"Opening: Interviews with Female Scholars" Author: Beijing News Book Review Weekly Publisher: New Star Press

☆Recommended by Shen Yifei, Zhu Yujie, Lan Lan, Luo Xin, and Wang Min'an

Focusing on the dilemma of gender identity, seeing women, seeing female scholars

Unprecedented luxurious lineup, in-depth conversation

Gender is important, but not everything

Clear away the fog of rapid changes in the times and enter the other half of the sky of thought

Chizuko Ueno, Dai Jinhua, Mao Jian, Liang Hong, Zhang Li, Bao Huiyi...

They are industry leaders, witnesses of history, and vanes of the times.

We listen to, identify, speak and write about their life experiences, dissatisfaction and confusion, ambitions and dreams.

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★Content Introduction

“Girls are not suitable for academic work”?

“Female doctors are the third type of human”?

"Female classmates only know how to study hard?"

“Not rational enough, not rigorous enough, not innovative enough, not…”

"It's better to marry well than to study well?"

In a word, what does it mean to be a woman? Why do most of them refuse gender labels, and even refuse to put the word "female" in front of their name?

Chizuko Ueno, Dai Jinhua, He Guimei, Liang Hong, Zhang Li, Bao Huiyi... Although they are from different countries, fields and generations, they are all industry leaders and names that cannot be avoided in their respective fields. What does feminism mean to them? Does gender identity bring them constraints and barriers, or achievements and freedom? How do they wade through the male-dominated norms? "Opening: Interviews with Female Scholars" attempts to break gender stereotypes and break down gender barriers in the academic circle. The book is in the form of a question and answer, and conducts in-depth interviews with 11 scholars. Focusing on the learning process, gender identity and academic research keywords, it traces back their respective thought processes, and takes stock of their dissatisfaction and confusion, ambitions and dreams; similarly, these life experiences are also the pain and happiness shared by most modern women.

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★Editor's Recommendation

————Gender is important, but it is not everything. ————

Today, feminism is on the rise, but is the overall living condition of women getting worse or better?

Why are young people refusing to compete with each other and starting to lie down?

Where will the world go after the epidemic?

*Focusing on the dilemma of gender identity, this moving work is dedicated to readers who have also experienced injustice and confusion.

*It is not only a review and sorting of the thought process, but also an interpretation and prospect of the "great turning point era"

*Unprecedented luxurious lineup, faithfully recorded true voice

Chizuko Ueno, a sociologist popular in East Asia, "the most terrifying woman in Japan", and the first person in Japanese feminist theorizing; Dai Jinhua, one of the earliest domestic researchers on feminism; Mao Jian, who is full of fire and writes sharp film reviews; Liang Hong, who started the trend of non-fiction writing in mainland China; and Bao Huiyi, a young and cutting-edge person... They are always at the forefront of thought and are in the midst of transition.

●About women and feminism.

Gender issues are frequently trending on the Internet today. Have we really achieved equality? At what level can women be used as a method? What does feminism mean? Furthermore, do women only focus on women's issues?

●About the times.

Where will the world go after the epidemic? With the times changing drastically and the call for lying down growing louder, what should young people do?

●About individuals.

In the midst of unprecedented changes, how do we view the connection between the times, individuals, and ourselves? How do we understand this world?

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These are their confusion, anger and disappointment, and they are also ours. From this point of view, academia is only the entrance for them to interpret and understand the world, and the bridge between them and us. Therefore, we say that "Opening: Interviews with Female Scholars" is also a warning and awakening work about women and feminism, about the times, and about what individuals can do.

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★Celebrity recommendation

In universities and research institutes, female scholars have made remarkable achievements. They focus on social issues, conduct in-depth academic discussions, and are also concerned about daily life, using academics to express their thoughts on life. In this book, you will see not only interviews with female scholars, but also how they understand this era of rapid change through the prism of academics. "Opening" is just the opening, and everything is to be continued.

——Shen Yifei

We all know that women often have to work harder to achieve certain success in the professional field. Their expertise and persistence, existence and struggle will become a beacon for women from all walks of life to move forward, pointing the way in the dark and comforting people in the face of difficulties.

——Zhu Yujie

They are thinkers, creators and explorers. Based on the necessity of mutual communication, understanding and respect in the process of human civilization progress, people should hear their voices. This is not only because they have in-depth thoughts on the society, culture, ethics and even law involved in gender, but also because they are ordinary women around us, just like mothers and wives in our lives.

——Blue

They are so striking and yet so disproportionately rare.

——Luo Xin

Each has different unforgettable experiences and stories, and each has the same passion for knowledge and truth. This vivid and sincere interview book makes me believe that if more women devote themselves to academia, the world will become more just, more equal, and more friendly.

——Wang Min'an

"Beijing News Book Review Weekly" was founded in 2003 along with the "Beijing News". Since its establishment, it has always adhered to the purpose of "public stance, professional character, independent thinking, and realistic feelings", with "reading needs advocacy" as the core, and insists on the cultural value of books as its orientation. It focuses on outstanding domestic and foreign writers, works, book reviews, influential literary theories, and reading experiences and cultural phenomena closely related to life, combining hot spot dissemination with in-depth interviews.