Projects tagged
East Asia
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Rap Challenge to the Thai Military Junta
Read more: Rap Challenge to the Thai Military JuntaBANGKOK — The rhymes came to Nutthapong Srimuong before dawn, when Bangkok is as still as it can be and the night jasmine overpowers the Thai capital with its perfume. The country whose capital is turned into a killing field…
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Nongfu Spring Market
Read more: Nongfu Spring MarketThe 9,000 bottles of water on display at an art gallery in Beijing last month appeared identical to those of Nongfu Spring, one of China’s most popular spring water brands, with one jarring difference. Inside each bottle was brown, murky…
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Outrage in China over pressure on student to stop activism amid growing Me Too movement
Read more: Outrage in China over pressure on student to stop activism amid growing Me Too movementBEIJING – Before Yue Xin became a central figure in China’s burgeoning movement against sexual harassment, she recorded herself singing a revamped version of the 1960s pop classic “Que Sera Sera.” “Will we be equal? Will we be free?” sang…
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Chinese Rock Music in 1990s for Freedom
Read more: Chinese Rock Music in 1990s for FreedomThe rise of rock and roll in the late 1980 was largely associated with the student movements taking place at the same time. Cui Jian, considered by many to be the godfather of Chinese rock, even performed for the students…
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“Rice Bunny” (米兔) #MeToo Code on Chinese Social Media
Read more: “Rice Bunny” (米兔) #MeToo Code on Chinese Social MediaWomen in China are covertly resisting government crackdowns on discussions over their Me Too movement with a clever workaround. The phrase “rice bunny” (米兔), pronounced as “mi tu,” has popped up on social media networks after censors removed posts that…
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Chinese Feminist Act Against Sexual Harassment on Subway
Read more: Chinese Feminist Act Against Sexual Harassment on SubwayZheng Xi 郑熹, a Ph.D. candidate with a focus on gender studies at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Zheng has launched a campaign asking city governments around China to display anti-sexual-harassment logos, complete with a groper’s “salty-pig hand” visual (etymological context…
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How Feminists in China Are Using Emoji to Avoid Censorship
Read more: How Feminists in China Are Using Emoji to Avoid CensorshipShortly after the close of this year’s International Women’s Day, China’s Twitter-like service Sina Weibo shut down Feminist Voices. With 180,000 followers, the group’s social media account was one of the most important advocacy channels for spreading information about women’s…
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Chinese Feminist Occupy the Men’s Toilets
Read more: Chinese Feminist Occupy the Men’s ToiletsWomen around the world fed up with long lines for the ladies’ restroom have a new folk hero: a Beijing college student leading her own version of an “occupy” movement in southern China. The target of the protest is an…
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Activists protest on MRT to show solidarity for ISA detainees
Read more: Activists protest on MRT to show solidarity for ISA detaineesA group of activists took to the trains to protest the horrendous treatment that the Singapore government meted out upon 22 individuals who were detained 30 years ago under an operation that was entitled,”Operation Spectrum” with the use of the…
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The Guerrilla Girls attack gender and class bias at Art Basel Hong Kong
Read more: The Guerrilla Girls attack gender and class bias at Art Basel Hong KongFor more than 30 years, the Guerrilla Girls have travelled the world exposing sexism and inequality in the art industry, and this week they proved Hong Kong was no exception. Three members of the anonymous feminist collective—calling themselves Frida Kahlo,…