Baopu #75: Hitting a Wall
A surreal exploration of tackling a mental road block. The other side might be a very different perspective.
Yao
Baopu #74: Radical Reconsiderations
As a queer Asian woman, I’m asking questions and finding my place in activism beyond self-love.
Baopu #73: All The Silver Linings
I’ve become so sophisticated from maxing out on the benefits of staying home, there’s juuust one side effect.
Baopu #72: Working From Home
What happens when you try to be productive even though you can’t.
Baopu #71: Unwinding
Baopu shares a little reminder to relax during a stressful time.
Yao Xiao’s “Everything Is Beautiful, And I’m Not Afraid” Is as Queer and Hopeful as The Comic You Already Love
Everything Is Beautiful is one part beloved comics, one part brand new material, and all parts trademark Yao Xiao — warm colors, probing questions, deeply personal reflections, and an endless exploration of the binaries Yao has spent her life trying to navigate.
Baopu #70: Resisting Conformity
I could always try harder to fight the urge of conforming to the path of least resistance.
Baopu #69: Coming of Age
I don’t want my life before America to become abstract, but the distance in space and time makes some loss inevitable.
Baopu #68: My Hopes And Fears
Baopu shares hopes and fears, from keeping creativity to taking action, for the New Year.
Baopu #67: The Best Queer I Can Be
For a moment, I let myself feel pride.
Baopu #66: The Mental Rhythm
Not a perfect introvert or extrovert 100% of the time.
Baopu #65: In The Cloud, In The Sky
Being queer is being free.
Baopu #64: Sandcastles And Ships
What if I can leave the past on the shore?
Baopu #63: The Phantom Judgement
Time to examine the habit of self-judgement and move on.
Baopu #62: Is My Freedom An Illusion?
I live an independent life at the cost of ignoring the baggage that comes with it.
Baopu #61: What Am I Made Of?
Contemplating the ownership of pain.
Baopu #60: The Act of Remembering
How fluid is our memory?
Baopu #59: Memory Train Making Local Stops
“I have a habit of searching for memories in the future.”
Baopu #58: Anything But a Dream
I don’t have the kind of life I was ‘expected’ to have. How do I deal with the life I actually have, instead?
Baopu #57: 9 Things That Make Me Feel Super Wholesome in 2019
2019 could already use some good things.