With the advancement of the times, a growing number of women have engaged in interactions with idol celebrities. The ways in which "female idol fans" understand themselves, consume, and express themselves with new energy. Today, by writing and reading narratives about their interactions with idols, female fans are increasingly broadening pathways for enriching their self-worth and fulfilling psychological needs. Such practices also powerfully demonstrate a profound reinterpretation and destigmatization of the term "female idol fan" within the patriarchal structure. By conducting a quantitative questionnaire survey that collected data on writing and reading frequency, occupation, and preferences regarding Yumejoshi literature genres, this study adopts the Uses and Gratifications Theory as an analytical framework to examine this fan cultural phenomenon. It explores how the writing and reading of Yumejoshi literature enhance female fans' sense of self-worth and happiness. [Yumejoshi (夢女, literally "dream woman") is a Japanese term for a specific subgenre of fan culture and fiction, primarily created by and for women. The corresponding Chinese term is 梦女文学 (Mèngnǚ Wénxué, "Dream Girl Literature").]
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