Context - Lai Yin

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

On Housekeeping

He walks the dogs. I move the world. He does the mornings. I place everything in motion.

By Lai Yin

/ 30 Oct 2025

On driving

He lets me rage and knows it's love.

By Lai Yin

/ 28 Oct 2025

Sevilla

On crossing Europe alone by train and being hot and single for a while.

By Lai Yin

/ 26 Oct 2025

Paris

On boundaries, break-up sex and leaving by train.

By Lai Yin

/ 23 Oct 2025

On presence

He does not always listen. But he always sees.

By Lai Yin

/ 1 Oct 2025

The mother with tattoos

At Matosinhos beach I saw a mother, poised and tattooed like scripture. Her thong flashed. The flash landed in my body.

By Lai Yin

/ 6 Aug 2025

Seoul

I travelled alone this trip. I was marrying him this year and needed this trip for myself. I ate Kimchi jjigae on Garosu-gil and restored what I never should’ve lost.

By Lai Yin

/ 15 May 2025

This is what they’ll remember

They won’t remember our words. They’ll remember the rhythm. The stillness. The change. This is what remains.

By Lai Yin

/ 20 Oct 2024

Who my husband is

He did not run. He did not punish. He stayed through everything. This is the man I married.

By Lai Yin

/ 13 Oct 2024

You are not late. This is what you were always becoming.

Most women arrive late to their power. That’s how it works. You are not behind. You are exactly on time.

By Lai Yin

/ 1 Sep 2024

You are not late. This is what you were always becoming.