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Her Havens: The Struggle Over Female-Only Spaces
Female-only spaces are proliferating, but not everybody is happy about it
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How a Rural Woman Found Solace in Poetry
How poetry helped Han Shimei endure a loveless marriage and a lifetime of hardship in rural China
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Tang Qunying: One of China’s Earliest Feminists
She led an army of women against Qing forces, fought her whole life for women’s rights, and even slapped the country’s top leaders for failing to commit to gender equality—meet Tang Qunying
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China’s Most Infamous Online Beauty Contest Gets an Unexpected Winner
Does a Go player’s crowning as “Hupu Goddess” signal that men in China are choosing brains over looks?
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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
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Redeeming the Scapegoated Women of Ancient China
These women were wrongly blamed for bringing down dynasties
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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
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“Girls Should be Brave”: A Feminist’s Bumpy Journey in a Chinese Small Town
While reconciling with her own trauma, 32-year-old An Chi hopes to bring feminist ideologies to her small hometown
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My Gender Doesn’t Make Me Bad at My Job
Meet the women succeeding in male-dominated industries in China
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Mixing Equality: Why is it So Hard for Women to be Bartenders in China?
Female bartenders in China share the reality of navigating their male-dominated profession
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