NZZY (NvZiZhuYi - Chinese pinyin 女子主意) is an all-volunteer based grassroot organization by and for Chinese feminists in diaspora with the leadership of femme, queer, and nonbinary people to build collective power and solidarity for social justice among the Chinese women/queer/nonbinary in diaspora community.
NZZY is committed to empowering Chinese speaking women/queer/nonbinary group, providing a platform for their stories to be told and heard, and building our communities through stories. Since our founding in 2022, we have been organizing monthly stand-up open mics as a tool to engage our community members to discuss social justice issues that were censored in China. Our bi-monthly open mics usually consists of 15 performers(stand-up comedian or storytellers) and approximately 100-300 audience depending on venues.
Our organization and work has been featured in
The Economist: Why Chinese feminists are doing stand-up comedy in New York City ,
Wall Street Journal: In China, Young Women Become Accidental Symbols of Defiance,
Vulture: A new stand-up show offers Chinese feminists a space to joke about their troubles,
The Cut: A ‘Political Coming-Out’ for Chinese Feminist Comics.
NPR: Chinese Storytellers Find Freedom in New York City
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不明白播客｜女子主意： 腿毛、A股、吴京王志安和铁链女
不好意思請問一下： 當那些被壓迫的真實故事，變成了脫口秀上的段子 feat.紐約女權開放麥
