Blog | Yvonne Lian

Some of my thoughts on the social world

How Re-Framing Reproductive Rights Issues helped S. Korea and Argentina

The reproductive right is recognized by the United Nations as one of the key human rights. It entails that women have the right to freely...

Boston, A Divided City --- Why Are People of Different Races Not Living Together

Yvonne Lian, 2019 Boston is still a racially segregated city. As someone who comes from a different culture and is influenced by western...

“You must know OTHER things about this guy” --- Verbal harassment in STEM

Yvonne Lian, 2019 Think about your classmates in your next physics class, 75 percent of your female classmates have experienced sexual...

Racial Disparity Gap In The Juvenile Justice System --- exacerbated by COVID-19

Yvonne Lian, 2021 During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, the number of children incarcerated in the juvenile justice system plummeted — by an...

Le Mariage de Loti --- Book Review and thoughts on the Colonizer's Gaze (French)

Yvonne Lian, 2021 Le Mariage de Loti est un roman semi-autobiographique du 19e siècle qui détaille la rencontre de Loti, un marin...

Gender Power Relations and Race Power Dynamic --- Sociological Thoughts

Yvonne Lian, 2021 Connell stresses gender power relations with the hegemonic masculinity model, noting the complicated play of force...

Lettres Tahitiennes --- Book Review and Thoughts On Rousseau's View Of The City (French)

Dans le roman épistolaire écrit par Joséphine de Monbart au 18ᵉ siècle, Lettres Tahitiennes, elle présente le choc entre les deux...

What I Found In the School Cafeteria --- Why Are Chinese Students Always Sitting Together

Yvonne Lian, 2019 Habitus is gained knowledge through socialization(Lemert, 2011). Knowledge about one’s surrounding environment in a...

Le Rêve Qui Ne Peut Pas Revenir --- Book Review and Literary Analysis (French)

Yvonne Lian, 2021 Le Mariage de Loti est un roman semi-biographique du 19e siècle qui détaille la rencontre de Loti, un marin français,...

‘Becoming,’ the story of white-flight --- #3 Book Review and The Sociological Imagination

Yvonne Lian, 2020 In the memoir ‘Becoming,’ Michelle Obama eloquently tells a ‘becoming-of-age’ story of an African American girl who is...

Wave --- #2 Book Review and The Sociological Imagination

Yvonne lian, 2020 In her memoir ‘wave,’ author Sonali Deraniyagala eloquently described the eulogy of grief after the loss of her entire...

COVID-19 --- The Shadow Pandemic: The Growing of Violence Against Women

Yvonne Lian, 2021 Dina Smailova picks up a phone call, the women on the other end of the call is weeping silently, she said she was just...

Memes! --- Dilemmas and Contradictions in the age of COVID-19 presented in memes

Yvonne Lian, 2020 Dilemmas and Contradictions in the age of COVID-19 presented in memes In one of the most iconic photos spread on the...

Educated --- #1 Book Review and the Sociological Imagination

Yvonne Lian, 2020 ‘Educated’ is a touching memoir written by Tara Westover. The book described her experience of growing up in a...