Wan-Tong Ning

Beyond Empowerment Narratives: A Feminist Analysis of Three Representative Chinese Women-Centered Films

In recent years, women-centered films have become increasingly visible in China amid wider public discussion of gender equality. Taking YOLO, Herstory, and Like a Rolling Stone as case studies, this paper uses three gender-evaluation tools, the Bechdel Test, the Sexy Lamp Test, and the Mako Mori Test, together with fem...