During the global lockdowns brought about by the Coronavirus crisis, TikTok saw a phenomenal rise in users and cultural visibility. This short essay argues that the media attention paid to TikTok during this time can be read as a celebration of girlhood in the face of the pandemic, and can be seen to contribute to the transformation of girls’ ‘bedroom culture’ (McRobbie and Garber, 2006) from a space previously conceptualised as private and safe from judgement, to one of public visibility, surveillance and evaluation. Focusing on Charli D’Amelio, this essay argues that the increasing visibility of TikTok and rising celebrity of D’Amelio during the Coronavirus crisis continues and intensifies the longer history of young female celebrity culture, and obscures the dangers and impacts faced by girls around the world who are situated outside of the ideals embodied in TikTok stars like D’Amelio.

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“如果TikTok舞蹈的兴起和电子女孩的美学教给我们任何东西，那就是十几岁的女孩现在统治着互联网”：TikTok的名人，女孩与冠状病毒危机

在冠状病毒危机造成的全球封锁期间，TikTok看到了用户和文化知名度的惊人增长。这篇简短的文章认为，这段时间媒体对TikTok的关注可以看作是面对大流行的少女时代的庆祝活动，并且可以被视为有助于改变女孩的“卧室文化”（McRobbie和Garber， （2006年），从以前被概念化为私人且不受审判的空间，到公众可见度，监视和评估的空间。本文着眼于查理·达米洛（Charli D'Amelio），认为在冠状病毒危机期间TikTok的知名度不断提高，达米洛（D'Amelio）的知名度不断提高，并加剧了年轻女性名人文化的悠久历史，