Who’s Afraid of the Little Red Book

After dinner, Alice, a Chinese immigrant in Australia, sat on the couch and opened the Xiaohongshu app on her phone. After moving to Melbourne from Adelaide last year, Xiaohongshu had been Alice’s go-to for trending restaurants and cafes, and would soon become an information hub for pet care after she adopted a puppy, also through … more

Chinese ‘Incels’? Misogynist Men on Chinese Social Media

In 2020, Yang Li 杨笠, a Chinese female stand-up comedian, rose to national fame with punchlines addressing China’s gender inequality and biting jokes about Chinese men, most famously: ‘How can some men look so ordinary yet be so confident?’ While her piercing humour resonated with many Chinese women, it was not so well received by … more