Status Updates From Mourning a Breast

this is really well-written. maybe TOO well-written because it’s triggering flashbacks to traumatic hospital memories lmao, i just nearly fainted because i realise now i was holding my breath

很好奇西西推荐的包法利夫人是哪个译本；
另外突然天马行空，原来流行的弱女子形象都是在描述一个得肺痨的女人吗？

Haven’t made any significant progress with this one, although whenever I read it I have a good time

I like this book a lot. Easy to pick up whenever I have time. I get a lot from each short chapter.

Picked this up on a whim in Boulder because I love this publisher and skimming some pages the prose and concise sentences drew me in. So far, very good.

‘As—emperor—also—doctor—Kangxi wasn’t half bad. Lu Xun studied medicine—At first—didn’t believe—Chinese medicine. Later—studied Western medicine but took Chinese medicine when—ill—recorded : Drinking ginger juice to treat stomach problems—Drinking acanthopanax liquor for shoulder pain. China is an exasperating country. It—invented many things—only to see them improved upon—exploited by foreigners—while it struggles—’

‘—in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms—Cao Cao—head opened—brain operated on—Hua Tuo invented—powdered anaesthetic mafeisan more than seventeen hundred years ago. He had his patients ingest it with alcohol and fall into a deep sleep—In Zhuangzi’s writing, the cow is almost invisible—Peng bird was restricted by time—meanwhile—smaller birds could take flight whenever they pleased—elm—sandalwood—restricted by space—’

I am having a REALLY hard time with this. "Dated" doesn't even begin to convey how bad the misinformation regarding cancer's origins and treatment is in this book. You don't get cancer because you're a glutton for sweets and it's not cute or funny or endearing to suggest that. All the self-consciously girly whimsy here is just not sitting well with me and I may DNF before I blow up from misplaced rage.