S3E4: The Great Firewall of China

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts116/v4/c7/c1/f6/c7c1f624-fc4a-28b4-3274-09d25a245c27/mza_4228430303936317419.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Strong Opinions Loosely Held

Refinery29

36 episodes

9 months ago

Refinery 29's award-winning podcast is back for season 4! In this five-part capsule collection, host Elisa Kreisinger dives into the world of the professional female athlete to explore how they've survived and thrived in a sports-loving country that doesn't alway love them back. Did you know that the highest grossing sport for women is tennis? Or that the US exports many of our best female athletes to China and Russia because they pay them a livable wage? This season we talk with soccer legend Abby Wambach, WNBA superstar Swin Cash, world renowned ballerina Isabella Boylston and sports journalists from around the country to unpack what it means to be a female athlete representing a country that doesn't support women.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All content for Strong Opinions Loosely Held is the property of Refinery29 and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Society & Culture

TV & Film,

News

https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7661d169562c4e7e9508b/61b76639e1c4aa001477cdc6.jpg

S3E4: The Great Firewall of China

Strong Opinions Loosely Held

18 minutes 30 seconds

7 years ago

S3E4: The Great Firewall of China

Memes in China are silly, they're based on puns, and they're driving the government crazy. Chinese memes are flourishing under the country's censored internet and, despite the risks, memes are used to communicate political dissent. Harvard researcher and technologist An Xiao Mina explains how the more censored the internet is, the more important the meme, and how the internet in the US isn't that much different than China's.

What are your Strong Opinions? Let me know!

Instagram: @popculturepirate

Twitter: @popcultpirate

Hashtag: #SOLHpod #StrongOpinionsLooselyHeld

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.