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https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007034/bendy-pose-social-media-challenge-meets-feminist-backlash#

（红色部分为值得学习和注意的表达，要注意学习外国人描述中国本土现象的方式）

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Bendy Pose Social Media Challenge Meets Feminist Backlash

Loud opposition to the latest body competition fad reflects increasing awareness of gender issues among Chinese social media users.

 

Backlash

a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to sth that has recently changed in society.

  --  The government is facing an angry backlash from voters over the new tax.

 

Fad

-- A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

 

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But the latest “manga waist” trend is receiving more than the usual amount of criticism, as users are increasingly aware of how such memes detract from body positivity.

Manga: 日本的工口漫画

  comic books or animation from Japan which often include sex or violence.

 

memes (通过模仿等非遗传途径传递的)文化基因

   a cultural or behavioural element passed on by imitation or other non-genetic means. 

 

detract from

  to reduce the strength, value, or importance of (something)

 

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Body challenges were popularized on Chinese social media around 2016, when countless women posted photos of how they could hide their waists behind a vertical piece of A4 paper. In other variations, users have shown off wrists just four centimeters thick, collarbones（锁骨） capable of holding eggs, and stomachs small enough to wrap their own hands around. Often, female celebrities win praise by joining in.

 

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But growing awareness of gender issues among Chinese social media users has led to more opposition to such challenges. Many pointed out how the manga waist challenge once more fed into an unhealthy beauty standard for women. This time, doctors also warned that such an over-stretched posture could easily cause injuries.

 

Feed into(给某种不良、三观不正的看法提供了弹药)

to have an effect on something or help to make it happen
　The influence of Italian designer fashion feeds into sports fashion.

 

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Both Yang’s and Zhang’s manga waist challenge posts had been removed by Monday. Yang apologized, saying she had been inconsiderate in sharing the photo. “I was just informed that, without guidance from professional coaches, such postures can be harmful to one’s health,” she wrote. “I’m very, very sorry that my unthoughtful post has caused such misunderstandings.”

 

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On the other hand, this change in the online atmosphere is making female celebrities promote themselves as fit and confident, Bai said — something she warns also should not become a new norm for women. “It might well be adding another layer of burden for ordinary people to ‘manage their bodies,’ on top of their daily work and chores.” she said.

 

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Though she was at first surprised to see the opposition to manga waists, the critics ultimately won her over. “It led me to realize that such challenges are actually inappropriate standards for evaluating women,” she said.

 

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By Tuesday, the manga waist challenge was still going strong. Two related Weibo hashtags（微博话题） have together been viewed over 1 billion times, and the users sharing photos and videos bending themselves like the manga drawing even include pregnant women.

Many online have lamented the meme’s continued popularity. “Whenever there’s a standard for waists, collarbones, or legs, women will compare how far off they are from such standards,” media commentator Luo Beibei wrote on Weibo. “It’s really, really unnecessary.”

  Lament: to express annoyance or disappointment about something you think is unsatisfactory or unfair.