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Author Archives: Zilun Lin

Zilun is the Asia Pacific events officer for the Oxford Society for International Development. He studies PPE at Lady Margaret Hall, outside of his degree he enjoys a cup of white tea and traveling on a budget.

Posted inCultural Identity

Mom, can you give me a normal name?

by Zilun Lin September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

‘What’s in a Name?’ is the first new series coming from our new Cultural Identity section. It aims to celebrate not only identity and personality, but family, heritage, geography, friendship. We hope you enjoy reading these personal naming anecdotes as much as we enjoyed curating them.

First we have lín zǐ lún’s story…

Posted inVisual Arts

August Review: Don’t Stand in the Way of My Middle Finger – Ai Weiwei

by Zilun Lin August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

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