Author: Katrien Jacobs

Yay or Nay?

I have received lot of reactions on the Internet and in the media to my forthcoming book  People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet. It will officially be released on 26 november and soon thereafter be available on amazon.com.  Meanwhile I have signed a contract with the Hong Kong  publisher  UP publications for a Chinese translation of the book.… Continue reading Yay or Nay?

Go marie claire baby!

While being interviewed extensively yet prematurely about People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet, I am so impressed with Kim Renyi’s text about DIY porn for Marie-Claire Malaysia. This article came out a few months ago, and it is ahead of its time in respecting the thrust and flavors of DIY.

Wandering Dolls: Cosplay Journey Across East Asia

So my new book just came out and was published by the Hong Kong publisher Roundtable Synergy Books. The book is in both English and Chinese (left page vs. right page) and was translated entirely by Yang Jing. It is a book of travels to four different cities in “East Asia” (the big land mass covering Japan,… Continue reading Wandering Dolls: Cosplay Journey Across East Asia

Filippino lesbian wedding in Kennedytown

Today is my 45th birthday and I had a very sweet day. I received gifts and kisses, a message from my ghost. I also actually attended a lesbian wedding organized by the Filippino lesbian organization Filguys. The young couple Jeczer and Shey were accompanied by their butch-femme “parents” and “grandparents,” and many other lesbian couples, and—-0h my… Continue reading Filippino lesbian wedding in Kennedytown

Sacred Animals on China's Internet

Images and Excerpt From my forthcoming book People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet.(Forthcoming with Intellect Books, 2011) The Grass-Mud Horse is supposedly a species of the alpaca. The name is derived from cào nǐ mā(肏你妈), whose near-equivalent word translates as “fuck your mother”. The greatest enemy of the grass-mud horse is the… Continue reading Sacred Animals on China's Internet

au revoir tai hang!

I am finally moving out of this old city hood into the central new territories, a special kind of mountainous suburbia close to my new university, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. I highly recommend life in Tai Hang but the human electricity that runs through ieventually catches up with you–the frantic mobs, the noises all around,… Continue reading au revoir tai hang!

New short video, narrated by my doll, Zaphy.

Here my latest video a about a visit a doll museum in Kyoto, the home of SuperDollfie dolls owned and managed by the Japanese company Volks. The video is based on an actual special visit. It is called Visit to My Half-Blood Sisters and narrated by my own doll Zaphy, who belongs to the enemy brand Pullip … Continue reading New short video, narrated by my doll, Zaphy.