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Gender

BOOKS

The Feminine Critique: Women and the Absent Men in Chinese Family Life

Award-winning writer Yao Emei portrays the dark, brutally honest reality of women’s struggles in Chinese families, often due to men, in her latest sh…

Hayley Zhao

Aug. 29, 2024

FEMINISM

The Mermaid: How China’s First Female Olympian Paid the Price of Fame

Yeung Sau-king was the first female athlete to represent China at the 1936 Olympics (and also a journalist and spy), but not even medals could protec…

Ruiwen Zhang (张睿雯) & Evan Taylor

Aug. 8, 2024

FEMINISM

The Pushback Against Invasive Sexual Health Exams in China

Chinese women are speaking up about pain and shame on the gynecologist’s table

Ana Chen (陈若云)

July 25, 2024

FILM

The Female-Perspective Films Enriching Chinese Cinema

Discover five recent female-centered films and the women directors behind them

Liu Jue (刘珏)

April 18, 2024

FILM

The Rise of Female Perspectives in China’s Movie Industry

The female pioneers of China’s film industry and how they’re continuing to bring important, fresh perspectives to the big screen

Liu Jue (刘珏)

March 8, 2024

FEMINISM

Her Havens: The Struggle Over Female-Only Spaces

Female-only spaces are proliferating, but not everybody is happy about it

Hayley Zhao

Feb. 8, 2024

SPORTS

Defending the Field: China’s Female Sports Fans Struggle for Inclusion

Faced with harassment in stadiums and online, female fans of soccer and basketball struggle to find a safe space for their hobby

Zheng Yiwen (郑怡雯)

Aug. 23, 2023

BOOKS

The Sun Rises: New Novel Gives Genderfluid Take on the Ming Dynasty

Asian-Australian author Shelley Parker-Chan’s “She Who Became the Sun” may not be historically accurate, but that’s not the main reason to read it

Jeremiah Jenne

Dec. 4, 2022

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

FEMINISM

The Life of a Female Bus Driver in China

“I’ve spent two-thirds of my life on the road”: A female tour bus driver speaks about working away from home and being a minority in a male-dominated…

Anita He (贺文文)

Dec. 19, 2021

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Feminine Beauty Brings Disaster

Ding Xuan has some really sexist, really dumb ideas about young women

David Dawson

May 27, 2017

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