bella creel
@bellacreel.bsky.social
blog editor at asymptote journal 💻
writer and critic 💬
himeji, japan 🏯
bellacreel.carrd.co
writer and critic 💬
himeji, japan 🏯
bellacreel.carrd.co
why does my job have to involve acronyms
June 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
why does my job have to involve acronyms
Thank you Avery for your insightful responses! 💕
Thank you to @bellacreel.bsky.social for this interview at the Asymptote Journal blog. 🙏 www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/05...
Translating Sachiko Kashiwaba’s The Village Beyond the Mist: An Interview with Avery Fischer Udagawa - Asymptote Blog
Beyond the editorial trappings and packaging, however, the best stories ignore borders. . .
www.asymptotejournal.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thank you Avery for your insightful responses! 💕
Christine Emba's undaunted critique of the porn industry (and our reluctance to condemn it) is definitely worth the read.
The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
Opinion | The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Christine Emba's undaunted critique of the porn industry (and our reluctance to condemn it) is definitely worth the read.
The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
my notion library is the only thing keeping me going
May 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
my notion library is the only thing keeping me going
we keep on keepin on 🍏
May 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
we keep on keepin on 🍏
I didn’t realize how common power outages were in my life until I moved to Japan and they ceased to occur. What’s the difference? Sheer number of lines?
April 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I didn’t realize how common power outages were in my life until I moved to Japan and they ceased to occur. What’s the difference? Sheer number of lines?
Reposted by bella creel
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
not including four in progress
those four being:
Europe and the People Without History
The Return of the King
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
L'Etranger
goal for april - to hit 20 books! why not!
those four being:
Europe and the People Without History
The Return of the King
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
L'Etranger
goal for april - to hit 20 books! why not!
April 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
not including four in progress
those four being:
Europe and the People Without History
The Return of the King
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
L'Etranger
goal for april - to hit 20 books! why not!
those four being:
Europe and the People Without History
The Return of the King
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
L'Etranger
goal for april - to hit 20 books! why not!
so much Japanese literature seems to thrive on the acknowledgment (and thus deconstruction) of these 'widely-held assumptions' - love to see it expressed so elegantly here
"In a way, the novel is about examining, and shattering, widely-held assumptions, from father-daughter relationships to gender roles."—Tony, Tony's Reading List.
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/01/16/f...
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/01/16/f...
April 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
so much Japanese literature seems to thrive on the acknowledgment (and thus deconstruction) of these 'widely-held assumptions' - love to see it expressed so elegantly here
why are all of your ~intellectual faves~ hot?
April 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
why are all of your ~intellectual faves~ hot?
how are you guys posting every day
April 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
how are you guys posting every day
Making plans making moves !!!!!
Also switching my posting day to Thursday because Mondays are proving lethal 🫡
Also switching my posting day to Thursday because Mondays are proving lethal 🫡
February 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Making plans making moves !!!!!
Also switching my posting day to Thursday because Mondays are proving lethal 🫡
Also switching my posting day to Thursday because Mondays are proving lethal 🫡
January reading roundup! 💙📚
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
#bookreview #reading #translation #booksky
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
#bookreview #reading #translation #booksky
Reading Roundup: January 2025
Le Guin, Kafka & Mitchell, Chung & Hur, and more.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
January reading roundup! 💙📚
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
#bookreview #reading #translation #booksky
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
#bookreview #reading #translation #booksky
hazy hike up mt shosha
February 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
hazy hike up mt shosha
I've updated my Carrd, so here it is for all—a little digital collection of my latest writings, my socials, and myself!
bellacreel.carrd.co
bellacreel.carrd.co
Bella Creel's Carrd
Resume of a photographer, literary critic, and editor.
bellacreel.carrd.co
January 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I've updated my Carrd, so here it is for all—a little digital collection of my latest writings, my socials, and myself!
bellacreel.carrd.co
bellacreel.carrd.co
This post also features one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken - look at this little wood dragon, taken in the year of the wood dragon!!! 🐉🌳
January 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This post also features one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken - look at this little wood dragon, taken in the year of the wood dragon!!! 🐉🌳
⭐︎ new post!! ⭐︎
Did you walk in the woods as a child? A post on luck, intent, and twinkling memories.
And a small goodbye to the year of the dragon 🐉♡
#photography #writing
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
Did you walk in the woods as a child? A post on luck, intent, and twinkling memories.
And a small goodbye to the year of the dragon 🐉♡
#photography #writing
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
January 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
⭐︎ new post!! ⭐︎
Did you walk in the woods as a child? A post on luck, intent, and twinkling memories.
And a small goodbye to the year of the dragon 🐉♡
#photography #writing
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
Did you walk in the woods as a child? A post on luck, intent, and twinkling memories.
And a small goodbye to the year of the dragon 🐉♡
#photography #writing
open.substack.com/pub/theredra...
self-published writers with AI book covers 🤮🤮 pls be so fr
January 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
self-published writers with AI book covers 🤮🤮 pls be so fr
a little odd! a little reflective! a little bit a lot of me!
substack.com/@bellacreel/...
#writing #poetry #photography
substack.com/@bellacreel/...
#writing #poetry #photography
January 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
a little odd! a little reflective! a little bit a lot of me!
substack.com/@bellacreel/...
#writing #poetry #photography
substack.com/@bellacreel/...
#writing #poetry #photography
⭐︎2025 reading progress⭐︎
② five stars: YOUR UTOPIA by Bora Chung in Anton Hur’s translation, and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula K Le Guin
I’ll have mini reviews/reflections up on Substack at the end of the month~
Aiming to finish two or three more before then 💙📚
② five stars: YOUR UTOPIA by Bora Chung in Anton Hur’s translation, and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula K Le Guin
I’ll have mini reviews/reflections up on Substack at the end of the month~
Aiming to finish two or three more before then 💙📚
January 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
⭐︎2025 reading progress⭐︎
② five stars: YOUR UTOPIA by Bora Chung in Anton Hur’s translation, and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula K Le Guin
I’ll have mini reviews/reflections up on Substack at the end of the month~
Aiming to finish two or three more before then 💙📚
② five stars: YOUR UTOPIA by Bora Chung in Anton Hur’s translation, and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula K Le Guin
I’ll have mini reviews/reflections up on Substack at the end of the month~
Aiming to finish two or three more before then 💙📚
do any other women feel really weird about how our ova were there at birth or is that just me.
January 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
do any other women feel really weird about how our ova were there at birth or is that just me.
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM