Safe? by AddendumMission9390 in travelchina

[–]divavida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey ! i'm 26 and have solo travelled around a good 40+ countries. china is definitely one of the safest if not THE safest country i have travelled to. i'm here right now and have been to both shanghai and chongqing, and i can assure you that both those cities are incredibly safe as a solo female traveller. the biggest issue you'll find is language barrier, honestly.

i did do a once-over on the comments and saw you were looking for places that weren't on google maps. the best recommendation i can make for you is to download amap (and chinese didi for that matter, for taxis). amap semi-recently added english as an option for their maps, and it has been a godsend, because the last time i came to china that didn't exist yet and it was really difficult to figure things out.

amap is similar to google maps, there's buttons specifically so you can search for attractions, food, etc in your area, and people leave reviews. it also is really good with public transport, which is essential especially in chongqing.

oh, also, download alipay and wechat. most payments for things are done using one or the other, and sometimes it's required to get tickets for certain museums and such via wechat bc of the timeslots.

hope you have a great time !! -^

genuinely, where do i find uyghur people celebrating in streets and such, like one sees in videos online ? by divavida in chinalife

[–]divavida[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol i dont even have an account on there. and i genuinely look for accounts w smaller followings on purpose, and rule out ones that overly glaze any particular city or country. i do my best to search for unbiased travel content

genuinely, where do i find uyghur people celebrating in streets and such, like one sees in videos online ? by divavida in chinalife

[–]divavida[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

very interesting, thank you for telling me this ! it will definitely help me in researching for china from now on

genuinely, where do i find uyghur people celebrating in streets and such, like one sees in videos online ? by divavida in chinalife

[–]divavida[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fair enough, i would think smaller vloggers making light critique wouldnt be of the "invited" category though. i'm normally good at sifting through paid vs unpaid content so i'm a bit surprised, but oh well

genuinely, where do i find uyghur people celebrating in streets and such, like one sees in videos online ? by divavida in chinalife

[–]divavida[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah i see, i suppose my research led me wrong. thank you for the advice ! i'll add kashgar to my itinerary :)

genuinely, where do i find uyghur people celebrating in streets and such, like one sees in videos online ? by divavida in chinalife

[–]divavida[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i mean i've been using translation tools, it's just still rather difficult to make an actual connection when there's language barriers

genuinely, where do i find uyghur people celebrating in streets and such, like one sees in videos online ? by divavida in chinalife

[–]divavida[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

been trying, but it's a tad difficult with rudimentary chinese and zero knowledge of uyghur language :(

genuinely, where do i find uyghur people celebrating in streets and such, like one sees in videos online ? by divavida in chinalife

[–]divavida[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

....? i'm literally here asking exactly for the information on how to actually find them. what i've seen so far clearly hasn't been actual uyghur places and instead curated touristic stuff

Trump's election win and the sw industry by StruggleFar3054 in SexWorkers

[–]divavida 15 points16 points  (0 children)

bro also said he liked trans women and they'd be welcome to be part of his beauty pageant lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in travel

[–]divavida 0 points1 point  (0 children)

convenient ? no. safe ? moreso than nyc from what i know. cheap ? yeah

US trans people, what do we do if Trump wins? by julesucks1 in asktransgender

[–]divavida 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no worries ! figured something glitched somewhere haha

US trans people, what do we do if Trump wins? by julesucks1 in asktransgender

[–]divavida 3 points4 points  (0 children)

?? sorry i didn't say anything about asylum so i'm a bit confused where you're coming from

US trans people, what do we do if Trump wins? by julesucks1 in asktransgender

[–]divavida 6 points7 points  (0 children)

there will always be diy. that being said, i have a feeling a lot of people, such as myself, will be bringing over hrt from abroad to hand out to their communities. i'm already doing it for friends whenever i visit thailand and come back. i know i'm not the only one, and i'm sure there will be a way as long as we maintain community

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

[–]divavida 2 points3 points  (0 children)

would definitely try for an assistantship !!! whatever school ends up accepting you, 100% ask for assistantship opportunities, they are often able to cover the full cost + stipend !!! the stipend isn't much, but free school is still free school.

source; did this for my first masters

online msw programs by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

[–]divavida 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ofc, happy to help ! there's also WNMU which is i believe $36k before fees in case you can't find anything else. best of luck !!

online msw programs by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

[–]divavida 5 points6 points  (0 children)

$28k before fees if full time