1. Screening at University of Wisconsin-Madison

    We had an intimate screening at the University of Wisconsin-Madison today; though there were not many people who showed up, those that did asked some great questions. One was whether Qiu Jin was viewed as more of a nationalist or feminist? In China and Taiwan, people are taught in school about Qiu Jin’s revolutionary work [...]

  2. Packing for a 17 stop, 25 day trip

    With the start of our 25-day tour of Autumn Gem underway, we’d like to talk a little bit about our packing strategy. First, some background information on how we used to approach packing. Back in 1995, I was a junior at Stanford spending a quarter abroad in Paris, France. I brought way too much stuff [...]