Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

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Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
me and who
IF XIAO CHIYE WAS THE HONGYAN MOUNTAINS, THEN SHEN ZECHUAN WAS THE FRIGID WIND COURSING THROUGH THE HILLS AND VALLEYS OF ZHONGBO.
shen zechuan and xiao chiye make me insane.
these two are so fucking in love with eachother and are truly themselves only when they are together.
these scheming little shits invented love i cant handle them
was having a normal night before i remember that xcy didn’t like fish bc of the bones and he started eating it more and enjoying it bc szc would debone it for him oh my god i love them so much
friendships end. relationships end. fictional man whos doing even worse than you is forever
Meatbun really writes the most angsty chapters with so much pain embedded in them, then in the author’s notes she goes like : wuwuwuwuwuwu—
Like if you’re wuwuwuwuwuing then what am I huh? WHAT AM I HUH?
the purpose of friends is to have people who unconditionally hate your shitty exes & relatives. like maybe YOU have a complex relationship with your father but i sure don't. i'm outside his house with a gun. he's not the unforgivable asshole who raised me he's just an unforgivable asshole
Writing propaganda is so difficult for me bc, like, how do I even begin to show it better than lines like “You are the breath-taking view of mountains and lakes in the remaining years of my life, the rising clouds tinged in sunset colours. Now and forever, I will keep on loving you a little more” (4 o’clock flower) or “He loved him so much, missed him so much, he missed him in the barracks, he missed him in battle. In the depths of his shattered memories, he loved him, thought of him, missed him.” (Yuwu) or “If it’s with you, if I can be together with you… I am fearless.” (Where is Our Agreement to Be Arch-Rivals?) or “Only after having met you did I discover that its such a simple thing to be happy” (TGCF) or “In this life, you will be the only one in my heart. In the next life, and the life after that, I will forever remember you, so long as my soul hasn’t scattered.” (Qi Ye) or “To place my life in your hands, even if my end is death, it is something I’ll never regret” (Peerless) or “You are just like my reverse scale. You live, I live. You are my life. Therefore, no matter how difficult things are in the future, or how arduous life becomes, I want you to live” (Nan Chan) or “As long as this ending can be changed, I am willing to die for him a thousand times” (Mist) or “I fantasize about seeing my reflection in your eyes on day, just one look, I’ll be willing to do anything that is asked of me, even pulverizing my body and shattering my bones no matter how many times…” (LHJC) or “Whatever he wants, I’ll give it to him. If he wants my life, I’ll stake my life for him… there’s no betrayal to be had.” (Liu Yao) or “I will always be with you. Life or death, I will bring you home” (2ha) or “This love has always been doomed. Yet, knowing that it’s perpetual doom, that it’s infinite destruction, the moths still throw themselves into the fire until they meet their very deaths” (Cold Sands) or “I hope that you will hate me all your life” (Golden Stage) or “Won’t you turn back and look at me? If you turn back and look at me just one time, even if you were to ask me to climb up to the roof and jump off, I’ll do it.” (GuoMen) or “Whereas Ruan Nanzhu sat at his side, gazing at Lin Qiushi with admiration in his eyes, his whole look a litany of I love you I love you I love you” (Kaleidoscope of Death), or…
My love language is to sit with you without saying or doing anything. I'll just look in your eyes and will just admire you.
With reference to love letters, Roland Barthes summarized their key message as being: "I've got nothing to say to you, but it's to you I want to say this nothing."
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Hello, 28-year-old Yibo!
The summer heat is sweltering, and the long-awaited rainy season has arrived with a swift urge. It was a typical, hot and humid day, but as the sun sets again, you reach your 28th climb. At this moment, something feels different.
The immaturity of 17 has faded, the tension of 23 has smoothed, and the anxiety of 25 has settled. 28 is the perfect age.
You still dive deeply into the light and shadow, but that immersion has a newfound ease, allowing your emotions to build a stronger intensity beneath the calm. You still live by your passion, but this dedication has been enriched with more brilliant insights, clear and grand, firmly supporting your every curiosity. As a result, the world's gifts are no longer confined to a single quadrant, but instead surge towards you with a more magnificent presence.
You still relish the lightning-fast pace and enjoy the lightness of soaring upwards. But now, your pursuit is no longer about a destination you must reach, but about the uninterrupted trajectory of your heart. You're accustomed to gazing at the sky and clouds between ascents, the mountain breeze rustling in your ears, the sudden downpour soaking your clothes, the stars casting a curtain, filling the cracks of life with pure joy. Thus, in your focus, the world stretches out, a racetrack of infinite distance and a mountain of infinite height.
Over the past few months, you've continued to challenge yourself, constantly experimenting and refining in the recording studio. You retain your wildness and innocence, sharing the insights you've learned on the vertical rock face, weaving life's experiences into every word. You still harbor a clumsy romanticism, reflecting the dust and morning dew everywhere you look into the glimmer of light in your images, hotter than anything else.
People often worry about the uncontrollable development of things, but you always find certainty in the ever-changing world. The longitude and latitude of the universe become the ropes in your hands, pulling you to any destination. Yibo, after every mountain, there are higher mountains. Don't worry about what lies beyond the mountains. Just do what you want to do. Now is the perfect time.
28th-year-old @UNIQ-Wang Yibo ! 💚
I hope you will continue to like it, stay proactive, and never lack the courage to try. If your heart is simple and pure, everything will be broad, and your world will be infinite.
[A white fortune cookie paper with blue text. Front: The best times of your life have not yet been lived. Lucky Numbers 41, 36, 22, 51, 39, 34 Back: August, Chinese text 八 (bā) 月 (yuè)]
cough it out — the front bottoms
me waiting for the next hyperfixation to consume me and give me renewed inspiration and purpose in life:
“I have a beloved, over the mountains and across the seas… I’m his reverse scale… My name is Jing Lin… Ming Jin Stage… City of Huaishu… Qixing town… He and I, he…”
Writing propaganda is so difficult for me bc, like, how do I even begin to show it better than lines like “You are the breath-taking view of mountains and lakes in the remaining years of my life, the rising clouds tinged in sunset colours. Now and forever, I will keep on loving you a little more” (4 o’clock flower) or “He loved him so much, missed him so much, he missed him in the barracks, he missed him in battle. In the depths of his shattered memories, he loved him, thought of him, missed him.” (Yuwu) or “If it’s with you, if I can be together with you… I am fearless.” (Where is Our Agreement to Be Arch-Rivals?) or “Only after having met you did I discover that its such a simple thing to be happy” (TGCF) or “In this life, you will be the only one in my heart. In the next life, and the life after that, I will forever remember you, so long as my soul hasn’t scattered.” (Qi Ye) or “To place my life in your hands, even if my end is death, it is something I’ll never regret” (Peerless) or “You are just like my reverse scale. You live, I live. You are my life. Therefore, no matter how difficult things are in the future, or how arduous life becomes, I want you to live” (Nan Chan) or “As long as this ending can be changed, I am willing to die for him a thousand times” (Mist) or “I fantasize about seeing my reflection in your eyes on day, just one look, I’ll be willing to do anything that is asked of me, even pulverizing my body and shattering my bones no matter how many times…” (LHJC) or “Whatever he wants, I’ll give it to him. If he wants my life, I’ll stake my life for him… there’s no betrayal to be had.” (Liu Yao) or “I will always be with you. Life or death, I will bring you home” (2ha) or “This love has always been doomed. Yet, knowing that it’s perpetual doom, that it’s infinite destruction, the moths still throw themselves into the fire until they meet their very deaths” (Cold Sands) or “I hope that you will hate me all your life” (Golden Stage) or “Won’t you turn back and look at me? If you turn back and look at me just one time, even if you were to ask me to climb up to the roof and jump off, I’ll do it.” (GuoMen) or “Whereas Ruan Nanzhu sat at his side, gazing at Lin Qiushi with admiration in his eyes, his whole look a litany of I love you I love you I love you” (Kaleidoscope of Death), or…
Is it just me or does having a silly little tv show to look forward to make the passage of time bearable