Yu Gu
Yu Gu is a Canadian-American filmmaker with a focus on the individual's relationship to society. Her film ''A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem'' debuted at Tribeca in 2019.Yu was born in Chongqing and raised in Vancouver. She became interested in the story of Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields after reading about her case in the LA Times. Thibodeaux-Fields, a cheerleader with the Los Angeles Raiders, had hired Oakland employment attorney Sharon Vinick to check her contract. Vinick is quoted in the film: "There are more provisions in here that are illegal then any contract I know of. After filing a class action suit against her employer, Thibodeaux-Fields' case made the news.
Yu got to know American football culture during her life as a student in California. She was shocked to learn about the gender pay gap the cheerleaders experienced, and met Thibodeaux-Fields and her attorney initially with the idea of making a film about Thibodeaux-Fields while following the progression of the case. She said, "In the beginning I thought this was just going to be about one woman". During the next four years, the case and the film took a different direction. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Zengping Zhang, Yu Gu, Zhikuan Wang, Siyuan Luo, Siyuan Sun, Shuting Wang, Guolin FengGet access
Published in Atmosphere (2023)
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3by Ziwei Wang, Gang Chen, Yu Gu, Bin Zhao, Qiao Ma, Shuxiao Wang, Kuo‐Nan LiouGet access
Published in Atmospheric Science Letters (2019)
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4by Nicole Ma, Jonathan H. Jiang, Kennard Hou, Yun Lin, Trung Vu, Philip E. Rosen, Yu Gu, Kristen A. FahyGet access
Published in Earth and Space Science (2022)
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5by Zhen-Yu Gu, He-Ting Gao, Qiao-Jiang Yang, Meng Ni, Man-Jin Li, Dan Xing, Tong-Yan Zhao, Teng Zhao, Chun-Xiao LiGet access
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2022)
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