<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[qwueerd]]></title><description><![CDATA[qwueerd]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/the-ponderings</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:37:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[21 Bs of my childhood]]></title><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/21-bs-of-my-childhood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653ce70514b6c3a8a8834578</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_30b78dd3a49f409bb90269f889ee8a55~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the Hanoi drag community]]></title><description><![CDATA[REFERENCES: Drag queen. (2022, April 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drag_queen&#38;oldid=1081612595 Dunlow, A....]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/the-hanoi-drag-community</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653c48949d0395bc7e0f611c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 23:50:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_8edb7d11afaf4683bbcb61e09b19a5af~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_960,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[filial piety in Saving Face (2004)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Saving Face (2004), Dir. Alice Wu With Saving Face (2004), Alice Wu (the director) is able to highlight the struggles of Wil, a promising...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/filial-piety-in-saving-face-2004</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653bd38830acf522f1b54e2c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_3da4219f601040bda706e25f5448f8e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born This Way (Lady Gaga) and the discourse of queer self-acceptance]]></title><description><![CDATA[REFERENCES: Anti-LGBT rhetoric. (2022, April 2). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-LGBT_rhetoric&#38;oldid=108061...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/born-this-way-lady-gaga-and-the-discourse-of-queer-self-acceptance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653ba72b18303ed716218c71</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:16:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_3e2cb42f7e7e48afb043f65a09978cf2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[sex workers' rights movement]]></title><description><![CDATA[REFERENCES: Amnesty International. (2015, August 12). Human rights for sex workers [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/_D6J2psOv7Y Human...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/sex-workers-rights-movement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653c39385172163e70186585</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_f1566b1e91524fffacb3c4ffc0280c28~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_960,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[about the ending in Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fluidity in the interpretation of a story, or of art in general, in my opinion, is what makes that story interesting. Each...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/about-the-ending-in-hills-like-white-elephants-by-ernest-hemingway</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653bdb0221cd7a226a7fe486</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[equality in american education]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United States of America has always prided itself on its equality. The equality factors lie in many aspects of the country, even in...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/equality-in-american-education</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61ee68512bcaeb0016f749a2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:01:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_f4e1e59ce8624aa1aeec260dd76a94ae~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[my boyish femininity]]></title><description><![CDATA[I. FIND: About a week ago, while at a local store, I overheard a woman yelling at her son for "dancing like a girl" and forcing the child...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/my-boyish-femininity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b3af82396da00016f43f41</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_11c284aca4a54d7aba24631c3d1e0717~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[trans representations on tv]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netflix is often reputed as one of the most progressive and LGBTQ-friendly film production companies. For many years, the company has...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/trans-representations-on-tv</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61ee6d03c7ffb80016880903</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/cZJte79cbBA" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[portrayals of black people as troublemakers in reality tv]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reality shows are competitions that are often understood as unscripted and 'real'. However, there’s a certain pattern that many people...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/black-people-as-troublemakers-in-reality-tv</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b37097e9fa980017fd4c87</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:34:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_a8e1d834ff674ebbba8717e1877af0d7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[savage beauty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Savage Beauty is an exhibition held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2011, paying homage to the late designer Alexander McQueen, one...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/savage-beauty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b3a1848d56df0016299c56</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_292effda46334adebb2ce73db5953c58~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[where i'm from (poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am from the outskirts of a certain city, from a village where farming is still the key where the people are down-to-earth, and their...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/where-im-from</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b3663fc5a2200017e2fb0d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:45:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_067678a1c0814746817636e0f6ab3ad8~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["the danish girl" review]]></title><description><![CDATA[AN OVERPRAISED CINEMATIC PRODUCT "A pretty picture about a transgender pioneer"[1] is the applauding words of the Washington Post for The...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/the-danish-girl-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b3a67049a30a00168e2870</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:33:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_f93e8dc176b443438ee1bd93ebc69abd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_759,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the once-lost heaven]]></title><description><![CDATA[BACK TO THE ONCE-LOST HEAVEN Scared as the boy feels when his footstep is set into the rushing world of adulthood full of...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/the-once_lost-heaven</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b3446cbeb440001668de6c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_99ad27fe62264bf49d69f6caf8b7fea7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the beauty and the beast]]></title><description><![CDATA[One’s greatest place of intimacy is one’s own mind, and mine is of no exception. It’s my personal sanctuary, yet my own prison. Dare I...]]></description><link>https://qwueerd.wixsite.com/ponderings/post/the-beauty-and-the-beast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b32cadfb286100160d2b4d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:32:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1487e_e5a0dface6b24f7fac0ce76751ef676f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>qwueerd</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>