Love Letters To Avatars From Shanghai's Literary Bad Girl

Want a virtual love letter from the author of a bestselling underground erotic novel that was considered so scandalous, the Chinese government banned it?  (I know, who doesn't want that?)  It's the latest feature to the RMB City project from my friend Cao Fei (China Tracy in SL.)  You send a screenshot of your avatar and a modest payment to an intermediary named RMBArtDealer Xue, who in turn sends it to an avatar named MianMian Sorbet-- who is, in fact, the Shanghai author Mian Mian (above left), author of Candy, a story of sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the new China, among other works.  She writes a love letter from her avatar to yours-- sort of an Anaïs Nin-style patronage deal for the metaverse age.  Full details on the poster after the break; click for more.

I asked Mian Mian if she found it a challenge, writing amorous missives to unknown avatars. 

"The characters from my new book Panda Sex," she told me, "most of the time they can only have sex with strangers, so writing a love letter to a stranger for me is not a problem at all."  She hopes the project will convey the idea that "the love between lovers is a fiction. It’s all about the lover, him or her self. We should just enjoy it and not endure too much suffering about it."

Still, the project comes with its own challenges:  "The most difficult part is that in fact I want to write a long love letter," she said.  "I really want to... but no one made me excited enough to write a long one so far." 

Sounds like a challenge for you, dear reader.

Mian Mian photo credit:  Cultphoto's Flickr stream. Disclosure: I'm currently an unpaid adviser to RMB City, but as with the Katrina-themed NO LAB extension, I had no prior involvement with particular project.

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