A Lipstick Called Red Pepper

"Why do women who are not homosexuals enjoy writing about lesbian sexuality? I would like to suggest that the sexual love described in such fiction is a particular mode of feminist expression. Feminism ought to be a woman's realisation of her own individuality as a "sexual being" with its unique ideological and cultural context." (Hong Ying) The anthology A Lipstick called Red Pepper is a selection of eight representative stories by the writer Hong Ying from Sichuan, who has lived in London since the early nineties.