Why Women in China Are Saying 'No Thanks' to Marriage and Children
An illustration for The Persistent, accompanying Lijia Zhang’s article, “Why Women in China Are Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Marriage and Children.”
What stayed with me most while reading the story was the way women’s lives can change from one generation to the next. The story follows one woman’s family across generations, showing how marriage, motherhood, and the idea of what a woman’s life should look like can shift over time.
I was drawn to the different ways these women have lived their lives, and to the layers of old expectations and desires they carry with them. I wanted to capture the tension between those inherited ideas and the quiet moment when a woman begins to move beyond them and reveal a life of her own.
Read the full story on The Persistent
An illustration for The Persistent, accompanying Lijia Zhang’s article, “Why Women in China Are Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Marriage and Children.”
What stayed with me most while reading the story was the way women’s lives can change from one generation to the next. The story follows one woman’s family across generations, showing how marriage, motherhood, and the idea of what a woman’s life should look like can shift over time.
I was drawn to the different ways these women have lived their lives, and to the layers of old expectations and desires they carry with them. I wanted to capture the tension between those inherited ideas and the quiet moment when a woman begins to move beyond them and reveal a life of her own.
Read the full story on The Persistent