Lai Yin

She writes about marriage, motherhood, sex, and power. She lives in Europe with her husband and their three daughters.

Melbourne

On abuse, abortions, hospitals, and the men who stayed with me.

By Lai Yin

/ 21 Dec 2025

Melbourne

On roundabouts

On school mornings, school runs and needing to breathe again.

By Lai Yin

/ 14 Dec 2025

On roundabouts

I map him with my mouth

On knowing what enters my body.

By Lai Yin

/ 7 Dec 2025

I map him with my mouth

On marriage

Marriage is a really, really bad idea. Separation has been in the air we breathe since the beginning.

By Lai Yin

/ 1 Dec 2025

On marriage

On childbirth

I had just given birth when her little sister followed.

By Lai Yin

/ 30 Nov 2025

On childbirth

On c-section

Years after our daughters were born, I was still chasing a son. Conception wasn’t instant like it was with our daughters.

By Lai Yin

/ 24 Nov 2025

On c-section

Why would a man want to be placed?

A man doesn’t resist direction. He recognises it as freedom and devotion. The highest form of power.

By Lai Yin

/ 23 Nov 2025

Why would a man want to be placed?

On phở

On broth and heat, raw meat and raw nerves.

By Lai Yin

/ 19 Nov 2025

On phở

London

On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.

By Lai Yin

/ 16 Nov 2025

London

Verona

On summer innocence, ice cream, first love, condoms and heartbreak.

By Lai Yin

/ 14 Nov 2025

Verona

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