireJapanese culture has long had something of a love affair with France, in particular with the gilded, frilly excesses of Rococo fashions…3 min read·May 25, 2021----
Jeannette NgCultural Appropriation: Some More Practical AdviceYou’ve been inspired to write something about another culture that isn’t your own. Or perhaps you’re a speculative fiction writer looking…9 min read·Sep 17, 2020--1--1
Jeannette NgBeyond Authenticity: the Spectre of Han HegemonyNo article about Mulan (2020) can open without mentioning the cultural genocide happening in China right now. The Chinese and Asian…11 min read·Sep 11, 2020--4--4
Jeannette NgKorra’s Defining Villains and What Does it Mean to be The AvatarThe Legend of Korra is defined by its villains.7 min read·Jul 25, 2020--6--6
Jeannette NgThe Inescapable Whiteness of AVATAR: THE LEGEND OF KORRA, and its Uncomfortable Implications“Why is Aang now the Statue of Liberty? Is this show set in New York now?”18 min read·Jul 25, 2020--83--83
Jeannette NgOn Identity, Performing Marginalisations and the Limitations of OwnVoices; or “Why I can’t just…Every time I show my uncle a photo of my dogs[1], he’d unfailing make a jokey threat about eating Twist and Moo. Regular as clockwork.9 min read·Jan 26, 2020----
Jeannette NgConfessions of a Hate Reader, or Bad Writing Habits I Picked up from Bad CriticismInstead of a harsh teacher or a discouraging parent, the Critical Voice I’ve internalised is that of the nitpicking internet hate-reader.11 min read·Jan 23, 2020----
Jeannette NgThe Rise of Skywalker: Memorabilia without Memory, a Misunderstanding of HopeNote: this contains basically all the spoilers20 min read·Dec 21, 2019--6--6