Qiu Miaojin

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🗓️ 15 October 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In today's episode we discuss Qiu Miaojin, a well-known Taiwanese lesbian writer. We've got details about Taiwanese lesbian gender identities, an experimental queer literary movement, and a very lovable crocodile. Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. [Image description: a photo of Qiu Miaojin, an ethnically Chinese person in thin-rimmed glasses, a dark blue coat, and a short, masculine hairstyle.]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Queer as Fact, the podcast that brings you queer history from around the world and throughout time.
0:05.1	I'm Irene. I'm Alice. And I'm Eli. And today we're going to be talking about
0:09.6	Chiu Miao Jin, a Taiwanese lesbian writer.
0:19.6	Before we start, I'd like to acknowledge the Waurundri Woiwurong people of the Kulin Nation,
0:24.4	on whose land we record this podcast. I would also like to acknowledge the Boon Warang people of the
0:29.1	Koolen Nation on whose land I researched this podcast. We pay our respects to the elders of both
0:33.9	people's past and present and recognize them as the custodians of an oral history
0:38.0	tradition far older than this podcast. Lastly, before we get into the episode, there are some content
0:43.3	warnings. This episode contains death by suicide, some homophobia and transphobia by both
0:49.1	individuals and the media, and an instance of queer people being outed without their consent by the media.
0:56.2	Take care of yourselves and skip to another episode if you're not prepared to hear about this.
1:00.2	I'd also like, just to note, in case you can hear it, that there is some heavy rain going on outside.
1:06.9	So if you're getting queer as fact, ASMRing Rain Sounds Edition, yeah, sorry about that.
1:12.5	We hope you find it soothing.
1:14.3	The other thing I just wanted to note now, so that you're aware, Chinese names generally have the family name first and then the given name second.
1:22.7	So Chio Miy Jin's given name is Mia Jin.
1:26.2	Her family name is Chou.
1:27.9	I generally refer to her as Miao Jin in this podcast, but occasionally in quotes, people use the family name.
1:34.4	I just want to make a little note about my sources before I start.
1:37.8	It's a very short note.
1:38.8	It's not a whole section.
1:40.0	That's fine.
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