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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 23 Nov 2020

      Arthur Chu Retweeted Jeannette Ng 吳志麗

      Yeah I mean I understand OP is a lighthearted joke but the aggressive way Chinese language/culture demands I be aware of how I fit in a family tree is something I've never liked and always experienced as hostilehttps://twitter.com/jeannette_ng/status/1330728940646830082 …

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      Jeannette Ng 吳志麗 @jeannette_ng
      Replying to @XiranJayZhao
      It's also intensely hostile to recognising queer relationships (Taiwan has an official list since they legalised gay marriage but for the longest time, lots of my relatives would be all "lol they can't get married we wouldn't know what to call them) and non-binary gender.
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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 23 Nov 2020

      Even the way Chinese uses fictive kinship terms is oppressive in this way Yes, an older woman who's a family friend is an "auntie" and an old man you see as a mentor is a "grandpa" But because the terms are more specific there's this added shit

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    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 23 Nov 2020

      Is she your auntie-on-your-mother's-side or on-your-father's-side Is she older or younger than your mom Assuming the grandpa guy doesn't actually know either of your parents, is it more of a friendship (like a maternal grandpa) or does he have authority over you (paternal)

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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 23 Nov 2020

      (The fact that the distinction between a "yeye" and a "gonggong" is you have to mind what the former says more because he has authority over you - because authority is transmitted patrineally - is kinda fucked up when you think about it!)

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    5. sharon‏ @chu_bacca 23 Nov 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      I was going to try for the argument that "the linguistic kinship system isn't inherently bad, it's the patriarchal attitudes mapped onto it," but that's probably a fruitless chicken/egg approach? (This video has a great kinship rundown: https://youtu.be/YOi2c2d3_Lk  )

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 23 Nov 2020
      Replying to @chu_bacca

      Well it's not *necessarily* bad that women take their husband's surname in Western culture or that we make the "Miss/Mrs" distinction But a lot of people still don't like it

      6:25 AM - 23 Nov 2020
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        1. sharon‏ @chu_bacca 23 Nov 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          Yeah, very fair. The cultural/sociological impact is way more important than a "well, actually" academic discussion of the origins.

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