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Post-Feminism and Feminism Shifts in Contemporary Chinese Urban Discourse: Insights from B for Busy

Zihan JiUniversity of Technology Sydney*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

The study places the filmB for Busy(2021) in the modern urban culture of China. The study looks at how post‑feminist ideas appear in that setting. The study mixes film review with academic work. The study says the filmB for Busyshows a post‑feminist feeling that does not push politics. The study says that feeling comes from middle‑class taste. When the general public watches the filmB for Busythey see the city life backdrop and the middle‑class style. The public notices the filmB for Busykeeps the post‑feminist vibe gentle and depoliticized. This filmB for Busyreflects a middle‑class taste that shapes the post‑feminist feeling. The film shows subjectivity through personal choice. The film also points out limits. The limits include class blindness, commercial pressure and women being left out.This article says that modern Chinese feminism is at a point. Modern Chinese feminism moves from advocacy to personal consumer focused engagement. That shift creates a range where the mainstream commercial deals sit alongside resistance.

Keywords: Post-feminism; modern Chinese feminism; double entanglement; intimate-public commons; soft resistance
Published: March 2, 2026
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2026.HT31994
Volume: CHR Vol.104
pp. 49-55
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