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Baopu is against a yellow background with three different objects covering their face: a raincloud, an actual covid mask, and a group of flamboyant feathers

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Baopu #94: Which 2022 Mask Are You?

New year, new mood, new mask!

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Jan 8, 2022

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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A seat, gloves, boots, scissors, and paint. All in bright colors of yellow and pink along with black-and-white

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Baopu #93: Cozy Winter Wish List

Just need to get a few things together for a cozy winter break in the (colder) climates.

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Dec 4, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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An outline of a turquoise blue hand with following text, "You are a person, not an idea. Try harder"

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Baopu #92: Seeing The Present

How to feel solid again after so much unrealness.

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Nov 6, 2021

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

In a two panel comic in the colors teal blue, pink, and a white, a cat with large eyes stares at their human who is asleep.

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Baopu #91: Hey, hey

You want to sleep in, someone disagrees.

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Oct 9, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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A black and white character sits outside of a window in a sky, they say "I'm okay, I guess... just feeling fragile lately."

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Baopu #90: The Assurance You Need

With the pandemic keeping everyday life in a sluggish pace, sometimes a little positive assurance is needed to keep going.

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Sep 11, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Against a lime green background Bapou asks in a text bubble, "To perform otherness at a moment’s notice even it sucks"

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Baopu #89: People Like Me

While an empowering act, sharing stories of marginalization is about agency and trust.

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Aug 14, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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A cartoon of a statue of a woman lounging on a couch with a cloth draped around her

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Baopu #88: The Poster Child of Anxiety

When words sometimes complicates things even further, only a surrealist picture can sum up the weirdness of social anxiety.

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Jul 17, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Yao sits in a chair made of grass and wonders out loud, "Now that I'm less worried about Covid, it's time to revisit my Normal insecurities!"

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Baopu #87: Asking Fair Questions

Even though it is not always easy to do, constantly asking hard questions is a healthy practice.

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Jun 19, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Yao is sitting alone in a green grass field that has swirls of pink and purple framing the edges.

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Baopu #86: Some of Us Don’t Depart Forever

Spring time brings all kinds of emotions. But reliving a familiar moment doesn’t always mean being reminded of pain. It can also bring a sense of joy transcending time and…

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May 22, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Multicolor collage of Yao, with short red hair, signing on to a computer. The colors are shades of jade, purple, peach, and tan.

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Baopu #85: Portrait Through Immigration

Recounting what’s ignored and lost through the modern process of immigration, at the same time recognizing the power of building back the lost sense of self.

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Apr 24, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Yao lays against an oversized plant that's as big as city buildings, above them is a word bubble that reads: "Come home to me. I am here."

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Baopu #83: I Am of This World

Instead of seeing Asian American, queer, immigrant women as “in-between” cultures, we are in fact witness to a world far more connected.

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Mar 27, 2021

Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Bapou lays down on the grass and daydreams having a restful Aquarius season that includes yoga and planting new things to grow.

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Baopu #82: An Aquarian Meditation

Visualizing a meditation for the month of Aquarius, Baopu channels creative energy in her own way.

Yao Xiao —

Jan 30, 2021

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