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Feminist Five is a group of five women who were part of the #Me Too feminist movement in China.[1][2]
History
[edit]The Feminist Five is made up of:[3]
- Li Tingting aka Li Maizi[4]
- Wang Man[4]
- Wei Tingting[4]
- Wu Rongrong[4]
- Zheng Churan[5]
In 2015, the women were planning on celebrating International Women's Day.[6]
They sang on the Beijing subway to raise awareness about abuse and discrimination.[7] They also held a protest where they wore bloodstained bridal gowns to encourage women to stand up against domestic violence.[8]
The five women were arrested a couple days before International Women's Day in different cities, for planning to handing out stickers about sexual harassment on public transportation in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou. Due to their arrest, the five women became a symbol of feminist dissent against a patriarchal and authoritarian state, and hence being called the “Feminist Five”.[9]
International response
[edit]At the same time, China was to co-host a UN summit on women’s rights in New York, to mark the 20th anniversary of Beijing’s World Conference on Women in 1995. The Feminist Five made international headlines when they were arrested and held for 37 days.[10] There was such outrage in a global backlash that the women were released.[11]
In 2018, Leta Hong Fincher wrote a book called Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China, which discusses the Feminist Five and Feminism in China.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Fincher, Leta Hong (Fall 2016). "China's Feminist Five". Dissent Magazine.
- ^ Fincher, Leta Hong (2018). Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China. London / Brooklyn, NY: Verso. ISBN 978-1-786-63366-8. OCLC 1031040519.
- ^ Alzahrani, Anas (6 November 2018). "China: Who Are the 'Feminist Five?'". Asia Media International. Loyola Marymount University's Asia Pacific Media Center.
- ^ a b c d e Haynes, Suyin (14 November 2018). "Why the World Should Pay Attention to China's Feminists". Time.
- ^ Eltahawy, Mona (13 February 2018). "#MonaTalksTo: Zheng Churan and Liang Xiaowen". sister-hood Magazine.
- ^ Mullins, Lisa (8 October 2018). "Feminism's 'Extraordinary Moment' In China Right Now, And Why The Government Sees It As A Threat". WBUR.
- ^ Fincher, Leta Hong (Fall 2016). "China's Feminist Five". Dissent. 63 (4): 84–90. doi:10.1353/DSS.2016.0078.
- ^ Minhaj, Hasan; Liang, Xiaowen (10 February 2019). "Saudi Arabia + Censorship In China". Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Netflix.
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- ^ "China's Feminist Five". Dissent Magazine. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Lam, Oiwan (16 March 2015). "As world leaders debate Beijing equality, five Chinese feminists remain behind bars". Quartz.
- ^ Wong, Edward (13 April 2015). "China Releases 5 Women's Rights Activists Detained for Weeks". The New York Times.
Further reading
[edit]- Fincher, Leta Hong (2018). Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China. London / Brooklyn, NY: Verso. ISBN 978-1-786-63366-8. OCLC 1031040519.
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- https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/10/chinas-metoo-activists-have-transformed-a-generation/
- https://www.google.com/search?q=nytimes+feminist+five&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS724US724&oq=nytimes+feminist+five&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.4375j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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