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Feminism

FEMINISM

Why Are Women Shamed for Male Celebrities’ Bad Behavior?

“Wife PR,” where female celebrities apologize and show public support for their male partners in a scandal, is facing backlash in China

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Aug. 4, 2023

FEMINISM

Redefining Red: How Chinese Women Are Fighting Period Stigma

Against euphemisms like “Big Aunties” and a culture of shame, young Chinese women are speaking up for menstruation

Katherine Zhang

July 9, 2023

ANCIENT HISTORY

When Did the Cult of Widow Chastity Start in China?

When did it become unacceptable for widows to remarry in ancient China?

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

June 28, 2023

FEMINISM

Meet Xie Lihua, Witness to Four Decades of China’s Feminist Awakening

Chinese feminist Xie Lihua tells her story of working for women’s magazines and documenting female empowerment in China over 40 years

Story FM & Ana Padilla Fornieles

April 18, 2023

BOOKS

Can One of China’s Most Famous Authors Shed His Reputation for Misogyny?

Jia Pingwa’s ‘The Sojourn Teashop,’ now with a new English translation, is a bold experiment for an author often lambasted for his characterization o…

Dylan Levi King

April 14, 2023

FEMINISM

The Road to Consent Culture in China

Brutal assault in Tangshan renews calls for better education on sexual consent in China

Siyi Chu (褚司怡)

June 18, 2022

ARTS

China’s “Sex and the City” Rethinks Female Portrayal on TV

Despite its corny name, highly rated new series “Delicious Romance” is shattering years of shallow female characterization on television

Ji Jingjing

Jan. 8, 2022

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Mosuo on the Move

The Mosuo ethnic group’s society, found in China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, has been described as “The Kingdom of Women” for its matrilineal cul…

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

May 5, 2021

ENTERTAINMENT

Chinese Women Behind the Camera

Chloé Zhao and five more female film directors of Chinese descent to watch

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

March 8, 2021

FILM

Watching with Mother

How an emotional female-centric comedy beat big budget competition at the Chinese box office

Ji Jingjing

Feb. 25, 2021

NEWS

A Year in Feminist News

Steps forward (and backward) for women’s rights in 2020

Ji Jingjing

Dec. 27, 2020

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Invisible Necessity

The high cost of sanitary products in China has created a hidden “period poverty” crisis

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Sept. 4, 2020

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