A long-time advisor to Chen Shui-bian on women's issues, Lin has frequently contributed articles to the press since returning from her studies in the United States, and her writings give ample evidence of a penetrating insight into contemporary Taiwanese culture and society.
一直是陳水扁陣營婦女政策智庫的她，自美國學成回國後，就經常在報刊為文，展現她對台灣世俗文化與社會現象的嚴厲批判。