13. Chinesemaxxing, fake bags, holistic Guangzhou, institutional boyfriend, daily fortunetelling, collective anonymity w Jiayun Yan

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Fire Horse!
In this holiday special, BAG TALK (instagram.com/bagmag.official) host Elizaveta Federmesser (instagram.com/federmess) talks to Jiayun Yan (instagram.com/fabricant_fang) (JY), a scholar of digital cultures specializing in internet phenomena and subcultures in China, and founder of996Doomscroll (instagram.com/996_doomscroll), a new media platform on all things China-core. As a fellow fake bag connoisseur, JY weights in on Chinesemaxxing, holistic Guangzhou shopping experience, Martian Language, rural kitch, institutional boyfriend frenzy, counterfeits and character building, night malls, the P brand: Loro Piana, on tiering the gods and fortunetelling, freedom of speech, reducted epstein files, soft madness, collective anonymity on the censored web, on why you need a stunt double to be popular, larping as a bureaucrat for romantic gain, and why badminton is hot at the moment.
And don’t forget to stay quantum, babe!
Blessings!
Elizaveta Federmesser on instagram.com/federmess/BAG TALK and BAGMAG on instagram.com/bagmag.official and on substack.com/@elizavetafedermesserJiayun Yan on instagram.com/fabricant_fang

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