Zihao (Joseph) ZHOU 周子昊 @Joe7How
Ph.D. Student @UofT_Sociology & @bonhamcentre | sexuality, platforms, citizenship | queer China | @hkbaptistu @hkust Alum | He/They/他/佢 Toronto Joined June 2019-
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How does homonormativity work outside the West? I argue it is a mediated 'dual-source formation': 1️⃣ Outward: A struggle for conditional recognition against censorship. 2️⃣ Inward: Intra-group stratification and identity formation via youzhi. Full version: researchgate.net/publication/39…
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Excited to announce my new article in Sexuality & Culture: "Chinese Mediated Homonormativity" 🏳️🌈📱 I theorize a new framework for understanding gay visibility in authoritarian digital contexts. 🧵👇 Link: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
🚨New article out! In Citizenship Studies, I examine how China denies homosexual citizenship through a feedback loop of censorship + misrepresentation—anchored in regulatory ambiguity, Confucian-nationalist ideology & delegated platform control. 🔗 Link: doi.org/10.1080/136210…
The paper also traces how queer users respond via tactical visibility and opacity—everyday strategies that negotiate legibility, risk, and recognition under authoritarian rule. Read/Download the full version here: researchgate.net/publication/39…
@jcmittelstaedt thanks for sharing
🔍 I propose the concept of performative acts of citizenship—blending Isin’s rupture with Butler’s iteration. 📷 I conceptualize Chinese authoritarian (homo)sexual citizenship, and explore performative failure as a critical mode of queer civic negotiation.
🚨My new article is out in Journal of Homosexuality! I explore how Chinese gay couple vlogs (夫夫/fufu vlogs) perform (homo)sexual citizenship under authoritarian rule—through intimacy, legality, and everyday ambivalence. 🧵Link: doi.org/10.1080/009183…
Read/Download the full version here: 📄 researchgate.net/publication/39…
🚨My new article is out in Journal of Homosexuality! I explore how Chinese gay couple vlogs (夫夫/fufu vlogs) perform (homo)sexual citizenship under authoritarian rule—through intimacy, legality, and everyday ambivalence. 🧵Link: doi.org/10.1080/009183…
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York University is suspending admissions to over a dozen programs in the fall, likely planning to shut them down completely in the next few years. Faculty member shares this list that went over the YU Faculty Association council email list. Astonishing
@LiuJiachengx @WeishanM @Sexualities1 Big con! Looking forward to reading and citing it!
Zihao (Joseph) ZHOU 周子昊 retweeted
A mammoth volume on Chinese gender and sexuality, forthcoming next April. @routledgebooks @UoNPressOffice @EngagedArts_UoN routledge.com/Routledge-Hand…
Zihao (Joseph) ZHOU 周子昊 retweeted
Blued, China’s most-used gay dating app, is expanding in Southeast Asia and the U.S. Blued's new owners say the move is part of a longterm strategy to surpass Grindr and become the world's largest gay social platform. @violazhouyi and I report. restofworld.org/2023/china-gri…
My first peer-reviewed solo publication is out in Deviant Behavior! The article looks at the discriminatory nature of the discourse "Youzhi/優質" (Good quality) on a Chinese gay dating platform and how its use gets normalized and justified. Full article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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The History of Queer Parties in Taiwan. @brianhioe spoke to Levin Lo, or DJ Rainbowchild, a veteran of the queer party scene in Taiwan. nomanisanis.land/dj-rainbowchil…
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I have been easy with trees too long. Too familiar with mountains. Joy has been a habit. Now suddenly this rain. -Jack Gilbert, “Rain” #everynightapoem
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