The Diplomat Magazine
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Post-censorship feminism offers insight into how activism adapts when public speech becomes risky.
Lina Ma
(She/Her)
New York
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Gender, China, digital culture, censorship, media, and social change.
Lina Ma’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridThe fake parenting expert Chinese daughters invented to talk to their parents
Global Voices
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A fictional parenting expert became a viral sensation after giving Chinese daughters a voice their parents were more willing to hear.
The daughters who were raised to be everything under China's one-child policy
Global Voices
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Blending personal reflection with the experiences of her peers, the writer explores the role of China's only daughters - raised as the center of the family under the defunct One-Child Policy.
Inside China's hidden eating disorder communities
Global Voices
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On Chinese social media, eating disorders are reframed as discipline and beauty, sustained by coded language, visual culture, and online communities.
How did an Afghan woman journalist's writing resonate in China?
Global Voices
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Afghan journalist Khadija Haidary's writing unexpectedly resonated with Chinese readers, sparking emotional responses and small acts of cross-border solidarity.
When Weight Becomes Morality
Substack
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How body surveillance shapes women's lives in contemporary China
Laughing Back: The Hidden Power of Women's Stand-Up in China
Substack
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In China, Women Are Using Comedy to Resist in Silence
Who Owns a Woman's Pain?
Substack
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The debate over a filmed childbirth was never only about consent
Letter: Women in Congress
The New York Times
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A published New York Times Letter to the Editor on women's political representation and reproductive rights.
Why "Charm" Has Become a Political Requirement for Chinese Women
Substack
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When women are told to fix themselves instead of broken systems
Women: Driving Force of Protests in China
Global Affairs Review
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An analysis of women's leadership in China's 2022 White Paper Movement, examining how feminist activism, state repression, and digital resistance intersect in contemporary China.
China's 'Internet Addiction' Schools Are Now Locking Up Adults
The Diplomat Magazine
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Parents are paying institutions to coerce adults whose life choices conflict with family expectations.