https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgx3nn/china-masculinity-sissy-stars

EDIT: Wow, this blew up. Want to take this opportunity to plug my bandcamp

  • Yun [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Would be nice if the article provided links to primary sources.

    • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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      3 years ago

      This. I'm all for criticizing the Chinese government where criticism is due, but I've seen so many blatant lies about China in western media that it's difficult to trust articles like this without good sources to back their claims up.

      • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I asked my Chinese language partner about this and she confirmed that it's a thing and that many people in China are upset about it

        • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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          3 years ago

          In that case, very disappointing reaction on the part of those officials involved. I hope there's significant push-back against it within the party.

      • Yun [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        In this case I don't doubt the facts being reported on cause it seems inline with what I've heard about before, it's just that the information presented here feels very surface level/incomplete. Like the article talks about "a commentary published by a Communist Party mouthpiece called the popularity of 'sissy pants' a social problem that would distort the taste of the Chinese youth". Surely there's more to the quoted article than just that right?

      • Yun [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Thanks. The difference in quality between this and the Vice article is like night and day lol