Do y'all have any other historical cdrama recommendations that focus on friendships ? I need to keeps my self…
Tian Long Ba Bu (Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils) is Wuxia where the three leads are sworn brothers / friends. There are many adaptations. It is based on a very popular Wuxia novel by the same name from the most legendary Wuxia author - Jin Yong.
I'm not about misgendering or infantilizing people but this is getting out of hand: https://twitter.com/zhaoxiaotango/status/1437740139489337346?s=20…
This is just so ducking enraging. Wish there were some brave celebrities who would step up and say this is wrong. What a ducking authoritarian government. Pisses me off.
Dear 2haists, hope you are doing alright. I see my fellow 2haists have been here while it took me quite a while…
So lets dissect that. It is true that the Chinese government is cracking down on what they call "effeminate men" and "sissy idols" as part of their "cultural crackdown". Just typing those words just felt so insulting that the Chinese government is saying these things about the LGBT community. So, some are interpreting this so-called cultural crackdown to mean a ban on BL and danmei. Nobody truly know where the Chinese authorities are drawing the line on what is acceptable social and cultural behavior in their eyes and what is unacceptable. Effeminate and BL don't mean the same, but in a society and culture where everything is seen through a heteronormative lens, they do get lumped together. So yeah, some things like the crackdown are real, not rumors, but does this mean it is a BL ban? That is anybody's guess.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033687586/china-ban-effeminate-men-tv-official-morality
https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/china-cissy-idols-effeminate-men-entertainment-industry-1235055304/
https://kisskh.at/692971-thirty-nine