唐凌 Ling Tang (they/she) is a lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Melbourne. They research and create progressive practices in the market in post-socialist China. As an activist-artist-academic, they promote feminism, queerness, and inclusive Chineseness through research, teaching, art-making, and social engagement. Their book, Burnout Market Feminism: Urban Chinese Businesswomen in the Internet Age (2026,MIT Press), proposes the concept of Burnout Market Feminism to explain how, although certain forms of market feminism may bring genuine empowerment, both the individualist logic of neoliberalism and the collectivist demands of nationalism that serve authoritarian governance ultimately channel such empowerment into a narrow path of burnout.

Devoted to public humanities that bridge academia with the wider public, Tang runs a public account on Chinese social media called Forest and Trees (见树又见林), a tribute to the book of the same title, particularly its subtitle, Sociology as Life, Promise, and Practice. Currently, she is preparing for the second English book 25 women who shaped modern China (co-author with Shirley Ye, Routledge) and her first Chinese non-fiction.

Ling considers academic writing one medium of research output while also producing music as a singer-songwriter, creating fine art (e.g., moving images), and serving as the academic director of Hong Museum (弘美术馆) in Wenzhou, China. Their music is available on various platforms under the name Lyn Dawn or 唐凌.

Born in mainland China, Ling spent most of their transformative years in Hong Kong for about a decade and lived in the UK for over five years. They received their BSS and MPhil in sociology from Hong Kong Baptist University and their DPhil in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford. Before settling in Naarm/Melbourne, they worked in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong, the Academy of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University, and the Department of Sociology at The Open University in the UK.

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