3rd Culture Kids

The Snare | June Encounters

an AI founder, a didi driver, a retired dance lady, three generations of women, a documentary filmmaker…on the soft bars of the cages we live in

Jun 30 • Rachel

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How Three Ancient Cultures Chose Their Own Fate — A Field Note from the National Museum of China

Jared Diamond meets 5,000 years of Chinese jade and pottery

Jun 11 • Rachel

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May 2026

Let Beauty Flow Towards Me | May Encounters

a foreign tourist, a DINK woman, a bookstore owner, a journalist, a newly graduate…my encounters with different walks of life, in a country quietly…

May 26 • Rachel

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March 2026

South Africa travel edition 🇿🇦 (1): ways of seeing in safari

On hunger, safety, and the gaze

Mar 5 • Rachel

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November 2025

Why We Write Fiction?

Barefoot Women

Nov 24, 2025 • Rachel

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October 2025

a millennial’s manifesto toward criticism

Everything below is fictional. If it reads too close to real life, well, you’re reading it too closely.

Oct 15, 2025 • Rachel

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September 2025

3 things this week | the world in folds

Arc’teryx × Cai Guoqiang Himalayan campaign, Folding Beijing, M Lin’s new book

Sep 25, 2025 • Rachel

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Tracing old documents and memories of art behind bars

a miniature case study

Sep 11, 2025 • Rachel

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3 things this week | on radical acceptance

reaction to the military parade & two new book recommendations

Sep 3, 2025 • Rachel

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August 2025

4 Murmurs this week: The Paradox of Connection

hoarding Labubu, hiding from ChatGPT, Ocean Vuong and a few other hopeful chroniclers

Aug 14, 2025 • Rachel

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5 Murmurs This Week | Who Can Be Enlightened?

Shaolin’s fallen monk, vertical drama obsession and learning behind bars

Aug 1, 2025 • Rachel

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July 2025

5 Things This Week | Who Gets to Be Punished

A crossdresser’s arrest, a college girl’s expulsion, and why it all connects

Jul 22, 2025 • Rachel

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