Eileen herself has been quoted as saying that “Between memory and reality there are awkward discrepancies.” This might well apply to the reality of her own life as a Shanghainese woman who wrote feminist works about...
China
Guest Writer
Try the Chinese-Mexican cuisine at Barrio Chino and taste the culture
Driving along the winding highways of Mexico City, it’s easy to spot the tacky red pagoda-style roofs and ostentatious oriental decor of Chinese restaurants. It’s a standard that seems to be reproduced every few blocks...
Lisa Cheung
Chinese Americans are targeted by the administration. Again.
“A Thousand Talents: China’s Campaign to Infiltrate and Exploit US Academia,” was the original name of the US Border Security and Immigration Senate Subcommittee hearing held at the beginning of Immigrant Heritage Month...
J Maraan
Wu Rongrong of ‘Feminist Five’ on Women’s Empowerment in China
Many people have asked me whether China’s feminism movement has encountered a big bottleneck or a backward environment in recent years. Others have asked how I view the future of China’s feminist movement. My opinion is...
What It’s Like To Be A Queer Feminist In China
The first time I learnt about “feminism” was from an online course called International Women’s Health and Human Rights that I attended during high school. The course demonstrated the problems of women’s...
Qiu Jin: the Feminist Rebel of 20th Century China
On the 15th of July 1907, the Chinese imperial Qing government publicly beheaded a 31-year old woman in her home village of Shanyin, near Shaoxing. It was probably a hot and humid day, which makes her last words more...
April Editors
Vincci Ching Fosters Sustainable Fashion with Vintage Fabrics
“Green is the New Black” Vincci Ching grew up in the heart of the clothing industry—in a factory. She spent her childhood playing in fabrics, loads of them wasted and thrown out. From those experiences, the concept of...
Shayne Nuesca
‘Sexy Cyborg’ Naomi Wu Turns Objectification Into Technological Inspiration
Naomi Wu may look like eye candy used as a brand ambassador on social media, but once you really get to know her—the real her—you quickly see that she is more than the sexy outfits and rocking body. Those are just her...
Danielle A. Suleik
Ching Shih: the Pirate Queen who Ruled the South China Sea
Ching Shih, or as she was named, Shi Xianggu, has fascinated moviemakers and writers and artists for a while. In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) she was presented as Mistress Ching, one of the nine...