“In the end, this is how you describe us: Banshee, shrew, whore, and hooker Fishwife, bitch, slutty man-eater. Look, this is how you belittle us”
These lyrics from Mandopop star Tan Weiwei (Sitar Tan) are powerful in their own right, but they take on a new urgency in a year when China saw several especially brutal cases of violence against women in the national spotlight. Soon before Tan’s song hit the internet, screenwriter and activist Xianzi appeared at a court in Beijing to hold a powerful CCTV host, Zhu Jun, accountable for sexual harassment. Hundreds of Xianzi’s fans gathered in the cold outside the courthouse in solidarity.
Singer uses shock therapy to drive home message
18 Dec, 2020 05:21 AM
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Singer Tan Weiwei gives a singing lesson to students in a rural primary school in Dabo village in Lianyuan city in southern China s Hunan Province. Photo / AP
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By: HUIZHONG WU
Quarrel, rape, adultery. Tricky, greedy, sycophantic. Chinese singer Tan Weiwei chants each word methodically in a two-line string of vulgarities and insults.
The 16 words in her new song share something in common: The character for woman, nu, is part of the Chinese character for each word.
Tan s forceful and shocking use of these words often used to disparage women is meant to draw attention to the issue of domestic violence and has struck a chord in China, where despite growing public awareness and anger, victims have a hard time getting justice.
Forceful lyrics on domestic violence strike chord in China
by Huizhong Wu, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 8:44 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 8:58 am EDT
Singer Tan Weiwei, center, gives a singing lesson to students in a rural primary school in Dabo village in Lianyuan city in southern China s Hunan Province on Dec. 4, 2007. Tan s latest song Xiao Juan, has captivated many on the Chinese internet and has set off a discussion on domestic violence. (Chinatopix via AP)
TAIPEI, Taiwan Quarrel, rape, adultery. Tricky, greedy, sycophantic. Chinese singer Tan Weiwei chants each word methodically in a two-line string of vulgarities and insults.
Huizhong Wu
Singer Tan Weiwei, center, gives a singing lesson to students in a rural primary school in Dabo village in Lianyuan city in southern China s Hunan Province on Dec. 4, 2007. Tan s latest song Xiao Juan, has captivated many on the Chinese internet and has set off a discussion on domestic violence. (Chinatopix via AP) December 17, 2020 - 5:44 AM
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Quarrel, rape, adultery. Tricky, greedy, sycophantic. Chinese singer Tan Weiwei chants each word methodically in a two-line string of vulgarities and insults.
The 16 words in her new song share something in common: The character for woman, ânu,â is part of the Chinese character for each word.
Tan s latest song Xiao Juan, has captivated many on the Chinese internet and has set off a discussion on domestic violence. Photo: AP
Quarrel, rape, adultery. Tricky, greedy, sycophantic. Chinese singer Tan Weiwei chants each word methodically in a two-line string of vulgarities and insults.
The 16 words in her new song share something in common: The character for woman, nu, ” is part of the Chinese character for each word.
Tan’s forceful and shocking use of these words - often used to disparage women - is meant to draw attention to the issue of domestic violence and has struck a chord in China, where despite growing public awareness and anger, victims have a hard time getting justice.