In this audio, Michelle Chen will describe the political developments she has experienced. It starts with her childhood memories of the ban on speaking Taiwanese, as well as the death of Chiang Kai-shek. During her high school and college years, she felt the emotions of the White Terror era due to the disappearance of her teachers. After her marriage, her husband, who worked at a sugar factory, joined the early Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Most of them did not experience the events of the Formosa Incident and the Wild Lily Student Movement due to the politically sensitive atmosphere at the time.
The newspapers and magazines on the shelf will present both "official" and "underground" narratives. You can read the newspapers in conjunction with the " The Timeline of Significant Events in Taiwan that Michelle Chen Experienced " in the "Related Links" section. Starting from her birth year in 1954 with the " National Language Daily " (《國語日報》), it goes through to the memories of Taiwan's lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. You will notice that some important news is blacked out, while trivial matters are highlighted. These key pointers come from the events mentioned during interviews with the 8 women. Through this, the audience can reread the history of Taiwan from Michelle Chen's perspective.
The magazine section includes popular entertainment magazines, the widespread signing board memories, National Chengchi University (NCCU) and National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) journals, and non-governmental magazines.
