Despite winning three gold medals for its country, An San, the South Korean archer faced criticism over her haircut when she made an appearance on national TV during this year’s Olympics, with some demanding the Korean Archery Association to withdraw the gold medals from the Olympic record-breaking archer, alleging she is “a short-haired feminist”. An was also trolled online on the…
The Independent reports that a Japanese department store is “rethinking” making female employees to wear badges to show that they are on their period. Female employees at Daimaru Umeda are told to wear a badge featuring manga character Seiri-chan to highlight that they are menstruating. Seiri-chan is a character from the comic series Little Miss P. by Ken Koyama. The character is also known as Miss…
Michele Selene Ang is starring in a feminist play titled Man Of God. As reported by Kore AM, 13 Reasons Why actress Michele Selene Ang is starring in Anna Moench’s feminist play Man Of God for Los Angeles’ East West Players. Based on true events, the play portrays four Korean American teenaged travellers Bangkok whose accompanying pastor plants hidden cameras in their bathrooms. The comedy…
On a mild March evening in London, China Exchange presented Belonging in Beijing: LGBTQ+ in China. As part of its Element series that explores China and China’s influence on the world, the event was hosted bu Dr Trude Sunberg who discussed LGBTQ+ communities in China. The evening’s talk focused specifically on ‘Qspace‘, a grassroots community maker space which she co-founded and created in Beijing….
Many of us participated in the Women’s March on 21 January with over 3 million people estimated to have attended worldwide. I marched in New York City with an AAPI contingent that was a loosely networked group of Asian American women. In just a few days before the March, I was spurred by two other Asian American women to organize an…
The Washington Post has concluded that Chinese women want pale skin, big eyes and a narrow jaw. The Post asked women in the Chinese capital’s Sanlitun to share their thoughts and take a selfie. According to the poll, most said that they use apps to beautify themselves before posting their picture. Wang Mingyue, 19, declined to have a photo taken on…
