I approached two psychologists who have researched the female body image.

I discussed the following questions with them.
Some studies show that Some people suffer from body dysmorphic phobia. They firmly believe that certain parts of their body are unattractive and exaggerate these ‘flaws.’ But to others, they may not appear to be different from others. Experiments have shown that looking in the mirror can make people with body dysmorphic phobia feel anxious. However, it has since been revealed that healthy people who look in the mirror for more than 10 minutes also begin to experience symptoms of anxiety and stress. The relationship between the mirror and the person can be seen as the “gaze” and the “self” on the one hand, but what is the source of the anxiety that arises when confronted with their authentic self? What is the relationship between this and the authentic self?

On the other hand, the promotion of body positivity has led to anxiety among some people because they are unable to achieve the same level of confidence, which is the opposite of what I had in mind, especially in the current society where women’s rights and status have been improving, but because of some mainstream and traditional ideas that have subtly influenced many people. Even though we know that beauty is pluralistic, can we still not accept our imperfections?

Thirdly, women have been subjected to the dominant culture and the look of the outside world under the female gaze. Therefore, they tend to magnify their flaws and always ignore themselves. Therefore I am hoping to communicate through the language of images by allowing people to express their emotions and thoughts through mirror painting (e.g., drawing slogans, patterns, similar to virtual wearable decorations, etc.). Is this conducive to body image positivity, or do you have any other ideas to share?

lily

First of all, I would like to talk about anxiety; why do people, especially women, often see their shortcomings after looking in the mirror and then become anxious. First of all, it is a social factor. From ancient times to the present, traditional culture has often used women’s appearance as a criterion for evaluating women, objectifying them. Therefore, over time, under the influence of such a social environment, a woman’s thoughts are influenced by self-objectification.

When a woman is aware that her body and appearance are being judged, she will internalize these thoughts and external judgments into her perspective, attitudes, and ideas. Therefore, she also objectifies herself and sees herself as an object. The overall perspective nowadays. There is a ‘fixed’ standard of beauty for women and media campaigns that are very critical of women.

After a woman’s self-objectification, her view of herself in the mirror and her evaluation generate negative thoughts, which are different from the kind of beauty promoted in the media, generating anxiety. In addition, women’s fear is also influenced by the media and traditional culture and their standards of beauty and ugliness.

I think it is because people have formed a fixed mindset, a distorted way of thinking caused by a very long process from childhood to adulthood. As a result, it is difficult to say that this mindset can be changed entirely just because the status of women has been raised.

I also thought of a moment in psychology called projection. You project your thoughts and feelings onto the outside world, onto external people, onto external objects; for example, you see someone, and you find them particularly annoying or something like that.

That may be because of such a way of thinking; like a mirror, the appearance of that person that we see is projected over, just her appearance, and not the personality and all these other things. Having objectified that image of yourself in the mirror, that image that you see, you may project thoughts of yourself and develop a lot of dissatisfaction with him. That dissatisfaction comes from a lot of dissatisfaction that you have with yourself.

Lastly, I saw that you wanted to do a project on painting on mirrors to relieve anxiety, which felt good, but I don’t know how this painting is a way of possibly reducing stress; it might be a way of enabling people to shift their over-concerned emotions about their appearance, to shift their fixed, wrong, or distorted, fixed thinking. It’s about converting. There is also the possibility of breaking the denial of oneself. To face and accept these inadequacies in oneself, rather than being defensive and desperate to deny them or anything else, but I am happy to be part of this process.

LEE

The anxiety of looking in the mirror comes from the magnification of flaws and stress, everyone has a different understanding of their true self, and not everyone is anxious all the time. The expressions that people give to the outside world reflect their inner projections, such as the influence of their family of origin. What one sees in the mirror may not be one’s true self but a projection of one’s inner subconscious. According to Maslow’s theory of needs, people gradually become complete as they rise to a particular hierarchy level. They can realize themselves at a higher level, i.e., self-actualization at the top of the theory. The aim of self-actualization is self-satisfaction, which comes from self-preference and cannot be successful if perceptions do not match ability.

Women see their shortcomings first because they always want to see the better part of the self-actualization part. Still, the process of self-actualization requires one to perfect the ability, not the perfect self in the eyes of others. When people want to become a better version of themselves too much, motivation also affects action, which creates total acceptance of oneself and alleviates the problem of body image anxiety in women.

New research has found that the more time teenagers spend on social media, the more likely they are to be unhappy with their bodies, said Ho Kim-bo, a researcher on mental health and body image at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Ke Han, a psychologist at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, said Chinese media tended to highlight “skinny girls,” and the public favored bony female celebrities. “There’s a popular saying that means a good girl [weighs] no more than 100kg.”

I conducted a questionnaire and invited 64 women aged 17-35 who were confused about body image anxiety to participate

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I carried out a questionnaire and invited 63 women with body image anxiety to take part. 55.9% chose a score of more than 5, with the highest number of 6 and 7, 20% and 19.1% respectively; 67.4% chose a score of more than 5 for the impact of women’s body image on their confidence; 71% looked in the mirror regularly; 70% would look at their body in the mirror. 90% believe that social media influences people’s standards of the ‘perfect body’; 30% of people believe that people should advocate the idea of a sound body and 40% of people think that people should not accept it; 30% of people believe that they are neutral and do not care; 45% of people search for information on social media platforms such as body improvement; 56% of people are not interested in the idea of a sound body. 45% would search for information about shape improvement etc. on social media platforms; 56% would actively follow bloggers or netizens who have a great body, or who are of the weight loss and fitness type; 40% of negative comments are influential, while 30% are positive; 85% would be concerned about what others see when posting photos of themselves on social media platforms; 92% believe that Chinese women are more sensitive to the pursuit of white, thin and young bodies and body anxiety because of the social environment (mainstream The influence of the social environment (dominant culture) was cited as the reason for 92% of Chinese women’s greater sensitivity to the pursuit of being white, thin and young and body image anxiety; 40% thought looking in the mirror for too long would cause fear and 42% thought it was a way to re-examine themselves; 81.4% of those who drew Mask: You are your mirror to re-examine yourself and share your story chose more than 3 out of 5 including 3 out of 5.

In my previous research, I found that people look in the mirror and first notice what they think is ‘unattractive’ about themselves and exaggerate these ‘flaws.’ Still, when they look at others, they prioritize what is beautiful. Thus the desire to explore the desires and imaginations of the human heart from a different perspective by painting on mirrors. They communicate the body in a completely artificial form, empowering women while making them the decision-makers. I found that women are more interested in the idea of self-portraiture as a means of expression. On the one hand, because looking in the mirror makes many people feel anxious is a priority, and this anxiety is somehow a kind of gaze, a projection of self-consciousness; on the other hand, the promotion of body positivity leads to some people being anxious because they cannot achieve the same level of confidence, which is the exact opposite of what I had in mind, especially in the current Chinese social environment where women’s rights and status are constantly improving. But because of some mainstream and traditional ideas have subconsciously influenced many people. Even though we know that beauty is diverse, can’t people accept their imperfections?

ballet dancer

I contacted the ballet dancer for an interview; Lauren is a ballet dancer. It is a profession that is closely associated with body image. A dancer’s body lines and contours are strictly required to achieve a stretched and stretched body physique. During the epidemic, her career came to a halt, and she stopped to think about what constitutes a ballet body, does a good dancer means thinner and more defined. And why, instead, the quest for size made female dancers a source of pain rather than strength. Whereas before the 1950s, ballet women dancers had a rich and varied body, in the New York Ballet, the woman broke the freedom of the female dancer’s figure because of the choreographer’s aesthetic. Those ballet dancers with small heads and long bodies undoubtedly shaped the ideal balletic temperament, a thin, tall woman with pale skin and a slender bone structure. This fixed aesthetic standard perpetuated the female dancer’s need to be critical of her figure.

After retiring from the ballet, she began to rethink her career path, to choose a career that she focused on, rather than being limited to shaping her slim figure as a professional ballet dancer, “because that would be too costly.” Lauren is also considering becoming a choreographer to go for a different kind of ballet dancer. Whenever people dissuade her from who she should not be elected, she can firmly say, “No, I want her.”

Several implications for me in my subsequent intervention came from this interview.

1. body perfectionism started with technological developments. When we started buying standardized sizes, we diminished the uniqueness of our bodies, we were going to fit the clothes, and it was no longer the clothes that fit us.
2. I suspect that many people feel so badly about their bodies that no matter how hard we try, we can’t achieve “enough.”
3. You can block or unfollow anything that makes you feel negative, trusting that the feeling will pass and ensuring your peace of mind
4. I find that sitting down with your eyes closed and letting your brain take a break from processing images is enough.
5. try to make the screen not the first and last thing you see before you go to bed and when you wake up.

Blogger

I asked Helen, a fitness blogger, why she became a fitness blogger because she suffered from body shame.

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（interview—Helen recording）

Helen: I lived in both Korea and the UK, and when I was in my 20s, people used to say I was too skinny, and at that time people used to tell me you should eat more, it was a horrible experience for me, and I hated that people said that about me and when I started to eat more to gain weight my body couldn’t take that much food and I ended up having digestive problems and also feeling nauseous. I started eating more than I ever had before to gain weight, but at the worst time, I never actually thought there was anything wrong with my body; I started gaining weight because people were talking about me, this was before social media came along because I was surrounded by people who made me feel like I needed to change my body, in my mid-20s I came to England and met different people from many other countries. I met a girl who called me skinny. She called me thin and even used her pinky to describe my weight; I was shocked, and she was making fun of me. In Korea, people would comment on her weight or body out of concern, but over here, it was clear that she wasn’t. In a group of girls from different countries, I realized that I was petite compared to the other girls, and I would feel too weak like the girl described. Then I started to gain weight in a more extreme way than ever because tall, fit girls surrounded me, and it made me feel bad that my university friends and even my best friend even described me as small. Because I was just the most minor compared to my British friends, and although I didn’t want people to think I was skinny when I was in Korea, I resented it even more in the UK, I didn’t want people to think I was thin and frail, so I was going to go to the gym to change my skinny body and try to make myself look less lean. I was also particularly fond of some of the body goals on ins at the time, my ideal body was to have full hips, strong arms, and the same for my abs, because I hadn’t studied fitness and was watching YouTube videos, I didn’t know how much more or how little to gain or what kind of exercise I was suited to when I gained too much weight at that time and had knee pain, it wasn’t healthy It wasn’t a healthy exercise. Still, I liked the change in my body because I looked more muscular. After I graduated, I went back to Korea, and we were home because of the epidemic; I gained weight, and I couldn’t go to the gym; I didn’t like my body at the time, after provide-19 unblocked me, I signed up for personal training and a scientific diet, and I learned how to train scientifically and correctly. At first, I found it particularly difficult, but then I adapted, and I felt very comfortable with my whole body, and it also had a positive impact on my mental health. Going to the gym made me feel confident about my body again. After two months, I saw a change in myself, but it also affected my periods, which started to be delayed, and I realized I wasn’t taking in enough nutrients, so I gave up extreme dieting and exercise. I am now almost 30, and I finally know how to get physically and mentally healthy; I have recently started working out because I wish I were more beneficial; working out has not only given me physical benefits but mental ones too.

Through these experiences, I have learned to love and accept my body.

The first thing to realize is that there is no perfect body in the world. Through my experiences in two countries I have found that their body standards are entirely different and no matter how much I change to fit the aesthetic criteria of one country, it won’t work if I move to another country, because of these reasons I have decided to focus on my natural body and think about how I should improve rather than change.

The second thing was that my mindset changed from dieting or exercising to diet and exercise; when I felt I had to diet, I would want to eat more junk food because I wouldn’t let myself. Instead, I stopped forcing myself to diet; I ate healthier on my own and would want to exercise more.

The last thing I learned was to choose content or clothes that you are comfortable in, which has brought great benefits. I didn’t feel confident about my breasts when I started wearing them. Still, they were so pleased with the end of the day, and I found that people don’t care if you’re wearing lingerie or not or if you’re wearing non-coil underwear or gathered underwear; people don’t care. So whether I wear comfortable underwear or no underwear, I will be more pleased.These experiences have given me the courage and confidence to accept my body.

In my previous research, I found that when people look in the mirror, they first notice what they think is ‘unattractive’ about themselves and exaggerate these ‘flaws.’ Still, when they look at others, they prioritize what is beautiful. But when I promote body positivity, it leads to some people being anxious about not being able to achieve the same level of confidence, which is the exact opposite of what I intended, like this blogger who, in the traditional aesthetics of East Asian culture, actually fits the ‘standard body’ perfectly, but still suffers from body shame. Eventually, She started to look at her body and make decisions for herself, taking a serious look at herself and accepting herself again.

update

I launched a call for women who suffer from body shame/body image on social media platforms and did the following interviews

1、22 years old, student, body anxiety, lack of confidence and chronic dieting

2、25 years old, media professional, used to have body shame anxiety problems, now in the process of self-liberation

3、25 year old, lawyer, severe anxiety symptoms when looking in the mirror

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Through these conversations, I realised that it might be possible to help alleviate women’s body image anxiety while at the same time designing ways to guide women to a calmer state of mind. As a result of this research, I came up with new ideas and added them to my intervention.

I saw some experts in different fields discuss my project, namely a teacher of clinical medicine (in the direction of eating disorders), a Ph.D. in sociology, a young artist, and a plus-size blogger.

Reazon
A teacher of clinical medicine (in the direction of eating disorders)

Flora(yuxin)：Women’s awareness and body image anxiety is a global issue, but I would like to discuss it in the context of our national social and cultural environment. What is the cause of this aesthetic narrowness? Do you personally feel that your social background and education have influenced your perception of body image or appearance? What is it like? How do you think about it? Finally, regarding eating disorders, which are essentially mental illnesses, I would like to know if you have any information about the impact of our social environment and culture on these mental illnesses? Or do you have any data to share with me about what other disorders occur in the cases you have encountered?

Reason： The “Chinese aesthetic” is the result of the intrusion of Western civilization. Epidemiological surveys have shown that the prevalence of eating disorders is higher in developed countries and more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas. This geographical difference reflects the difference in the level of economic development and the degree of penetration of the Western culture of “thinness as beauty.” Also, the predominance of women with eating disorders may be related to the cultural norm of “thinness as beauty,” primarily aimed at women. In traditional Chinese culture, women are “the head of the household,” and the standard for female body shape is “plump,” so there are few cases of eating disorders. With the development of social and economic development and the infiltration of western culture, the role of women in society has changed dramatically. The social expectation of women has changed to “being successful in career and family, but at the same time being slim.”
I heard voices around me from a young age saying that it would be nice if you had thinner legs, especially my mother, who would often judge my figure. As a child, I thought it was shameful not to have boobs or thick legs. An incident at the gym not long ago also stuck out. The trainer said you’ve lost weight recently if only you could lose another ten pounds. I said I couldn’t lose any more weight. He said, “Why? You used to be so thin. I said I couldn’t go back. He said he had to be tougher on himself. I said I wanted to be kinder to myself. He then felt very shaken and didn’t say anything more. I still felt very uncomfortable afterward, extreme male gaze scenario… Now I have a complete sense of self; I know what I want, and like, so I can dislike him and disagree with him. But many girls who are forced into this male gaze develop negative emotions, and some even start unhealthy weight-loss behaviors. Ultimately, the girls suffer, and in complex cases, even create a disorder like an eating disorder.
Eating disorders are mental illnesses, but they are psychosomatic/psychological and are not the same as what we generally think of as severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia.

Xin

Artist

“Feel my tummy.”

“Obesity is not the source of all evil.” She said.

Xin has designed a series of works about ‘fat meat.’ In addition to exhibiting her tummy sofa and short films at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, she has also planned a photographic anthology, which is still in production. She named the book “My Story with Meat.”

She contacted 122 fat people through social media and friends, but only six were willing to be interviewed and photographed by her. They appeared half-naked on camera, showing off their meat, just like her. Photographs and text were paired together in a unit for each of them, and she asked the fat men and women to do whatever they could to “gain confidence in their bodies” and then filmed them.

One-shot was a must-be one of the people facing the mirror.

“A lot of them were very resistant to looking in the mirror.” She says.

One girl told Xu Ruoxin that she never looked in a full-length mirror because she found it “hard to accept that this is not how I imagined myself to be.”

Almost all of her interviewees had an ideal version of themselves. One girl aspiring to a flat chest and long limbs, and another girl prefers a fuller, firmer bodybuilding style. Xin found that they shared a common trait: they suspected it was because they were fat when things went wrong.

“All people get sick, so why must we accuse the person of being sick because they are fat? It’s unhealthy to smoke, it’s unhealthy to stay up late, it’s unhealthy to play on your phone, all of it is unhealthy, so why must you use unhealthiness as a target, or a dagger, to stab the fat person? What has he done wrong? Is being fat the original sin? I don’t think so.”

Content：

Flora:

I’m pretty curious about the project you’re doing, especially about the research you’ve done. I want to ask you about your thoughts on some of the content because I’m personally studying our country’s social and cultural environment to explore this matter. on women? What do you think is the cause of this aesthetic narrow-mindedness?
Because some people think that body image anxiety is a global issue. Still, some people say it’s a result of the introduction of Western civilization. Still, in traditional societies, the idea of the three-inch golden lotus also exists. Still, nowadays, it’s very casual in foreign countries to wear suspenders or not wear a bra. Still, if I wear very shorts one day in China, my parents will ask me to wear more than one. For example, I dress very self-consciously in Shanghai, and I don’t get that much attention around me, but this voice comes up from time to time in northern cities. It seems that this is cultural; could this be part of the reason for body anxiety or eating disorders, and is this part of this related to the traditional cultural influence ingrained in our blood? What do you think about that?

Raw： “First of all, regarding Chinese aesthetics, I think it isn’t easy to define what Chinese aesthetics is and what kind of influence it has had on Chinese girls because it is a very comprehensive and complex concept of aesthetics. Throughout history, apart from the physical adjectives and descriptors we use today, such as “white, thin and young,” there may also be things such as the quality of virtue and virtuousness that we demand from a girl, something that is still engraved in the hearts of Chinese people despite the changing times. For example, we would like to say that in Chinese aesthetics, a woman must be feminine, we would like to use abstract words to describe her, like water, or we would like to use words like flowers and plants, such as celandine orchid, to describe women. Under the whole oriental warning, women have a very inclusive, soft, soft, soft description.

I feel that I live in a society today where women are the object of the gaze; there is no doubt. When we talk about what Chinese women are, I think it would be more appropriate for men to talk about this: what Chinese women should look like in their eyes, or their descriptions, what Chinese women are like now.

Then I think that in this day and age, the aesthetics of women have become very tolerant, that is, our masses have allowed some women to become that way, those kinds of women who are in the arts, or the fashion industry, or fashion magazines, or on the internet, that is, things that are distant from them, they will, they don’t agree with them, but they can maintain basic respect, as long as it’s a female image like that.

And then I think distance is an essential thing. The proper distance will allow such a female image to exist. By a female appearance, I mean one that completely subverts the traditional female idea, deviant, rebellious, anti-bone, pioneering.

For example, if I wear a camisole, I would be very comfortable in Guangzhou and Shanghai, so that I might wear a camisole in Beijing in the same weather, in the same season, with only a difference of one or two days. Other people might find it very strange because, in their eyes, the climate here is entire. There’s no need to dress like that, and they’re not used to people dressing like that in their visual system, and they have this kind of rejection.

If you’re not in culture, or creative, fashion, art, or anything like that, then if you’re wearing strange clothes, people might think you’re weird, they might think you have a psychological problem. Still, if you’re put into a specific profession or industry, it seems to make sense for you to be like that.
In my opinion, in traditional Chinese culture, the different parts of a woman’s body symbolize many different meanings, for example, our hands, our arms, our breasts, our feet, our legs, they all symbolize many other purposes throughout traditional Chinese culture.
For example
For example, the feet, in traditional society, a girl’s feet were not allowed to be shown to outsiders because they were considered a very private part of a woman, then later with sandals, they were very willing to offer their feet, just like the arms, like the hands. In Japanese culture, Japanese women would then consider the neck to be a very sexy part.

This particular meaning, I think, for women, it is for men, that is, all the information about the female body, the gravitational force must be relative to the opposite sex, close to the group that he wants to attract, and ask some men, ask them what the traditional Chinese aesthetic is. In their role as the “pleasured” party, they define, in a sense, what Chinese women are and what Chinese women’s aesthetics are.

The second thing is eating, about guilt, which has to do with our bodies. Usually, we associate obesity with things like eating, drinking, exercising, sleeping, all these things in our physiology that we bring together when we think about obesity itself.

I don’t think obesity is a bad experience for me because I can buy clothes and wear them from my position. I feel that I am at a level in society where I receive the appropriate respect, so what makes me unhappy? Apart from the fact that obesity is a regulated thing in society as a whole, we want to buy clothes more efficiently. But it’s that we often desire not to have desires, we repress our urges, our appetites, our sexual desires, our desire to consume things, and we often find it difficult to stop them and think that hiding them is a special thing to do. When we talk about the spirit and the flesh, we cannot deny that I think it is an equal state of affairs. Although we may believe that satisfying our appetites, satisfying our material desires, satisfying our sexual desires is something that we do by instinct, or is a nasty thing, or is a barbaric and primitive thing, we cannot deny that our body, as a material entity, can only carry all our so-called spiritual activities if it functions as it should. All our so-called spiritual activities. I think that’s why it’s essential to respect our bodies, respect our emotions, and not be too hard on ourselves when we realize we’re out of control, not to beat ourselves up too much.

I’ve thrown up before because I ate an extra bite of chicken in my dieting cycle, and then my whole guilt came rushing back, and I felt like all my efforts had been wasted, and I ran to the toilet to throw up and pick my throat with my hands. When I think this, there are two of me in my body fighting, the one that follows my desires and instincts and the other that has higher spiritual aspirations, and the two are arguing with each other.

So it is essential to find a balance between these two, that is, where is your measure, where is your limit, I can’t do complete indulgence, and the liberation of nature to release those desires that you have suppressed ordinarily, only we need to find the right size, that is, what is the right degree, actually, beyond that degree there is a little bit too much. So I think everyone is finding a balance and going through a phase like this, including me.

On top of following the choices that I have made in terms of this balance, in the future, I think everyone has to find a balance, whether you, you approve of your body, or you feel that your current state of health is so bad that it doesn’t fit a hypothesis of your ideal body at all. It’s essential to find that perfect body and then make a plan to implement it step by step, or whether you think that your current It’s critical to find that ideal body and then make a plan to implement it step by step, or if you believe you are pleased with your body now, what to do to keep your diet and life in such a state or to get to a better shape but to maintain the body as it is.

We will draw analogies between each other’s destructive emotions or happy emotions and our own emotions. Still, absolutely no one can say to empathize with each other’s feelings and experiences, just because our body is our body and everything that our body has experienced, everything that it has participated in the past, physically or mentally, has created for you, has shaped your position.

Keely

Big size blogger

She said she didn’t understand why things bothered me (such as large breasts), such as not being able to buy lingerie, shortness of breath, and physical fatigue, that others saw as a way to show off. In contrast, she would receive vicious abuse for wearing nice clothes and dressing, saying she was fat and not good-looking enough.

But she just wants to do what she loves, including being a blogger. It’s her hobby, and it’s what keeps her going.

Through my chat, I asked some guys which body type they prefer as a ‘desired’ object. In fact, many men nowadays don’t just like white and thin women, but also appreciate more powerful women. But because body parts have been given different meanings in traditional culture, there is some influence in people’s perceptions. But with the change of information, people of Generation Z are also open to new things.

Based on the findings, I conducted a workshop to try to address the underrepresentation of women in the creative industries, where less than 33% of executives are women. We wanted to challenge the current discrimination and celebrate the success of women in leadership roles.

Join me as I share three inspiring women.

May
A university film professor by profession, multiple participant in the Cultural Inquiry into Women’s Identity Film, and collaborator on the Women’s Film Forum at the First Youth Film Festival in China, shares how she built her career, sharing that love is the law against all. Initially teaching film was based on interest, then later and then later, after studying for her PhD and shifting to the direction of literature and arts, the interest became a profession that she needed to face on a daily basis before she experienced the hardship. She considers this relationship to be a crucial part of her life and professional journey. Later, she kept trying to evolve the classroom into an immersive film experience, which also became a turning point in her own film studies. Later, May went to Beijing University to study at China’s highest institution. After completing her studies, she returned to school and began working on the development of women’s film studies, which she hopes will promote greater awareness of the stories created by the female gender perspective. At the recent 2021 First Film Festival Women’s Forum, she expressed her desire for the festival to be a true link between women’s images on screen and their personalities in real life.

Presentation.
Relax and keep learning as you go through life.
Setting goals is a key part of confirming the way forward.
Keep learning, because learning and knowledge are key.
Be true to yourself.

Sonia

Sex Education Promoter. After graduating from high school, Sonia started a team of nine people to promote sex education and incorporated her company her sophomore year. Today, she has given over 40 talks in elementary schools, high schools, and colleges. The sex education lectures planned by their team usually last 1-2 hours and the content is not arbitrary, they have designed 10 sets of lessons for different age groups. The road to sex education in China has not been easy, but in 2019, Sonia was on the Forbes 2019 Elite Under 30 list, a turning point for Maylove and a strong motivation for sonia to persevere in the future.

Speech:
Along the way, from 9 people to 90 people now, from all of them being white to professional step by step now, they have survived the relapse of depression in their own mentality, the change of core members, the failure of countless project planning, the loss of no progress in each business no matter how hard they tried for a long time, and moreover the doubts they had about themselves when they had such countless setbacks. But the same is that they always adhere to the direction of promoting the status quo of sex education in China, the right direction, always out of a road. In the largely blank state of China’s domestic industry, even if they stumble and twist, each step is precious and valuable.

Zhen

Music Creator, Zhen’s work is connected to the “female perspective”. For many public figures today, support for women’s rights can be a facet of their persona, but it cannot be a permanent identity or label: public figures who repeatedly talk about women’s interests will soon be criticized by public opinion as maliciously taking advantage of the feminist dividend and thus “mastering the code of wealth. But outside of the flurry of voices, Zhen’s attitude seems to remain unchanged. Under her own microblog that was closed to comments, she wrote, “Girls, shine brightly in all your posts, shine so brightly that no one can’t see us! And these words are a true reflection of her participation in talent shows again and again for her music and moving forward all the way through the setbacks.

Speech.
When all this becomes “my” choice, my right, the subjectivity of “I” is established in this series of dynamics. Creation has always been seen as an important and necessary way for women to build their subjectivity and self-empowerment. Although patriarchal societies have always been wary of and tried to suppress women’s creativity, as generations of female creators have broken through, many of the tactics used to suppress women’s creativity have come to the brink of failure. As gender consciousness further evolves, more and more women are picking up the pens they were once barred from approaching and making their own cries to the world to trust that your intuition is never wrong. When it tells you something is wrong or very right, try to rely on that voice in your head.

Conclusion:

In this workshop, female power is the product of the combination of inner and outer feedback, which is laced with emotions and can bring a kind of power to anyone. So I wanted to explore the new era of women and try to portray women with different emotions. This will lead into my next intervention experiment, where I hope to give women a more relaxed sense of power through music in a light-hearted way. To be happy with me, to be true to myself, to feel female power, and to convey emotions.