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YOuth feminist Action School (YFAS)

青年女權行動派

 

Early 2012 saw the emergence of a new form of feminist activism in China characterized by performance art on the street. Through this kind of of performance art, a group of feminist activists aim to leverage media and public attention to urge the government and other related organizations to change policies and regulations fraught with gender discrimination; to push for legislation on issues related to gender; to raise people’s consciousness of issues related to gender; and to disseminate feminist thoughts. These feminist activists have made good use of social media (e.g. Weibo) to promote their activism and feminist thoughts.

 

These feminists call themselves the Feminist Action School (FAS) to emphasize that they promote feminism through actions. Since these feminists are mainly young college women or women who have recently graduated from college, they are often known as the Youth Feminist Action School (YFAS). While their earlier activities centered in Beijing and Guangzhou, their activities have subsequently spread to different cities in China. Moreover, YFAS has become the name of a new form of feminist activism in China that is open and all-inclusive; anyone who engages in feminist action and identifies with feminism could claim him/herself as part of YFAS. The media has also labeled college women who engage in feminist activism on the street (mainly performance art) as YFAS.

 

 

 

自2012年年初,中國出現了一群以街頭行動為特色的女權主義者。她們通過街頭行為藝術吸引媒體和公眾的關注,期望促進政府和相關機構改變性別歧視的政策和規定,就性別相關議題立法。同時,她們也期望引發民眾性別意識的覺醒,傳播女權主義思想。這一群女權主義者十分善於利用例如微博的自媒體來宣傳她們的行動及女權主義思想。

 

這一群女權主義者自稱女權行動派,即以行動為主來宣揚女權主義。她們大部分都是年輕在讀或剛剛畢業的女大學生,因此大多時候也被稱為青年女權行動派。青年女權行動派的行動一開始集中在北京和廣州,但之後遍佈全國各地。同時,女權行動派也成為一個非常開放的身份:一切以女權行動為主(例如行為藝術)以及認同女權主義的人都可以自稱女權行動派。而(青年)女權行動派也被媒體用來指稱採取街頭行動(主要是行為藝術)的一群女大學生。

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