:quality(85):upscale()/2024/11/22/843/n/3019466/674bbd3e6740d8267e8187.88305537_.jpg "Why Lavender Marriage Is Spiking Since the Election")
After decades away from the spotlight, lavender marriage has had quite a busy few years. Gen Z — burdened by economic woes and an abysmal dating scene — brought the term back from the dead when it began popularizing the “marriage of convenience” all over TikTok, as an alternative to the love match. But Gen … Read more
In a recent stream on his YouTube channel, Naoki Hyakuta, a Japenese novelist and Conservative Party leader, argued that societal changes— such as banning women over 18 from attending university and women over 25 from getting married, as well as removing the uteruses of women above 30— could increase the country’s birth rate. He has … Read more
Madame Bovary, c’est moi. The phrase, often attributed to Gustave Flaubert, may be better known than any line in his novels. But many scholars consider the remark to be apocryphal. It has trickled down through history thirdhand, first appearing in a footnote to a study of Flaubert by the scholar René Descharmes, in 1909. Descharmes … Read more
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi recently expressed her frustration with young women who reject the label of feminism. She emphasized the misconceptions surrounding the term, stating, “Itni chid aati hain na mujhe… itni chid aati hain. Kyuki koi samajh hi nahi hain ki feminist ka matlab kya hain (I get very irritated. There is no understanding … Read more
Bookseller Yu Miao wanted Jifeng Bookstore in Shanghai to be a place for public discussions, with talks on topics from social issues to constitutionalism and religion. “But some topics are considered taboo and sensitive to discuss in public spaces,” he says of the store that was effectively forced out of business in China in January … Read more
In the second of a four-part series on China’s universities and campus life, Alcott Wei looks into the effects of geopolitical tensions in the country’s joint venture campuses with overseas institutions. Richard Li, president of a Japanese culture club at a university in China, was pulled aside after a club meeting by a faculty supervisor. … Read more
BURNING SUN SEX SCANDAL The situation is further exacerbated by rising violence against women. According to a 2023 report in The Korea Times, crimes against females rose to 28,228 in 2021 from 16,006 in 2007. Additionally, 86.7 per cent of victims of violent crimes in Korea were women from 2011 to 2020. The Burning Sun … Read more
But in the run up to the game’s release, video streamers reported receiving a document from co-publishers Hero Games warning them to avoid topics including “feminist propaganda” or “politics” when they received a passkey to play the game, an email exchange showed. Gamers were also warned against any reference to “Covid-19”, “isolation” or “quarantine” – … Read more
Never doubt the instincts of Donald Trump, warns Marina Hyde, who just appointed a ‘never Trump guy’ as his running mate. Let your kids roam free, stay home alone, have fun – and fail – Norwegian style. Charli xcx’s new album, Brat, highlights how many young women now aspire to live – dirty, hedonistic, happy … Read more
Diane von Furstenberg has been putting on The Diane von Furstenberg Show for something like half a century. Act I began, roughly, in 1969, when Diane Halfin, twenty-two years old and three months pregnant, became Princess Diane von Furstenberg, wife of the German playboy Prince Egon von Furstenberg. The couple stormed New York, where they … Read more
