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This Boy Band is Also a Girl Group—Sort of
First off, let’s set things straight. Chinese pop sensation Acrush is neither boy band nor girl group—it’s a talented unit of gender-free “handsome youths” who are “advocating freedom, not bounded by frames.” Confused? You shouldn’t be. The music world is increasingly open to androgynous acts that blur gender boundaries and challenge masculine and feminine stereotypes. […]
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Chinese Superstar Fan Bingbing on Fashion, Feminism and Centuries of Slut-Shaming
For most people born in North America or Europe, the name Madame Bovary brings connotations of tragedy, glamour and excess—themes that dominate Flaubert’s novel of the same name. In parts of Asia, however, the Bovary name has a darker meaning altogether. For more than 100 years, it has been used to shame Chinese women who […]
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