“The supermodels all have skeletal bodies . . . the very existence of their bodies expresses an attitude: the disdain for men. The more men like a certain part of their bodies, the less they want to grow that part. Fashion is such an attitude.”

— Yang Li

Source: "The Art of Telling the Truth: Chinese Female Stand-up Comedians" in World Literature Today https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/culture/art-telling-truth-chinese-female-stand-comedians-ping-zhu (1 February 2021)

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