Category: WOMEN AND LITERATURE

In the childhood memories of many generations, the figure of the witch—portrayed in stories such as Snow White or Hansel and Gretel—often embodies evil, grotesqueness, and acts of poisoning. Perhaps because of this…

In 2015, former glam rock singer Gary Glitter was sentenced to 16 years in prison for serious offences related to historical child sexual abuse. However, what made the case deeply unsettling was that this was not the first time he…

If beauty standards were once shaped to meet the expectations of traditional society, the 2020s have witnessed a dramatic conceptual shift. Under the influence of TikTok algorithms and AI, beauty has moved from pressure…

In the past, women were confined within countless iron cages forged by social prejudice. Now, in a freer society, they seem to have stepped out of those “shells” to venture forth, to pursue, and to live more fully…

Is there a boundary that separates “pride” from “arrogance”? “Arrogance” is an attitude of conceit — the belief that one is superior to others, which breeds competition, comparison, and envy. “Pride,” on the other hand, is...

At present, alongside the ongoing efforts to eliminate gender inequality and bias, social media has recently witnessed the resurgence of concepts such as “femininity” and “masculinity.” At first glance, they may appear to represent distinctive traits...

Recently, an incident at Marie Curie High School (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City) sparked a wave of controversy across social media, after the school announced that points for students participating in an ao dai group performance would be added or deducted based on their gender. Specifically, according to the school’s notice, all...

The fairy tale of The Little Mermaid is a story that has accompanied us from the time we were little girls, through our teenage years, and into womanhood. At each stage of life, we develop different feelings and reflections around it — about...

Set against the backdrop of Georgia and Atlanta in the American South during the Civil War and the Reconstruction era, Scarlett O’Hara emerges as a pure yet proud blossom — delicate and resilient — blooming amid the sea of people in a time of turmoil...

Appearing in form and figure as a fictional character in the eponymous novel by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, one may ask: does the life of Anna Karenina exist only within the confines of the written page, or does it possess the power to transcend...