A male idol becoming a girl? Nisu fans' sexual fantasy about male stars

作者：Tingting Hu, Chenchen Zou, Erika Ningxin Wang · 发表于：Transformative Works and Cultures · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.3983/twc.2023.2369 · 被引用次数：1

The emergent movement of reverse Sue (Nisu) in China refers to the practice of (especially female) fans imagining themselves as having a strong male role to their idols' weak female role. In this process, female fans take on a powerful, active role to protect and look after their male idols in female form. Examining how Nisu fans interact with other types of fans and negotiate a mainstream gender discourse dominated by traditional heterosexual norms reveals how, as a burgeoning subcultural group, female Nisu fans express their subversive potential by seeking the power of an imaginary phallus to defy male hegemony. However, their internal divergence and self-contradiction might weaken this defiance.