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不合时宜

Scholars on Chinese social issues: caregiving, autism, family, and gender, grounded in fieldwork and specific cases

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Cadence~1 every 8.1 days
Latest2026-09-30
TopicsScience & Medicine
PriorityT3
1:09:37
不合时宜 0908

Documentary director: there is no typical old age, only specific people

Fan Shiguang, who shot two seasons of Qian Lang, says most marriages end up lukewarm or worse, and growing old together to the very end is rare. What we lack most isn't stories — it's money, and the habit of seeing old people as specific human beings.

8 Points 8 Quotes AgingCaregiving
1:04:00
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The hard part of dementia care isn't the patient — it's the caregiver who gets ground down

The hard part of dementia care isn't the illness itself but the caregiver worn down day after day — caregiving turns a wife into a nurse, forces a millennial to quit her job; love is the starting point but not the support, and the system has yet to catch these families.

7 Points 7 Quotes DementiaElder care
49:29
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A Six-Year-Old Girl Died of Gene Editing: Autism Is Not an Error to Be Fixed

Autism is not a war to be won; it is a way of being. When parents and scientists refuse to accept that, they put a child whose condition was not fatal onto a high-risk operating table.

8 Points 4 Quotes Gene editingAutism