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Novelist. Won: Astounding, BFA Newcomer. Dabbles: history, costumes, sensitivity reads, #booknails. She/they. Repped by @jenniegoloboy

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    1. XIRAN *Preorder Iron Widow!‏ @XiranJayZhao 22 Nov 2020

      English is so weak when it comes to describing relatives. "Oh she's my sister." YOUNGER OR OLDER? "Yeah he's my uncle." IN WHAT WAY?? Meanwhile languages like Chinese have specific terms for everything down to your dad's younger brother's wifepic.twitter.com/gcHPSqRPtN

      a screenshot of Chinese kinship terms that get really specific
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      Jeannette Ng 吳志麗‏ @jeannette_ng 22 Nov 2020
      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. Jeannette Ng 吳志麗‏ @jeannette_ng 22 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jeannette_ng @XiranJayZhao

          I'm sure you're aware of how intensely patriarchal and patrilineal the Chinese kinship system is. The very fact that the language describing the maternal side of the family has less detail means it is "weaker" by your joke's reckoning and isn't that.... uncomfortable?

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        3. Jeannette Ng 吳志麗‏ @jeannette_ng 22 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jeannette_ng @XiranJayZhao

          Sure, there's specific language to describe a father's siblings as older or younger than him, but the same doesn't apply to a mother's siblings. It's also a system that marks the maternal aside of "outside", as lesser.

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        1. ExKage  🦦 FFXIV Patch 5.5 Spoilers‏ @ExKage 23 Nov 2020
          Replying to @jeannette_ng @XiranJayZhao

          Can you list this official list from Taiwan?

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