HeyJaredRichard James Havis
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 18, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for South China Morning Post
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From Cheng Pei-pei to Michelle Yeoh, Hong Kong’s history of action heroines (opens the original)
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Hong Kong studios embraced female action stars long before Hollywood. Here’s how some of the biggest triumphed in wuxia and kung fu films For decades, Hong Kong’s film industry has cultivated an extraordinary roster of female screen warriors, defying the city’s historically conservative gender roles. So why did female fighters thrive in Hong Kong? The answer lies in a mix of cultural history, an industry that allowed producers to take chances, and the gumption of the women themselves.
Why sleeping less than apes helped humans become Earth’s dominant species (opens the original)
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Sleep expert and anthropologist David R Samson sheds light on how human sleep evolved from apes to hunter-gatherers to modern societies For most people, bedtime is a routine matter of turning off the lights and hoping for eight hours of rest. For David R Samson, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, it often means venturing deep into the wild or far back in evolutionary time. Whether sleeping high in the forest canopy to study chimpanzees or joining the Hadza tribe in remote Tanza
The wild days of Hong Kong’s Category III era: when sex and gore went mainstream (opens the original)
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The adults-only, Category III rating was introduced in 1988, making stars of actresses including Shu Qi and Amy Yip While Western exploitation films of the 1960s and 70s – gory, sex-crazed shockers such as Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Feast (1963) and Russ Meyer’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) – were largely confined to low-rent drive-in cinemas, Hong Kong took a decidedly different approach. The introduction of the Category III rating in 1988 gave rise to an adults-only genre that did n
How Ronny Yu and Jet Li made Fearless (2006) a martial arts masterpiece (opens the original)
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Director Ronny Yu put Jet Li’s martial arts skills and acting chops to good use in this classic, blending superb fights and a human story Although Li returned to the genre a few years later, his initial sentiment feels entirely justified: blending thoughtful philosophy with exceptional combat sequences, Fearless remains one of the finest Hong Kong martial arts films ever made. Yu not only brings beautiful widescreen production values to the film, but he also welds the story to a humanitarian the
What is overthinking? How to recognise it and stop the feedback loop (opens the original)
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More than just ‘thinking hard’, overthinking is a destructive cognitive trap driven by negative, repetitive thoughts. Here’s how to stop it You have likely experienced some form of the late-night mental loop: replaying a terse exchange with a colleague, wondering about a loved one’s subtle shift in tone, or worrying about a symptom you googled. Overthinking has become a modern buzzword blamed for wrecking everything from emotional well-being to personal relationships and professional careers. Mo
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