New Bloom
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New Bloom is an online magazine covering youth culture and politics in Taiwan and the Asia Pacific.
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"Taipei Gay Bar Raid Sparks Protest, Scrutiny Of City’s Commitments to LGBTQ+ Rights" by @ginollopez.bsky.social
Taipei Gay Bar Raid Sparks Protest, Scrutiny Of City’s Commitments to LGBTQ+ Rights | New Bloom Magazine
A police raid on a longstanding gay bar in Taipei sparked a lightning protest and demands for independent oversight after patrons alleged humiliation and discrimination…
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October 6, 2026 at 7:14 AM
"Taipei Gay Bar Raid Sparks Protest, Scrutiny Of City’s Commitments to LGBTQ+ Rights" by @ginollopez.bsky.social
"Recent Incidents Highlight Chinese Transnational Repression in Taiwan" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Recent Incidents Highlight Chinese Transnational Repression in Taiwan | New Bloom Magazine
A number of recent incidents illustrate new tactics in China’s playbook for transnational repression. For one, a comedy club in Taipei–known as Comedy Club or Comedy Plus +–had its entrance smeared…
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October 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
"Recent Incidents Highlight Chinese Transnational Repression in Taiwan" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Next Monday! Join us to hear from the experiences of Fred Chin, human rights advocate and White Terror survivor, as part of our back-to-school series on Taiwan history!
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October 5, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Next Monday! Join us to hear from the experiences of Fred Chin, human rights advocate and White Terror survivor, as part of our back-to-school series on Taiwan history!
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www.facebook.com/events/15305...
Also tomorrow! We will be learning how to swing out at this week's Dance Club
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October 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Also tomorrow! We will be learning how to swing out at this week's Dance Club
www.facebook.com/events/14676...
www.facebook.com/events/14676...
Tomorrow night! Pen Club is an open invite for artists, illustrators, or anyone 👩🎨🦆 to sketch and hang over a drink
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www.facebook.com/events/21689...
October 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Tomorrow night! Pen Club is an open invite for artists, illustrators, or anyone 👩🎨🦆 to sketch and hang over a drink
www.facebook.com/events/21689...
www.facebook.com/events/21689...
"A Look at Today's Protest Against Police Raids of LGBTQ Nightlife Establishments in Photos" by Em Gunter
A Look at Today’s Protest Against Police Raids of LGBTQ Nightlife Establishments in Photos | New Bloom Magazine
Protests took place tiday outside of the Red House against a police raid on BDSM-themed gay bar Commander D that took place on Saturday. Participants criticized the unfair and disproportionate…
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October 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM
"A Look at Today's Protest Against Police Raids of LGBTQ Nightlife Establishments in Photos" by Em Gunter
Next Sunday! Join us for a series of screenings of films from UK encampments for Gaza!
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October 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Next Sunday! Join us for a series of screenings of films from UK encampments for Gaza!
www.facebook.com/events/10924...
www.facebook.com/events/10924...
"KMT Presses Ahead With Efforts to Legalize Caning" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
KMT Presses Ahead With Efforts to Legalize Caning | New Bloom Magazine
The KMT has signaled that it intends to press ahead with efforts to institutionalize caning as a punishment for severe crimes. Such crimes would include sexual assault, child abuse…
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October 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
"KMT Presses Ahead With Efforts to Legalize Caning" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"Kaiser Kuo's 'The Great Reckoning' Proves a Mass of Banal Truisms Playing on Western Insecurities" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Kaiser Kuo’s “The Great Reckoning” Proves a Mass of Banal Truisms Playing on Western Insecurities | New Bloom Magazine
Kaiser Kuo’s “The Great Reckoning” is something less than an argument. It is instead a number of disconnected gestures, intended to cast doubt upon Western hegemony and suggest the ascent of China as…
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October 2, 2026 at 7:03 AM
"Kaiser Kuo's 'The Great Reckoning' Proves a Mass of Banal Truisms Playing on Western Insecurities" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
我們很期待這個週末能參與 @thefakeartbookfair 的書展活動！經過一輪投稿徵選後，我們最終選出了 12 位創作者—包含來自台灣與海外的 zine 創作者，代表 New Bloom 社群參與這次書展。
以下是本次入選、並將於書展現場販售的 zine 名單。恭喜所有入選的創作者. 如果你購買線上票券，結帳時可以輸入優惠碼 [ZINEPROMO]，享有 9 折優惠。
期待這個週末和大家見面！
以下是本次入選、並將於書展現場販售的 zine 名單。恭喜所有入選的創作者. 如果你購買線上票券，結帳時可以輸入優惠碼 [ZINEPROMO]，享有 9 折優惠。
期待這個週末和大家見面！
October 2, 2026 at 7:00 AM
我們很期待這個週末能參與 @thefakeartbookfair 的書展活動！經過一輪投稿徵選後，我們最終選出了 12 位創作者—包含來自台灣與海外的 zine 創作者，代表 New Bloom 社群參與這次書展。
以下是本次入選、並將於書展現場販售的 zine 名單。恭喜所有入選的創作者. 如果你購買線上票券，結帳時可以輸入優惠碼 [ZINEPROMO]，享有 9 折優惠。
期待這個週末和大家見面！
以下是本次入選、並將於書展現場販售的 zine 名單。恭喜所有入選的創作者. 如果你購買線上票券，結帳時可以輸入優惠碼 [ZINEPROMO]，享有 9 折優惠。
期待這個週末和大家見面！
Friends 朋友們，if you are headed to 華山1914文化創意產業園區 for #TheFakeArtBookFair #FakeArtBookFair this weekend, be sure to visit the New Bloom 破土雜誌 booth!
October 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Friends 朋友們，if you are headed to 華山1914文化創意產業園區 for #TheFakeArtBookFair #FakeArtBookFair this weekend, be sure to visit the New Bloom 破土雜誌 booth!
We’re excited to be a part of @thefakeartbookfair event this weekend! After sifting through our applications, we accepted 12 artists— a mix of domestic and international zine makers— to represent New Bloom’s community.
October 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
We’re excited to be a part of @thefakeartbookfair event this weekend! After sifting through our applications, we accepted 12 artists— a mix of domestic and international zine makers— to represent New Bloom’s community.
October 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
New Bloom Dance Club returns next Tuesday! Swing out is the heart of swing dance. It sounds fancy but the core idea is simpler than you think! 🎶
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www.facebook.com/events/14676...
October 1, 2026 at 1:54 PM
New Bloom Dance Club returns next Tuesday! Swing out is the heart of swing dance. It sounds fancy but the core idea is simpler than you think! 🎶
www.facebook.com/events/14676...
www.facebook.com/events/14676...
Join us for the next Pen Club on Tuesday! Pen Club is an open invite for artists, illustrators, or anyone to sketch and hang over a drink.
www.facebook.com/events/21689...
www.facebook.com/events/21689...
October 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Join us for the next Pen Club on Tuesday! Pen Club is an open invite for artists, illustrators, or anyone to sketch and hang over a drink.
www.facebook.com/events/21689...
www.facebook.com/events/21689...
"Review: On the Brink: A Military History of Taiwan" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Review: On the Brink: A Military History of Taiwan - No Man Is An Island
On the Brink: A Military History of Taiwan by Eric Setzekorn is a well-researched history of the Taiwanese military. As Setzekorn notes, the work fills an existing gap in the literature. If there are ...
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October 1, 2026 at 2:24 AM
"Review: On the Brink: A Military History of Taiwan" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
New Bloom will be tabling at the Fake Art Book Fair this weekend! Join us over the weekend at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
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September 30, 2026 at 8:32 AM
New Bloom will be tabling at the Fake Art Book Fair this weekend! Join us over the weekend at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
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"Taiwanese Continue to Be Detained in China After the End of Their Formal Sentences" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Taiwanese Continue to Be Detained in China After the End of Their Formal Sentences | New Bloom Magazine
Taiwanese academic Tsai Chin-shu has returned to Taiwan, nearly eight years after his arrest in China. Tsai was the head of the Southern Taiwan Union of Cross-strait Relations Associations and…
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September 30, 2026 at 7:09 AM
"Taiwanese Continue to Be Detained in China After the End of Their Formal Sentences" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
"Does the Trump-Xi Meeting Show the Outcome of Over-Reliance on the US?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Does the Trump-Xi Meeting Show the Outcome of Over-Reliance on the US? | New Bloom Magazine
The Trump-Xi meeting that took place in Washington DC over the weekend largely proved to be a non-event. Relatively little of consequence was remarked upon by the two leaders, except the two sides…
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September 29, 2026 at 8:04 AM
"Does the Trump-Xi Meeting Show the Outcome of Over-Reliance on the US?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Wednesday night! Join us for the latest session of our Taiwan History 101 reading group!. Moved up a day from the original date!
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September 28, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Wednesday night! Join us for the latest session of our Taiwan History 101 reading group!. Moved up a day from the original date!
www.facebook.com/events/17516...
www.facebook.com/events/17516...
"Does China Intend to Target Taiwan With New National Security Legislation?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Does China Intend to Target Taiwan With New National Security Legislation? | New Bloom Magazine
Taiwanese government officials, speaking under conditions of anonymity to the media, have warned that China may roll out national security legislation directed at Taiwan in the coming months.
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September 28, 2026 at 4:12 AM
"Does China Intend to Target Taiwan With New National Security Legislation?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Tomorrow afternoon! Join the New Bloom community for a pilgrimage to the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park— the preserved grounds of the Jingmei Military Detention Center for political dissidents. We will meet directly at the memorial park
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September 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Tomorrow afternoon! Join the New Bloom community for a pilgrimage to the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park— the preserved grounds of the Jingmei Military Detention Center for political dissidents. We will meet directly at the memorial park
www.facebook.com/events/15747...
www.facebook.com/events/15747...
"Why Did the KMT Reverse Course on Drone Spending?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Why Did the KMT Reverse Course on Drone Spending? | New Bloom Magazine
After much political contention about the budget earlier this year–including Taiwan’s defense spending–the KMT eventually relented and passed the national budget after over 200 days of stalling at the...
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September 27, 2026 at 8:28 AM
"Why Did the KMT Reverse Course on Drone Spending?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Detention: Displacing Millennial, Nipponophiliac Taiwan’s Red Scare onto Mid-Century White Terror by Sheng-mei Ma
Detention: Displacing Millennial, Nipponophiliac Taiwan’s Red Scare onto Mid-Century White Terror - No Man Is An Island
John Hsu’s ghost film Detention (2019) adapts a popular video game from the company Red Candle. Set in Taiwan’s oppressive White Terror era (1947-1987) under Chiang Kai-shek and his son, the film’s Ch...
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September 26, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Detention: Displacing Millennial, Nipponophiliac Taiwan’s Red Scare onto Mid-Century White Terror by Sheng-mei Ma
"Will There Be Increased Discussion of Climate Resilience in Taiwan?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Will There Be Increased Discussion of Climate Resilience in Taiwan? | New Bloom Magazine
A recent article in the New York Times ranked Taipei lowest out of the 72 cities that it assessed in terms of climate preparedness. In the wake of the article, the two Taipei mayoral candidates–Puma…
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September 25, 2026 at 3:43 AM
"Will There Be Increased Discussion of Climate Resilience in Taiwan?" by @brianhioe.bsky.social