BY ALICE XIN LIU I fell for Ostrich. I, a woman married to a man, fell for a woman. And it was one of the most amazing experiences… PING, a [ … ]
Event Recap: NüVoices’ Hong Kong chapter talks #MeToo and LGBT issues in China
BY ANNA ZHAN On October 4, the NüVoices community in Hong Kong got together for an open discussion to share thoughts and views on different topics. In light of recent [ … ]
Personal Essay by a Chinese daughter: The half-truths we tell in times of sickness
BY WANG ZHEN My mother does not know she has grade three brain cancer. She knows she has brain cancer, and that the ugly thing needs to be taken out [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #10: All-female improv group “Beijing Broads”
In the 10th episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice Xin Liu and Sophie Lu interview Anete and Silvia — members of the all-female improv group Beijing Broads! Comprising participants from [ … ]
Community: A NüVoices gathering in London
BY NUALA GATHERCOLE LAM More than 25 China watchers, creators, academics and activists attended the first NüVoices London social gathering on November 23. Following launches in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, [ … ]
100+ attend NüVoices NYC launch and discussion on Chinese feminism
BY CINDY GAO NüVoices NYC’s launch event was a standing-room only success hosted at Verso Books on November 1, 2018. The all-female panel discussed contemporary feminist organizing in China against [ … ]
Personal Essay by a Chinese adoptee: I returned to China to find my biological family and discover my cultural roots
BY ANDRÉ-ANNE CÔTÉ Since I was young, I always knew I was adopted from China. My parents had adopted children from different origins: China, Haiti, and indigenous people in Canada. My [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #8: Eleanor Goodman on the art of translating Chinese poetry
In the eighth episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice Xin Liu, writer and translator, interviews Eleanor Goodman with guest host Lijia Zhang, author of Socialism Is Great! and most recently Lotus, and board [ … ]
Social: NüVoices London Dinner/Drinks
Welcome! My amazing fellow board member + factory worker-turned-writer Lijia Zhang and I would love to invite you to a dinner/drinks social in Central London on Friday, November 23. It [ … ]
Madeleine O’Dea on her memoir The Phoenix Years, Chinese artists and the nation’s transformation
BY JOANNA CHIU AND MADELEINE O’DEA “The riveting story of China’s rise from economic ruin to global giant in the past four decades is illuminated by another, equally fascinating, narrative [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #7: A rocket maker turned journalist, Lijia Zhang
In the seventh episode of the NüVoices podcast, co-hosts Sophie Lu and Joanna Chiu interview author, journalist, activist, and NüVoices Collective editorial board member Lijia Zhang. But first, a reminder [ … ]
Fiction Excerpt: Searching for Gao Meng
BY DANA LIU The Problematique A week after Professor Bai Hua’s lecture on the female writer Ding Ling, he called me to his office. I’d recently slipped a problematique under [ … ]
Translation: Reflections on #MeToo and machismo violence by Peruvian writer Gabriela Wiener
BY ISOLDA MORILLO Behind every great man, there is a great woman. Or so the saying goes. Throughout history, women have come to the world, shaped their identities by concepts, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #6: Oral histories and family stories with Karoline Kan
On the sixth episode of the NüVoices podcast, co-hosts Alice Xin Liu and Sophie Lu interview Karoline Kan 阚超群, a writer and reporter based in Beijing, currently working at the New York Times. Starting this autumn, Karoline [ … ]
Loud Murmurs: A feminist Chinese podcast deconstructing US pop culture
BY AFRA WANG Growing up in China in the early 2000s, my friends and I were extensively influenced by United States pop culture. I was an outstanding fourth grader who [ … ]
NüVoices launches in New York November 1!
NüVoices is an international editorial collective gathering veteran and emerging writers, journalists, translators and artists to celebrate and support the diverse creative work of self-identified women working on the subject [ … ]
How to rock your broadcast appearance
BY SOPHIA YAN Dear NüVoices family, I started my career with high hopes of penning long magazines features but somehow ended up in the crazy fast world of live television. Journeying [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #5: Joan Xu on screenwriting in China
In the fifth episode of the NüVoices podcast, Alice Xin Liu and Sophie Lu are joined by screenwriter Joan Xu. But first, Joanna Chiu announces the launch of the revamped [ … ]
NüVoices community: October social gathering in Hong Kong
Welcome to this informal event for the NüVoices community and network in Hong Kong! Let’s gather over some food and drinks to share information and knowledge, engage in discussions and share thoughts [ … ]