Her Metaphor Lab

Alternative Storylines of Becoming Refuse the Script Rewrite the Programs
An Archive of Our Own Design

Her Metaphor Lab is an experimental publishing practice constructing counter-narratives of growing. We collect fragments through interviews and fieldwork.

'Her' marks a displacement. A voice that is present, but not centered.

Still Becoming — current issue

Self-publishing for unconventional narrative

Still Becoming Archive — Interview excerpt

"I would never follow a traditional life path, I am nothing like those people. But realistically speaking, a stable job is helpful." — Xiaofeng

Her Metaphor Lab// We reject prescribed endings// Beijing · Research · Resilience// We create spaces for what adulthood might still become// Send a fragment// We see identity as a verb, not a noun// Still Becoming// We trace what it means to live, dream and become// Her Metaphor Lab// We reject prescribed endings// Beijing · Research · Resilience// We create spaces for what adulthood might still become// Send a fragment// We see identity as a verb, not a noun// Still Becoming// We trace what it means to live, dream and become//

Alternative Storylines of Becoming Refuse the Script Rewrite the ProgramsAn Archive of Our Own Design

Alternative Storylines of Becoming Refuse the Script Rewrite the Programs
An Archive of Our Own Design