Introduction

Welcome to SuperShe Islands, an online space for females. We are dedicated to fostering a network of friendships and mutual support among diverse females, creating an inclusive, open, collaborative, and egalitarian space for female exchange. We extend a warm invitation to all women to join us here, to share the present expressions of our own narratives, and contemplations.

In a patriarchal society, the male perspective has occupied the mainstream voice. Even as women, we cannot easily break free from the inertia of adopting the male perspective to view the world. However, a world seen through a singular perspective is only half of the real world. Today, we call for the return of the female perspective. In comparison to the male perspective, the female perspective is not better, not worse, but simply different. Here, as women, we boldly face life with the gaze, viewpoints, and life experiences of women; we focus on the social critical stance inherent to the female identity. We welcome any women to join us here, transforming language into writing, crafting our own stories and history.

Our Initial Members:

Chenyan

Wang

Hannah

Ma

Chunge

Xu

Privacy Statement

Before joining us, we recommend you carefully review the following statement to ensure that we can protect your privacy:

• We aim for the conversation to extend beyond just a few participants, so we will amplify our voices through the internet, reaching a wider range of female. The entire conversation will be recorded and, after appropriate editing, will be released on the Bilibili account "Xiao Han Adds Salt". Please confirm if you agree to have your face and real voice recorded?

  • [ ] I agree to have my face recorded
  • [ ] I agree to have my voice recorded

  If you do not agree to have your face recorded, you have the right to use various measures to cover your face (such as a mask, sunglasses, virtual effects, etc.); if you do not agree to have your real voice recorded, we will use voice modulation technology in post-production.

• Before uploading to Bilibili, we will provide each participant with a complete video for review. You have the right to modify and delete any part that includes you.

• Since the video will be publicly posted on online platforms, we may receive some unfriendly comments. To prevent inappropriate comments from harming any participants, we will take the following measures:

  • At the beginning of the video, I will record a segment introducing the event to the audience, emphasizing the open, inclusive, and non-judgmental nature of the event, guiding the audience to respect each participant when leaving comments.
  • After releasing the video, we will regularly review comments and danmaku (Bilibili's comment feature), and delete any comments that are insulting, discriminatory, or involve personal attacks, among other inappropriate content.
  • You always have the right to delete any comments you deem inappropriate.

Preparing for the Meeting

Here, every participant will have the opportunity to share their stories and thoughts as women. Therefore, we encourage you to bring anything you'd like to share. It can be your own stories, life experiences, work, hobbies, or it can be a piece of writing, a movie, an audio clip, a photograph, or even recent news, topics, or questions you'd like to ask other women. In short, anything is shareable!

If you're unsure where to start, you can try these questions:

• What has been happening in my life recently? / What am I particularly interested in lately? / What has been bothering me recently?
• How does this relate to my identity as a woman?
• Looking from a female perspective, do you have a different viewpoint on this?