Decoding “肉文”: The Evolution of Erotic Fiction in Chinese Digital Culture
In the vast digital literary landscapes of East Asia, where fanfiction platforms, serialized storytelling apps, and genre-specific communities flourish, few categories provoke as much intrigue, criticism, and popularity as 肉文 (ròu wén). Often translated loosely as “meat text,” or more contextually, “explicit erotic fiction,” 肉文 exists at the intersection of desire, imagination, censorship, and self-expression…