Women's access to religious sites, idols and alters is heavily restricted in many locations across Burma (Myanmar)
Ladies are Prohibited
Author: ZhendeGender
A queer feminist anthropologist working in China, East Asia and Southeast Asia, exploring culture, gender, and sexuality.
May Thant on gender roles in sex and marriage in contemporary Burma (interview: part 2)
If I got pregnant or had children before I got married? I would get shame, and my parents wouldn’t call me their daughter.
Princess of Peace
“Don’t tell me that all Chinese guys like skinny girls, that’s just not true!” Yuan Xiaodan’s experience tells otherwise.
Dating in China [Part 4]
Guy uses Chinese whispers to ask for a date. Remedies for dating in inauspicious circumstances. Women tell true stories of their dating experiences in China.
Words and Women: Ursula K. Le Guin
You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change. Downloadable copy of Le Guin's 1974 novel The Dispossessed.
Ms Foreign Friend
There's no need for a name when you're 'Ms Foreign Friend' in China.
Protest
While Americans protest the election of Donald Trump, South Koreans rally to put pressure on President Park Geun-Hye to resign, and people in Hong Kong protest the mainland's intervention in their legal system.
The Legacy of Qinghuayuan
The trains running through this historic railway station honoured my neighbourhood with 27 traffic jams a day.
Hey You Down There
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBdLRubSzqA A young woman receives unsolicited advice on her appearance from a disembodied male voice straight out of a 1950s public service announcement. The 1950s doesn't seem to believe she's showing off her 'assets' enough for a 2016 job interview. Written and directed by Kyrie Gray Filmed in Beijing, May 2016
A rare Beijing sunset
image: A beautiful sunset going ignored on the streets of Beijing
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