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In the foreword of a recent reprint of her seminal work The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), Margaret Atwood noted that one of the most common questions she’s been asked over the past 30 plus years is whether the book is “a feminist novel.”
Atwood’s answer goes like this: “If you mean a novel in which women are human beings… and are also interesting and important, and what happens to them is crucial to the theme, structure and plot of the book, then yes. In that sense, many books are ‘feminist.’”
Well, in that sense, this month’s cover story (p41) by Erica Martin, which highlights the changing attitude towards women in China – from how they’re portrayed in pop culture to recent cases of sexual harassment victims speaking out publicly against their attackers – also falls into that category.
In the Arts section, Erica passes the torch onto Sarah Forman, who’ll be taking over as our Arts Editor starting this issue. Check out her roundup of the Concrete & Grass Music Festival lineup on p32.
September means it’s back-to-school month for kids, but in the Eat & Drink section, Cristina Ng has a list of Shanghai’s top cooking schools (p54) for those who’d like to pick up a new hobby this fall, plus the usual restaurant and bar openings around town.
Meanwhile, this month’s City feature highlights all the Chinese photographers who came out on top in the iPhone Photography Awards (p10).
Last but not least, turn to p22 for my interview with Shanghai-based architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu (founders of Neri&Hu), where they share insights on new projects like The Sukhothai Shanghai, The Shanghai EDITION and Tsingpu Yangzhou Resort, as well as a book that was instrumental to the design concept of one of their most prominent projects, The Waterhouse.
Until next month,
Dominic Ngai
Editor-in-Chief
Download the September 2018 issue of That's Shanghai here, or view it in your browser with Issuu here (VPN required). To download previous issues, click here.
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