#stephanie lai

[sing-and-play]

faye and the hong kong pop girlies of '93

can you spot her? (hint: 😎 )

[9secretsigns]

I have a friend who interviews me as part of her thesis on religions. We talk and talk, and at the end of it her thesis mentions my brutal view of Buddhism, and the weird merging of Buddhism with Christianity and violence. It never occurs to me to mention Daoism; and it never occurs to her to ask. It’s her thesis, and I don’t question it. But my Christian afterlife involves uncountable levels of hell, and towering Chinese kings; my everyday life involves taking revenge because retribution is allowed. It’s a part of my religion, whichever one that is. To call it brutal, to call it a deviation, creates a space where my religion is unacceptable by those I consider my peers. We don’t really talk again after that.

Stephanie Lai, Haw Par Villa: where your soul can never leave though your feet may go on the way | @yiduiqie

[womenwhokickass]

Hello! I'm Stephanie Lai! Thanks for featuring me. :o) Since you're linking to me, I'd like to mention my tumblr (obviously this thing) and my social justice and media blog which I can't link to but can be found linked to on my tumblr. I enjoy both your post about me, and also how it highlights that I really need to update the side bars on one of my blogs. :D

Oh my gosh.

I’m going to pretend that I’m not geeking out and that I’m actually only ‘somewhat flustered’.

But followers! You should all check out this awesome person’s tumblr, (and read their stuff) if you haven’t already!

~Maddy

(fangirl swoons.)

[womenwhokickass]

Stephanie Lai: Why she kicks ass

She is a Chinese-Australian writer, who writes South-East Asian Steampunk in the emerging Australian Steampunk scene.

She has a fantastic way with words, believable, futuristic stories and personable and realistic characters. One of her pieces,  THE LAST RICKSHAW, was featured in  Crossed Genres' Eastern issue.

She writes several blogs, including; Vegan About Town ( where she reconciles her ethnicity and my food obsession with being vegan),  天高皇企鹅远 (a  blog about social justice issues) and song of the travelling penguin (where she writes about her return from ten months working for a major environmental organisation in Beijing.)

You can find Stephanie's tumblr here. 

She runs a blog No Award with her friend Liz, in which she writes about media, social justice and pop culture.