Quick and Dirty Polyamory 101
Quick and Dirty Polyamory 101 As a confirmed polyandrist of 30 years, I am often asked questions about polyamory, especially since I am very open with it. I generally direct people to read the Ethical Slut, which remains the seminal text on the subject. Tomato of Justice is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts […]
Chapter 1
Book 1 : Childhood Early Days I’ve tried to start this thing so many times, cajoling, persuading, teasing and outright forcing myself to write. None of it has worked. I would dream about the times I would finally get started, and the words would flow like water, and I would recount triumphs and tragedies both, […]
Chapter 3
America I have often wondered what would have happened if we had not gone to America. You most certainly would not be reading this. I would have been a completely different person. Suffice to say that it changed my life forever. Why would an Asian woman from Singapore go halfway around the world and bring […]
Chapter 2
The Happiest Family In Sanc Ville Which is what my mother called us, and for a time I think it was very true. From seven to ten I was really very happy. There were still tears and fears, disappointments and upsets, but on the whole it was a good time – quite possibly the best […]
A Short History of the Singapore Cosplay Scene, Part 2
Cosplay starting getting bigger. Some of my friends were interviewed by Channel 8, and there was some articles in the newspapers about it, but the aunties selling clothes in Chinatown still had no idea what I was buying all this cloth for, so all I was able to tell them was that it was for […]
A Short History of the Singapore Cosplay Scene, Part 1
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…wait, no, wrong story, this one is about the Singapore cosplay and anime scene. Where did it all start? No one really knows. Reports have come in from various sources that in ancient times, there was a group that was called the RKFC (Rurouni Kenshin Fan […]
America, Day 17
Felt pretty good today. I think I am shedding the idea that writing has got to be this incredibly emotional endeavor involving blood, sweat and random inspiration. You just have to get out of yourself and your head and let it flow. Easier said that done, but also easier done than said. I sort of […]
America, Day 16
Had a really good talk with my close friend last night, in which we discussed many things, some unprintable. It was humbling to discover that we humans, despite our many shields and illusions, are actually really much the same at heart. We have our differences, our hangups, our pains, but we’re all here on the […]
Welcome
Hi, this is my little corner of the Web. I hope you are alternately entertained and enlightened as best as I can possibly manage. Who am I? My real name is Tai An Zhou. I’m a writer, a poet, a singer, a translator, a cosplayer, a HUGE anime and video game fan, voice actor, an […]
America, Day 15
Woke up early again. I know why I sleep less everyday now… no one’s trying to kill me anymore! Whoo-hoo, score one for Captain Obvious! But honestly, though, it’s a great feeling to have less energy with less sleep. More time for blogging, for one. Pizza for breakfast! It doesn’t get more American than that. […]