Their 100 Years in Hollywood

Original link: https://sehseh.substack.com/p/100

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After working hard for a week, it’s time for the weekly report. This time, Zouzouyi brings original reports and current affairs comments on different themes, allowing you to read stories from all over the world and a history spanning a century when you open your mailbox.


Issue Viewpoint| Michelle Yeoh’s Oscar win is not just “PC”: Asian women’s century-old history of struggle in Hollywood

The hot topic of discussion this week is that the movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Everything Everywhere All at Once) swept seven Oscar awards, and Michelle Yeoh from Malaysia also became the first East Asian actress in history.

Although the old issue of “too political correctness” of the Academy Awards has been brought up again, looking back at the 94-year history of the Oscars, among the 1,788 actors nominated for acting awards, only 4 Asian actors won the award. Such a disparity makes people want to ask: Hollywood, which produces thousands of movies every year, how many works starring Asians have been released? In these works, how many roles played by Asian actors really transcend stereotypes and show the complexity of people?

Regarding the answers to these questions, Zouzhu invites columnist Jia Xuanning to lead readers back to Hollywood 100 years ago with a time machine, and to see the century-old struggle history of Asian actresses in Hollywood… Read more


Herstory| “Travel is Empowerment”: South Korean post-90s girls create a women’s solo travel app, so that girls all over the world can start their journey with confidence

Before a woman embarks on a solo trip, there are always many things to consider: Where is the cheap accommodation that girls can live with peace of mind? Where can I buy sanitary products during the trip? Where is there a clean space to change the menstrual cup? ⋯These are things that travel brochures or tourist centers of tourist attractions will not tell you, but Kim Hyo-jung, a post-90s girl in South Korea, has noticed the needs of female travelers and founded the solo travel brand “NomadHer” so that they can travel while traveling Get gender-friendly information and find each other… read more


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“If I travel by myself, there must be a knife in my bag. If it is not convenient to carry it, I can buy it locally. The last time I bought a beautiful Japanese pocket knife in a stationery store in Taipei. Although it may not have any self-defense It doesn’t work, but at least it makes me feel at ease psychologically.”

── <8 Essential Items for Solo Travel, 8 Travel Stories of Girls>

Items are the best medium for storytelling, and each item carries a unique life experience. Zouzou collected 8 women from different fields and different personalities, and got a glimpse of their mood and “essential items” for traveling alone.

Before embarking on a journey, apart from wallets, mobile phones, and keys, what are the necessary items for you/you to travel abroad? Tell Zouzou/you and its unique story.


Good Works Collection Box| “Interrupted Life”

Suleika was born in New York, USA in 1989. Suleika Jaouad is a cancer survivor, Emmy Award-winning columnist, activist, and public speaker. She was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 23, and during the four-year fight against cancer, she honestly recorded the changes in her body and mind, her relationship with others, and all her joys, sorrows, joys and ups and downs. … Read the excerpt

《被中斷的人生:遊走在健康與疾病之間,一場劇烈又溫柔的重生之旅》書封(聯經出版提供)


Featured Activities| Taste of Iran: New Year’s Picnic in Persian Style

Are you still thinking about how to arrange the Qingming holiday? Let’s have an outdoor picnic full of different cultures in the spring sunshine!

On Sunday, April 2 this year, Friends of Zouzou ” Talk about Iran ” launched a special project, inviting readers to celebrate the Persian New Year Nowruz on the banks of the Keelung River in Taipei; Nowruz is the most important festival in Persian culture, Iran People will celebrate the arrival of spring in these two weeks, and everything will be renewed.

If you/you also want to know how Iranians spend the New Year, you might as well have a picnic with Zouzou. ? [ Go to buy tickets ]

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