“Our advice is to break up”: Douban’s intimate public and the rise of girlfriend culture

Yan Tan, Shih-Diing Liu
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To date, insufficient attention has been given to the role of social media in navigating romantic relationships in China. This article analyzes the Douban Breakup Advice Group (豆瓣劝分小组), a popular digital platform, particularly among young women, for sharing failed love stories and seeking relationship guidance. Based on netnography and interviews, this study investigates how the group navigates the intricacies of romantic relationships and fosters distinct feminist sensibilities. The findings reveal that this group creates an intimate public, offering solace for love experiences in a therapeutic manner. It also functions as a feminist pedagogic space, promoting the reconstruction of gender relations based on egalitarian norms. These practices nurture a girlfriend culture where participants cultivate a commonality toward heterosexual romance within a feminist framework. This article contributes to the scholarship of mediated intimacy by examining the mutual influence of digital practices and popular feminism.
"我们的建议是分手":豆瓣的亲密关系公众号与女友文化的兴起
迄今为止,人们对社交媒体在中国恋爱关系中的作用关注不够。本文分析了豆瓣分手劝分小组(Douban Breakup Advice Group),这是一个广受欢迎的数字平台,尤其是在年轻女性中,她们通过该平台分享失败的爱情故事并寻求恋爱指导。本研究以网络摄影和访谈为基础,探讨了该小组如何驾驭错综复杂的恋爱关系,以及如何培养独特的女权主义情感。研究结果表明,该小组创造了一个亲密的公共空间,以治疗的方式为爱情经历提供慰藉。它还发挥着女权主义教育空间的作用,促进在平等主义规范的基础上重建性别关系。这些做法培育了一种女友文化,参与者在女权主义框架内培养了对异性恋情的共同认识。本文通过研究数字实践与流行女权主义的相互影响,为媒介亲密关系的学术研究做出了贡献。
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