ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
NOTES ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION xi
1 INTRODUCTION: DATING APPS HAVE POLITICS, TOO 1
2 ARE DATING APPS A FEMINIST TOOL? A TECHNOFEMINIST ANALYSIS 29
3 CUTE IS THE NEW MANLY: PERFORMANCE OF CHINESE MASCULINITIES 53
4 CYCLES OF UNINSTALLING AND REINSTALLING: CONTRADICTORY AFFECTS IN GAY APP USE 75
5 BUILDING A CIRCLE FOR QUEER WOMEN: AFFORDANCE OF COMMUNAL CONNECTIVITY 97
6 CONCLUSION: EMERGENCE OF NETWORKED SEXUAL PUBLICS 119
APPENDIX: METHODOLOGICAL REFLECTION 131
NOTES 147
REFERENCES 155
INDEX 181