没想到！中国妹子们的A4腰和iPhone6惨遭外国人吐槽
从反手摸肚脐到锁骨放硬币，从 A4 腰到 iPhone6 腿，检验中国姑娘「好身材」的方法层出不穷。每股热潮掀起时，总有各路女明星、网红乐此不疲地参与其中。你可能注意到「好身材」被加上了引号，确实，美丽向来没有完全统一的标准。当国内的女孩子都在奋力展示「我很瘦，我很瘦，我很瘦」的时候，歪果仁却在一旁摇头叹着气。
注：将一张 A4 纸垂直放在腰前，若这张 A4 纸可以遮盖住整个腰部即可称之为 A4 腰。把 iPhone6 手机放在膝盖上，若能被手机遮住膝盖就能算作拥有 iPhone6 腿。
最近，英国的《卫报》（The Guardian）就发了一篇名为 Chinese women compete to be as thin as an A4 piece of paper 的文章。光看标题，似乎就感受到了歪果仁的大跌眼镜。文中用了 craze （狂热）这个英语词汇来形容中国姑娘晒 A4 腰的热情：
Craze that challenges women to pose behind a vertical A4 sheet of paper with their waist not visible either side has been widely criticised
The hashtag #A4Waist has had more than 110 million views and more than 100,000 comments on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. In several posts, women triumphantly posted images of themselves behind a vertical piece of A4 - their waist not visible on either side.
这段描述中另一个引人注目的词是 triumphantly，这个词来自于 triumph（既有名词词性也有动词词性，意为凯旋，胜利）。triumphantly 为副词，它的英文释义为 showing pleasure and pride because of a victory or success，中文可以理解为「得意洋洋地，耀武扬威地」。此处作者用 triumphantly 这个词形容中国女孩晒 A4 腰时的的状态，说明在他们眼中，中国的年轻女孩都是带着得意自豪的心情在晒腰，而这也是后文即将提到的、也是他们所不认同的。
However, social media users around the world were quick to criticise the trend. Users on Instagram and Twittermocked it by posing behind multiple pieces of paper taped together, holding A4 sheets with body-positive messages written on them, or using university diplomas and asking: “Does this degree make me look fat?”
“You’re very beautiful irrespective of A4 waists or breasts that can hold up pens – your beauty is unique, so don’t applyweird standards to yourself,” said one user.
中国女孩晒 A4 腰的热潮迅速引起了世界人民在社交媒体上的讨论，不过，批评声为主。作者用了 mock 这个词描述 Instagram 和 Twitter 用户对于这一热潮的负面态度。词典中对 mock 的解释为 If someone mocks you, they show or pretend that they think you are foolish or inferior，中文可理解为「嘲笑，挖苦」。究竟是如何嘲笑挖苦的呢？歪果仁纷纷用行动做出回应：有的晒出厚厚一叠纸，有的在 A4 纸上写下一些励志的话，更有拿出学位证质问道「我的学位让我看起来很胖吗？」真是满满的讽刺阿。更有人称其为 weird standards（怪异的标准），并语重心长地说「你的美丽是独一无二的，这跟你是否拥有 A4 腰或是否能用胸夹住笔都无关」。
《每日邮报》（Daily Mail）也报道了中国的 A4 腰热潮，名为 Here comes the tiny waist challenge: New social media trend sees women measuring their waists with A4 paper。这篇文章更是毫不客气地将这一热潮称之为 a bizarre social media fad（一场古怪的社交媒体热潮），文中还提到了国内前一段时间另外两个秀身材热潮：反手摸肚脐（weird craze: the belly button challenge involves attempting to touch your belly button by reaching behind your back）和胸下夹笔（another bizarre internet obsession saw Chinese women taking pictures of themselves holding pens under their breasts in order to demonstrate their beauty）。感兴趣的朋友可以点此查看原文。
《赫芬顿邮报》（The Huffington Post）更是直接使用了这样的标题：The A4 Challenge Is The ‘Horrifying’ Social Media Trend Putting Body Image Pressure On Women （A4 纸挑战是向女性施加身体形象压力的「可怕」社交媒体潮流），并提出 We should be celebrating diversity.。这篇文章将 A4 腰活动称为 ridiculous social media campaign（荒谬的社交媒体运动）。作者采访了 Rivkie Baum（SLiNK 杂志编辑）和 Leyah Shanks （body image 博主），她们均对于中国的这些 beauty challenges 持负面态度，指出这种趋势是非常可怕（horrifying）而且有害（harmful）的：
“The A4 challenge does nothing to promote health and fitness but instead encourages young girls to evaluate themselves by their measurements and appearance.”
A4 腰的热劲还没过，新的热潮又来了：iPhone 6 腿。英国的《独立报》（The Independent）抢先报道了这个新热潮：Chinese women are using iPhone 6s to prove they have skinny legs on social media。独立报将这个最新的热潮称之为 the latest in a series of extreme social media 'beauty' challenges。这里用了 extreme（极端、偏激的）这个英语词汇，还把 beauty 加了引号，看来独立报的作者也不认同中国姑娘的审美标准阿。
Women in China are using iPhones to demonstrate how thin they are. Photos have been posted on social media of the devices covering the knees of women in ‘selfies’ which demonstrate their skinny legs.
The trend follows the similar ‘A4 waist’ craze, where women on social network Weibo posted pictures of themselves with a sheet of paper covering their slim torsos, leading to an international outcry over beauty standards.
outcry 用来表示 a reaction of strong disapproval and anger shown by the public or media about a recent event，此处可理解为强烈抗议。确实，东西方的审美标准大不一样。但相同的是，不论是发达国家还是中国的女性都在承受着来自社会施加在她们身上的压力，都无法完全无视这些条条框框的「美的标准」。正如妇女基金会的 Lisa Moore 所说：
“The pressure for women to conform to a thinness ideal pervades all parts of the developed world and China is no exception to the rule.”
“We are concerned with the ways that unrealistic and unattainable beauty standards are directly affecting women and girl’s sense of self-worth.”
确实，这些审美标准对于年轻女性的影响更值得被关注。然而，从「窈窕淑女，君子好逑」到「楚灵王好细腰，而国中多饿人」，从「楚腰纤细掌中轻」到「清瘦肌肤冰雪妒」，纵观中国历史，好像除了唐朝的各个时期历来都是以瘦为美。生活在这种社会环境中，女性想要不顾别人的眼光洒脱做自己又谈何容易呢？
最后，你知道锁骨放硬币怎么说吗？
（注：文中图片来自：tumblr，The Independent，以及 Ruth Walker 的 Twitter。）
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