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Baopu #108: In Winter, Don’t Forget to Stretch

When your days feels like an endless rotation of social media and coffee… don’t forget to stretch, and don’t drink coffee by yourself!

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Jan 28, 2023

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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In a two panel comic, Baopu — an Asian person with red hair — sits at a desk and contemplates making a New Year's resolution.

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Baopu #107: Leave Room For Your Future Self

Don’t feel like making New Year’s resolutions? Your future self will probably appreciate you for giving them the free reign.

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Dec 31, 2022

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Baopu #106: A Cat Kind of Morning

Some lazy Saturday mornings belong to the cat.

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Dec 3, 2022

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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In a two panel comic with a watercolor pink background, there is a orange jack-o-latern head that says "I haven't cried for a long time" and the one next to it shows Baopu in close up, their hands are covering their face, and it reads "There's too much to process"

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Baopu #105: A Good Cry

As an act of healing together, a good cry allows for releasing of tensions in our bodies.

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Nov 5, 2022

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Yao is a cartoon image of an Asian person with red hair who is writing thought bubbles on top of an abstract black and yellow background: "can anyone hear?" and "I'm here"

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Baopu #104: Diaspora Time

What is diaspora time? It is a third plane between here and there, where time and geographies meet when people say they don’t.

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Oct 8, 2022

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A drawing of a multiple layer black circle, with the following lettering in blue: creating so many different kinds of art. Falling into the black swirls are two stick figures.

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Baopu #103: Where I’m Going We Are Together

Preserving the community we have now, and meeting community in the future, through art-making.

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Sep 10, 2022

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A two panel comic, left to right: "Make a Whole New Body of Work" is written on top of a yellow background in front of a on old school typewriter (t's red) and hands typing, then "Relaxing all day long like a beautiful cloud" is written in a blue sky full of cloud imagery

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Baopu #102: What Did I Do This Summer?

While it is easy to lament the things we didn’t do this summer, it is important to account for what we did!

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Aug 13, 2022

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A drawing of Yao (an Asian person with red hair and a pointy black hat) using a green watering can to water a large lower with pink petals against a blue sky.

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Baopu #101: Effortlessly High Expectations

How do you balance effort and expectations? You gotta meet yourself half way… or not.

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Jul 16, 2022

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Three boxes say: Intellecutalizing (yellow, with Baopu reading a book), Nostalgia (pink, with Baopu looking out unto the grass), and Indulging (blue, with Baopu reaching out with arms stretched). The three boxes are connected by yellow and red bands.

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Baopu #100: Processing Intergenerational Trauma, A Chart

Moving through trauma towards creativity through a colorful flowchart with plenty of room for painting, snacking, and dancing.

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Jun 18, 2022

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A cartoon drawing of Yao, who has red short hair in a pixie cut, a purple shirt and pointy purple hat, and cream scarf, laying on the grass with their cat. They are thinking in a thought bubble.

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Baopu #99: It’s Never Over

Caught in an emotional limbo by the pandemic, acknowledging the present and moving on is never easy.

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May 21, 2022

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In a two panel comic that's colored in shades of yellow, Yao walks into a kitchen at night and then finds themself over a large pot of dark soup, which they stir with a spoon.

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Baopu #97: Ancestry

A dream helps to untangle the emotional connection to an ancestral home and the need to understand it more as a queer person.

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Mar 26, 2022

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Baopu is a drawn cartoon with red hair underneath a navy blue cap and matching coat, wearing a mask. They are walking among trees with no leaves and brown stems. Above them are the words "It's easy to get over-whelmed..."

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Baopu #96: Winter Thoughts

Warm thoughts for a long winter.

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Feb 26, 2022

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