Bald Girl – Nanjin Forum 2014
Bald Girls – 2014 Nanjing Forum
Host: Juan Xu
Guests: Wang Liping, Xiao Meili, Li Maizi, Jiny Lan
Time: Oct. 12, 2014
Location: Nanjin Vanguard Bookstore
Nanjing Vanguard Bookstore
In fast-developing China, the advancement of women’s rights has not kept pace with the rapid economic transformation. Xiaomeili’s thousand-mile “Feminist Trek” has become a prime example of the awakening of self-consciousness among Chinese women in recent years. At the same time, “virtue classes” — where the prevailing ethos is “no retorts to insults, no strikes in return” — have quietly emerged as a new trend in many provinces. To explore the gender mechanisms underlying both the “virtue classes” and the “Feminist Trek” while confronting society’s sensitive issues head-on, “Bald-Headed Ge Nu” hosted an open dialogue at Nanjing Vanguard Bookstore on October 12, inviting young people to join the conversation from multiple perspectives.
Host Juan Xu
The event was divided into four parts:
1 “Bald Girls” Video Presentation
“Who Is Your Ancestor?” — 5 minutes
“Salt and Oil Talented Girl” — 7 minutes
Curator’s Talk: What Is “Bald- Girls”? — 15 minutes
2 Virtue Classes in the Aoi Sora Era
2.1 Wang Liping (Art Media Professional):
“Multiple Interpretations of Virtue Classes in Modern Life”
- Wang Liping (Art Media Professional)
2.2 Panel Discussion: Is the Virtue Classes Phenomenon a Regression to Feudalism or a Modern Transcendence? (30–40 minutes)
3. “Snow WhiteIs Dead”
Presented by Xiaomeili (Feminist Trek Practitioner) and Li Maizi (Youth Feminist Activist)
Xiao Meili
Li Maizi
“Beautiful Feminist Trek — Emancipation Is Possible: An Experiment from Beijing to Guangzhou” (30–40 minutes)
4. Who Exactly Is the Ancestor?
Jiny Lan’s live performance art piece titled “Remonstration”
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