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A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic

A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic

Clara is an American suffagist who signs onto an expedition to the Antarctic to prove women can do just as well as men.

2024

Stories

Yi Shun Lai

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Jun 14

Women belong on every team

There are no women on the Artemis III crew. That’s the short headline. (Yesterday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sent a public reply…

Yi Shun Lai

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Aug 10, 2025

Taiwan Travel Diary Walk-Through

I went to Taiwan back in June. This is my second solo trip to Taiwan in a row, meaning I was not accompanied by any other family, even…

Taiwan Travel Diary Walk-Through

Yi Shun Lai

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Jul 16, 2025

A travel diary update

What I learned from Romania to Hungary — and a new technique for keeping track of book ideas on the fly.

A travel diary update

Yi Shun Lai

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Jul 13, 2025

I Went Minimalist for Travel, but I Didn’t Know Why

Yes, I will still tell you what I pack.

I Went Minimalist for Travel, but I Didn’t Know Why

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ILLUMINATION

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Yi Shun Lai

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Jun 1, 2024

5 Things I’m Doing Differently for My Next Book Project

From drafting to marketing, this project will be different

pencil sharpener and pencil lying on an open lined notebook. The pencil looks like it’s just been sharpened; there are shavings next to it.

Yi Shun Lai

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May 19, 2024

I Have an Obsession with the Postal Service

Loose thoughts on why I love it so much.

antique letters showing finnish stamps

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Human Parts

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Yi Shun Lai

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May 2, 2023

How to Grieve

Some lessons from a Facebook post

sunset by the seaside. the light is tangerine and grey. on the left is the ocean, gentle lapping waves. a narrow stretch of dark beach follows to the right, and the, a stretch of beachgrass, light orange and black in the shadows.

Yi Shun Lai

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Apr 27, 2023

L.A. Times Festival of Books Roundup

Tips from writers in young adult, memoir, and satire

L.A. Times Festival of Books Roundup

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Better Humans

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Yi Shun Lai

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Mar 14, 2023

Find Your Own Flavor of Activism

I’m a reluctant activist. Here’s how I found something that works for me.

Find Your Own Flavor of Activism

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ZORA

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Yi Shun Lai

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Jan 29, 2023

The Gilmore Girls’ Inclusivity Problem

It’s okay to love a thing. It’s better to love it when you see all its flaws.

An image of the characters Rory Gilmore and her mother, Lorelai Gilmore, from the show “Gilmore Girls.” They are both white women with longish brown hair and blue eyes. Rory on the left is wearing a red coat and her hair pulled back from her forehead. Lorelai is wearing a camel coat and a necklace and has her hair swept back. They are smiling at something to the left off-camera.

Yi Shun Lai

Yi Shun Lai

1.94K followers

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Author: A SUFFRAGISTS’S GUIDE TO THE ANTARCTIC (2024), Pin Ups (2020). Former columnist, The Writer. theGooddirt.org Psst: Say “yeeshun.” You can do it!

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