Sin, A Happy New Year, 1930s

from Gatochy

softfilm:The Ling long Woman (1935)

“The Ling long woman epitomized the Shanghai New Woman. She lived in both the fantasy world of popular culture and on the streets of everyday Shanghai. Photographs in the magazine ranged from glamorous movie stars to the actual authors of articles, and from society ladies to students. Just as the Ling long woman had multiple identities, the magazine called her a variety of both Chinese and English names: xin nuxing 新女性 and xin nuzi 新女子 (new woman); xiandai nuzi 現女子代 (contemporary woman); modeng nuxing 摩登女性 (modern woman, modern girl, girl of this age, and girl of today).”