In the social discussion on the inequality of rural women’s education, different platforms present distinct narrative styles and key points, which significantly affect the public’s understanding and attitude towards this issue. Xiaohong Shu focuses more on individual experience narration, and the content mostly presents the “growth story” of rural girls who try to get into […]

In December 2019, the “Spring Bud One Help One Student” project was discovered and questioned by netizens. Among the 1,267 high school students funded by this batch, 453 were boys, which caused extensive discussion and reports. The foundation confirmed this and said that it was funded for reasons such as “boys from poor local families […]

When I search for materials, I directly searched for “educational inequality”, but there were very few effective contents. I’ve realized that the content discussing educational inequality is explicitly tagged with “education” or “inequality.” Many are framed under themes like “inspirational stories,” “rural girls’ success,” or “female empowerment.” I think such a positive energy word is […]

To understand how educational inequality for rural women is constructed in public discourse, I began gathering various materials: news reports, documentaries, vlogs on Bilibili and Xiaohongshu, and online comment threads. These sources reflect perspectives from media, content creators, and the general public. I pay close attention to recurring terms, value judgments, and implicit gender or […]

Following my supervisor’s advice, I began collecting media reports, documentary comments, and online discussions about rural girls’ education in China. I realized these texts do more than describe—they shape ideology. As someone deeply interested in textual interpretation, I chose Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as my methodology. CDA allows me to uncover how media, policy, and […]

Most people basically praise Zhang Guimei for such a great move. Many netizens from mountainous areas, or people around them from mountainous areas, have talked about their experiences, saying that the rural areas they know really favor boys over girls, and the conditions for studying are difficult. Some people also expressed their admiration:Although they would […]

I watched a TV play based on a great woman，Zhang Guimei, and it tells the story of her overcoming difficulties to create a free female high school in Yunnan Province. Her deeds are very famous in China now, and I think this play can also reflect the problems and background of women’s education.   The […]

I’ve consulted the relevant reports and materials of the Spring Bud Project before and found that the project has developed so well that it has made many contributions and exerted great influence in the field of supporting women’s education in remote areas. Over the past 35 years, the project has been continuously transformed, upgraded and […]

My chosen research method is online interview and data analysis, and I think there is another research method that is also very practical: Comparative Case Studies, which compares the challenges and successful experiences of women’s education in different regions or cultural environments. For example, we could choose at least two regions with significant differences, one […]

I am very interested in the cultural concept, but I want to do something from the perspective of the future. If these two things are combined, it feels a little far-fetched, and it is very difficult to change the cultural concept. It is more practical to create more opportunities and development space for women. Question […]