What the Vagina say? According to female students from Beijing Foreign Studies University, many things. To promote their upcoming performance of The Vagina Monologues (which EVERYONE should see!), the girls took pictures of themselves holding signs with phrases like “my vagina says: I can be sexy, but you can’t harass me,” and “my vagina says, “someone can Read More
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Why I Love Fast Trains, And You Should, Too!
There have been several articles lately talking about the boom in fast train (aka, high speed trains) usage over the last few years in China. They talk about how the fast trains are environmentally friendly, safe, and, of course, fast. But all of these articles seem to miss the human element, the real experience, of Read More
When Celebrities Change Their Faces, Literally – Julie Chen and the Eye Surgery Discussion
Back in April I wrote an article about China’s obsession with white skin and wide eyes for iPinion. Feel free to check it out and refresh your memory, but basically I said that I don’t want my goddaughter, or any Chinese woman, to set a standard of beauty for herself based on another race. I Read More
Listening With an Accent
A sweet old lady named Mary “Pink” Mullaney died this week. It’s OK if you never heard of her. I hadn’t either until her obituary went viral this week. Pink’s family shared some her wit and wisdom instead of the typical sad and sombre list of accomplishments. While her tips for life are varied and at Read More
China's First Jellyfish Pet Shop Opens in Changsha
The outside of the shop. Seth came home tonight and told me something amazing – he saw a jellyfish pet shop behind the Wal-mart on his way home tonight. This was certainly the most interesting thing I had heard in quite a while, so I had to go check it out. Behind the Wal-mart a Read More
This Week in Child-Rape News in China
It has once again been a bad week for women in China. One step forward and a 50 meter sprint backwards. While in May, the Chinese Supreme Court said that harsher punishments should be handed down for sex offenders against children (not that they stipulated what those punishments should actually be or put in measures Read More
China Joy 2013 – Where's the Freakin' Door?!?!
For the last few months, Seth and I have been totally hyped to go to China Joy in Shanghai. Billed as China’s E3 and the largest gaming convention in China featuring the “most professional” Cosplay Carnival, we were excited to check it out and get our cos on. Unfortunately, the con was a let-down from Read More
Raping a Chaste Woman is More Harmful Than Raping a Bar Girl – The Frightening Truth About China's Legal System
The baby-faced rapist, Li Tianye On Wednesday, Yi Yanyou, a lawyer and law professor, said one of the most mysoginistic things I have heard in recent months (and that is a pretty high bar to reach). He said, via Weibo, “raping a chaste woman is more harmful than raping a bar girl, a dancing girl, Read More
Court Rules in Favor of Tang Hui!
Finally! In light of the George Zimmerman fiasco in the States and the fact that Changsha courts are under fire for executing a man over the weekend without notifying his family, some good judicial news was highly welcomed (and surprising) today. Tang Hui was suing the Yangzhou Re-education Through Labor Commission for unlawful detention and Read More
Safeguards – Astro City #4 and the Expat Experience
Stand back! I’m about to do a literary analysis, something I haven’t done for a while. This article contains spoilers for Astro City #4 – “Safeguards.” I have taken a great interest in comics this last year and am working on one myself. As such I have been reading as many as possible to learn Read More