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New York Times
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Chinese Police Detain Dozens of Writers Over Gay Erotic Online Novels
The graduate student in southern China wrote the romance novel in her spare time, self-publishing it online. In 75 chapters, it followed two male protagonists through a love affair that included, at times, steamy sexual encounters. It earned her less than $400, from readers who paid to access it. Now, it could bring her a criminal conviction. Across China, the authorities have been interrogating dozens of writers — many of them young women — who published gay erotic novels online, in what appears to be the largest police roundup of its kind to date. At least 12 such authors were tried on obscenity charges in Anhui Province late last year, according to court records, and more investigations, including that of the student, were opened in Gansu Province this spring. Some of the writers have been fined heavily or sentenced to years in prison for producing and distributing obscene content. At the center of the crackdown is Boys' Love, a genre of romance between men that is mostly written and read online, and mostly by heterosexual women. Originally from Japan, it has developed a fervent niche following in China and other Asian countries since the 1990s, offering fans an alternative to the stereotypes of passive, obedient women and macho men in many mainstream love stories. At its peak in the 2010s, Boys' Love gave rise to some of China's most popular television and web dramas, and it launched the careers of some of the country's biggest male stars. But that has changed in recent years. As the genre grew more popular, state media began to denounce it as 'vulgar,' claiming that the gay story lines could distort young readers' sexual orientations. Shows were canceled, and television regulators banned Boys' Love adaptations and gay-themed content more broadly. In a 2018 case that angered many Chinese internet users, a popular author was sentenced to 10 years in prison on obscenity charges. RUSSIA MONGOLIA Gansu Beijing Lanzhou ANHUI East China Sea CHINA MYANMAR 500 MILES By The New York Times Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Wall Street Journal
15-06-2025
- Science
- Wall Street Journal
Israel's Weizmann Institute Buildings Damaged in Iran Attack
Several buildings in Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, one of the country's top research centers, were damaged in an Iranian strike but there were no casualties, its management told its community members. As a result of missile strikes early this morning in the city of Rehovot, where the institute is located, there were localized impacts to structures on campus, it said. The institute is a world-renowned research center known for cutting-edge work in chemistry, physics and biomedical science. One graduate student whose home is located near the institute said she heard some very loud booms and then an impact that violently shook her bomb shelter.
CNN
24-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Harvard graduate student says Trump's Harvard ban represents a paradox in the US right now
Oscar Escobar, a graduate student at Harvard, shares his thoughts after a judge blocked the Trump administration's effort to ban the university's ability to enroll international students.
Arab News
14-05-2025
- Science
- Arab News
What We Are Reading Today: ‘How to Change a Memory' by Steve Ramirez
As a graduate student at MIT, Steve Ramirez successfully created false memories in the lab. Now, as a neuroscientist working at the frontiers of brain science, he foresees a future where we can replace our negative memories with positive ones. 'In How to Change a Memory,' Ramirez draws on his own memories—of friendship, family, loss, and recovery—to reveal how memory can be turned on and off like a switch, edited, and even constructed from nothing. A future in which we can change our memories of the past may seem improbable, but in fact, the everyday act of remembering is one of transformation.
