[Podcast] Tattoos as female power: Wearing female experiences on the skin

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Wanqing Chen
China Stories
Illustration for The China Project by Derek Zheng

Pink elephants, fish, genitalia: For young feminists in China, tattoos have become a way to express their womanhood and take back their bodies.

Click here to read the article by Wanqing Chen.

Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.

China Stories is published twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Wanqing Chen is a freelancer and a recent graduate student from Imperial College London. She’s a fan of Kirby, black cats, and dogs. Her interests focus on youth culture, society, technology, and business. She wishes to learn and write more stories that show the human side of China. Read more

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