Differences Between Eastern and Western School Systems

Oct 18, 2019

Students wearing school uniforms, Haikou City, Hainan Province, China. Photo: Anna Frodesiak. Even though I only went to an American college, I have a sense of what the American school system is like from elementary to high school. When I compare it with my 12 years...

Binding Girls

Oct 3, 2017

  Girls have always been under the control of their parents, extended families, communities, and governments, their minds and bodies being policed at all times. The most extreme example of this is the Chinese practice of foot binding. Thought to have begun around...

Qing Girls

Jun 20, 2017

  A young girl made of bronze, holding an object we can’t identify, pleading with us to call her by name. That seems to be the story of so many girls in Qing China, the last imperial dynasty of an ancient land. The Qing dynasty lasted from 1644 until 1912,...

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