Most people reading this know me, but in case you don't, here's the lowdown so far: I'm Elaine - I'm an Asian American expat brat who first moved out of the States at 4 & first hit up China at 13. Since then, I've been in & out of New York & Shanghai, mostly blogging.

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gogglesque:

How Not to Write About Africa - Binyavanga Wainaina - narrated by Djimon Hounsou

I was really liking this until the (RED) campaign thing at the end popped up, which made me feel like this had all been a ploy to be like “avoid every stereotype about Africa - poverty analyses, terrible dictators, starving children, majestic animals and its ilk… EXCEPT AIDS. NEVER STOP CORRELATING AFRICA WITH AIDS. ALSO, BUY STUFF TO STOP AIDS.”

Still, I’ll pretend I blinked that last second and pass this on, because it’s always good to call out writing cliches.

♥ Jan 9th at 9PM / via: mohandasgandhi / op: gogglesque / tagged: journalism. / reblog / 526 notes
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