TALK:Beauty Ideals and Female Chinese International Students on Dating Apps

Beauty Ideals and Female Chinese International Students on Dating Apps

What happens when Chinese female international students move between two beauty systems — from the East Asian ideal of “白幼瘦” (pale, young, thin) to Western ideals centred on curves, confidence, and “natural” sexiness?

Does adapting to Western beauty standards bring freedom — or simply a different kind of pressure?

Join us for a live online conversation with Dr Tong Meng (Durham University), whose research explores dating apps, racialised desirability, body image, and the experiences of Chinese women studying in the UK.

We’ll discuss:
• Beauty standards across cultures
• Race, attraction, and dating apps
• The pressure of never feeling “enough”
• Fetishisation and Asian female stereotypes
• And the experiences of Chinese women in UK academia

📅 SAT, 30 May
🕐 13:00–14:30 (UK) / 20:00–21:30 (CST)