Orbit

The world organised around gravity.

Göttingen

On bratwurst and ice cream in the sun, stick shifts, and the pill.

By Lai Yin

/ 5 Apr 2026

Göttingen

Tours

On Brazilian waxing, nights until dawn, high-voltage batteries and milkshakes by the Loire.

By Lai Yin

/ 8 Mar 2026

Tours

Chinese New Year

On pan-fried turnip cake, sleeping with a Gweilo, fertility, and the impossible task of being Lai Yin.

By Lai Yin

/ 17 Feb 2026

Chinese New Year

Lijiang

On altitude, breathlessness, and boundaries held.

By Lai Yin

/ 25 Jan 2026

Lijiang

Berlin

On hospitality, family, fundraising, and sex before breakfast.

By Lai Yin

/ 11 Jan 2026

Berlin

On patriarchy

Patriarchy is incompatible with biology

By Lai Yin

/ 28 Dec 2025

On patriarchy

Bali

On sex, pregnancy, children and wanting.

By Lai Yin

/ 7 Dec 2025

Bali

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 phở

On broth and heat, raw meat and raw nerves.

By Lai Yin

/ 19 Nov 2025

On phở

Verona

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

By Lai Yin

/ 14 Nov 2025

Verona

On dad jokes

He teaches them how to stay in play when the world goes flat.

By Lai Yin

/ 4 Nov 2025

On dad jokes

I am harbour

She didn’t come to visit. She came to nap. She lay down because my house holds. I am harbour.

By Lai Yin

/ 2 Nov 2025

I am harbour