Kika•文詠玲•🇵🇸🍉✊
@kikawinling.bsky.social
queer and neurodivergent platonic lover
phd candidate at chinese university of hong kong, cultural studies: queer/ing zines
chair and band-name collector + kermit meme lover
author of let the mourning come
they/die/ta/佢
substack/storygraph: kikawinling
phd candidate at chinese university of hong kong, cultural studies: queer/ing zines
chair and band-name collector + kermit meme lover
author of let the mourning come
they/die/ta/佢
substack/storygraph: kikawinling
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There's a really beautiful person sitting in front of me on the train with gorgeous tattoos, an interesting book, and an amazing curation of stickers on their water bottle.
November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a really beautiful person sitting in front of me on the train with gorgeous tattoos, an interesting book, and an amazing curation of stickers on their water bottle.
Getting some sun in the morning makes such a big difference to my mood.
August 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Getting some sun in the morning makes such a big difference to my mood.
Ocean Vuong's The Emperor of Gladness is probably one of the saddest books I have ever read (as in bleak, melancholy, I couldn't read more than 50 pages in one go because it was too overwhelmingly sad)
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Ocean Vuong's The Emperor of Gladness is probably one of the saddest books I have ever read (as in bleak, melancholy, I couldn't read more than 50 pages in one go because it was too overwhelmingly sad)
I tried writing out some thoughts again. That is all this is. An attempt at speaking up, but even more so, an attempt to witness.
More repair, less despair
On finding hope and sharing kites
open.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I tried writing out some thoughts again. That is all this is. An attempt at speaking up, but even more so, an attempt to witness.
I'm realising what a luxury and a joy it is to have a favourite poem from when I was a child.
August 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I'm realising what a luxury and a joy it is to have a favourite poem from when I was a child.
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I’ve gathered over 30 of my favorite illustrations and paintings by Tolkien all in one place - some you’ll recognize, others you might see for the first time.
Tolkien, The Artist
Over 30 stunning pieces from the Professor
www.christopherstites.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve gathered over 30 of my favorite illustrations and paintings by Tolkien all in one place - some you’ll recognize, others you might see for the first time.
I love sending fanmail to academics and receiving squishy mails back
August 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I love sending fanmail to academics and receiving squishy mails back
finally getting started on a thousand plateaus and I having fun with rhizomes. they are my kind of asexuality in a certain way: "Regenerations, reproductions, returns, hydras, and medusas do not get us any further" (p 15).
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
finally getting started on a thousand plateaus and I having fun with rhizomes. they are my kind of asexuality in a certain way: "Regenerations, reproductions, returns, hydras, and medusas do not get us any further" (p 15).
My supervisor called my revisions promising, does that mean there is actually... hope?
July 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My supervisor called my revisions promising, does that mean there is actually... hope?
Having one of those "I cannot write a phd" at all moments. Got feedback from my supervisor which is equally constructive as it is confusing + trying to write out a whole new angle and not able to figure out a structure/direction to take.
July 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Having one of those "I cannot write a phd" at all moments. Got feedback from my supervisor which is equally constructive as it is confusing + trying to write out a whole new angle and not able to figure out a structure/direction to take.
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I wish it wasn’t considered controversial to say that people should not be starved to death. I wish it wasn’t controversial to say that is unacceptable for all of humanity.
July 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I wish it wasn’t considered controversial to say that people should not be starved to death. I wish it wasn’t controversial to say that is unacceptable for all of humanity.
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Reading about transracialism and I am not sure how I am vibing with it so far. Definitely interesting to consider!
July 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Reading about transracialism and I am not sure how I am vibing with it so far. Definitely interesting to consider!
And in today's reading of Tudor's "Decolonizing Trans/Gender Studies?" (2021): "In my view, any decolonization must bridge diaspora approaches with approaches from the global South, connect indigenous studies with migration studies, and question the paradigm of the nation-state" (p. 250).
July 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
And in today's reading of Tudor's "Decolonizing Trans/Gender Studies?" (2021): "In my view, any decolonization must bridge diaspora approaches with approaches from the global South, connect indigenous studies with migration studies, and question the paradigm of the nation-state" (p. 250).
Talking over my PhD with friends and fellow PhD trial and errors is the best way to move forward for me. It's a pingpong dance of realisations and affirmations.
July 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Talking over my PhD with friends and fellow PhD trial and errors is the best way to move forward for me. It's a pingpong dance of realisations and affirmations.
Looking for some more recent writing on the bridges, gaps, and connections between trans* studies and queer studies. Feel free to share!
July 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Looking for some more recent writing on the bridges, gaps, and connections between trans* studies and queer studies. Feel free to share!
Needed to get some words out. Wrote a Substack.
Cleaning up my mind
Amidst the scaffolding of grief: airing out my brain
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Needed to get some words out. Wrote a Substack.
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Out there in the deep are giant squid and I’m envious they can go about their days without needing to know any of our petty bullshit.
July 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Out there in the deep are giant squid and I’m envious they can go about their days without needing to know any of our petty bullshit.
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"In this the Music the World was begun; for Ilúvatar made visible the song of the Ainur, and they behold it as a light in the darkness."
- Tolkien, The Valaquenta
- Tolkien, The Valaquenta
July 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"In this the Music the World was begun; for Ilúvatar made visible the song of the Ainur, and they behold it as a light in the darkness."
- Tolkien, The Valaquenta
- Tolkien, The Valaquenta
When the floppy disk was the height of memory capacity. This bit got a tiny giggle out of me.
From Post-Digital Print by Alessandro Ludovico (2012).
From Post-Digital Print by Alessandro Ludovico (2012).
July 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
When the floppy disk was the height of memory capacity. This bit got a tiny giggle out of me.
From Post-Digital Print by Alessandro Ludovico (2012).
From Post-Digital Print by Alessandro Ludovico (2012).
Andrea Gibson, my first ever poetry love, passed away. It feels so real and so unreal at the same time. All I can think is, now their voice and their laughter, their joy, is up in the sky.
July 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Andrea Gibson, my first ever poetry love, passed away. It feels so real and so unreal at the same time. All I can think is, now their voice and their laughter, their joy, is up in the sky.
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A good dog.
Hesperocyon is one of the most ancient canids, the oldest fossils of this little carnivore dated to about 42 million years ago. Fossils of this small hunter found in burrows hint that Hesperocyon wasn’t shy about making dens in underground homes dug by other creatures. 🧪
Hesperocyon is one of the most ancient canids, the oldest fossils of this little carnivore dated to about 42 million years ago. Fossils of this small hunter found in burrows hint that Hesperocyon wasn’t shy about making dens in underground homes dug by other creatures. 🧪
July 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A good dog.
Hesperocyon is one of the most ancient canids, the oldest fossils of this little carnivore dated to about 42 million years ago. Fossils of this small hunter found in burrows hint that Hesperocyon wasn’t shy about making dens in underground homes dug by other creatures. 🧪
Hesperocyon is one of the most ancient canids, the oldest fossils of this little carnivore dated to about 42 million years ago. Fossils of this small hunter found in burrows hint that Hesperocyon wasn’t shy about making dens in underground homes dug by other creatures. 🧪
I should just read more Calvin and Hobbes, as a child these comics soothed me more than anything else.
Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, who always seemed to get it.
July 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I should just read more Calvin and Hobbes, as a child these comics soothed me more than anything else.