Feature Story:About The Communit-Ty Of Lolita-Dialysis Of The 'Lo Circle'

2019 is a year of those who wear Lolita frequently come to the public eye.From"Lo circle" started a war to an Internet celebrity who has millions of fans,to a Lolita girl abused another girl wearing fake Lolita skirt,and then to a news media exposed the phenomenon of giving Lolita skirt almost for free in exchange for sex on second-hand shopping platform."Lo circle" and "Lo Niang" are labeled with many negative impressions in media discourse.But do these negative problems stem only from individuals?It is not yet known whether the "Lo circle" has worked in shaping these problems.And to explore the role of the "Lo circles" in it,it may be necessary to understand what kind of circle this is.By means of in-depth interview and field observation on the Internet,I tried to reveal the behavioral motivation of this sub-cultural group,restore the structure and operation mode of the "Lo circle",excavate the contradictions and differences in it,and thus provide a basic specimen for further study of this community.I found that as a sub-cultural group formed around the Lolita skirt,"Lo circle"becomes a small world created by this group.By creating a unique symbol system,they construct the separation between their own and others,through the circle of key nodes "tree hole",they formed a "free market of opinion" to discuss the rules in order to establish group identity,through the online social and offline ritual activity "tea party" to enhance the group's centripetal force and cohesion and through the role of"zhong cao Ji" to achieve the flow of identity in the group.Moreover,I found that "Lo Niang" expect to gain self-confidence,liberate the power of dressing and fight against the mainstream prejudice though wearing the Lolita skirt at the beginning,but with the entry of capital and the sinking of Lolita culture,there are some contradictions and conflicts in the development of the "Lo circle".Such as the prevalence of "chain of contempt" in the group,the confrontation between clothing fundamentalism and liberalism,the law-executor "Lo police",the"Tuwei Lo Niang" and so on.Among these differences,I thinks that it is necessary to reflect on the relationship between this subculture group and consumerism,and re-examine whether it still maintains its original mind,or has been assimilated and compiled by capital and market,which has become another consumption trap.