Hi, this is Fan Xiao!
I am a Ph.D candidate at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). My research takes a broader feminist approach to examine platform economy in Chinese and East Asian contexts, looking for subversive potentials in alternative gender discourses as emerged from grassroot communities. My PhD thesis studies the burgeoning Chinese e-commerce live-streaming with a specific focus on young women and beauty culture. From fall 2024, I will be joining the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam (UvA) as a postdoctoral researcher.