Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy and Connection

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Yesterday, I got a box of advanced final copies, and I wrote some letters to people to give them as gifts. labelled a self help book and a memoir, i found myself deeply relating to zhu’s words as well as feeling sympathy and warmth from their words. It's actually quite complicated because I think I go through phases sometimes where one moment I'll be “No, you're cut,” whatever.

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, PAPER, i-D, The Guardian, Printed Matter, VICE, and more. In the aftermath of the traumatic incident, local friends come to their rescue and tend to their wounds. I realized that the purpose of chanting was not only to usher my grandmother peacefully into the afterlife, but also to release our grief into the ether.

In Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection, Chinese-Australian author Mimi Zhu translates the thought-provoking, text-based work they have become known for on Instagram into a book filled with wisdom, imagination, and tips for healing. As part of the sacred ritual, we prayed and chanted for nine hours to usher my po po’s spirit to the afterlife.

Twenty scattered pieces of paper surrounded me in a circle, and I read each of them out loud, burning them one by one.But what distinguishes their writing, Instagram affirmations and essays alike, is their honesty and humility. Looking at these slurs on paper allowed me to see that they were not inherent parts of me but lived outside of me.

Loving myself did not mean that I had to confine myself to an island and loving my life did not mean that I had to venture through it alone. Don’t be afraid to let go of your fears and step forward into relationships and commitments, even those that don’t promise forever, because as humans, forever is a lot to promise. i appreciated zhu's perspective and understandings of the world (many of which that i share) so i felt like this was the kind of advice/grounding that i needed as a queer asian woman. feel weird giving this a star rating as this didnt work for me personally but i still appreciate how vulnerable mimi was. It was ultimately sold to American singer Skylar Stecker and included on her debut studio album, This Is Me.Mimi Zhu's Be Not Afraid of Love is the kind of book that is effused with such candor and care that the words themselves become a salve. Some days, I try to take it a step further and open the window but every time he buzzes away and disappears out of sight. A lot of my work has been seen through Instagram, which is such a blessing, and I love using that tool.

As he takes flight once more, I watch his beating wings, acknowledging that he hums for his survival. It is clear to me that my sudden movements are perceived by him as a threat, and that it will take him some time to trust me.We have inherited them through both evolution and the particular biology of who made and birthed us. But people were paying attention, including pop icon Britney Spears, who reposted one of Zhu's quotes about the importance of community care and wealth redistribution during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. I first just want to say that books like this usually don’t appeal to me, but I’ve followed Mimi’s page on Instagram for some time now, and their words have always resonated in a very deep way for me. A Audible é um serviço de entretenimento em áudio que oferece aos assinantes acesso ilimitado a mais de 100 mil audiolivros, além da possibilidade de adquirir um catálogo adicional de mais de 300 mil títulos de audiolivros com desconto. I felt pressured to conform to a speedy and clean recovery that required no true vulnerability, grief, or ugliness.