Su Min

Su Min (born 1964), known as the Road Trip Auntie, is one of China's most prominent feminist icons and influencers whose video diaries driving over 180,000 miles have inspired women to leave suffocating marriages and abusive relationships.

Her story has been made into a movie, Like a Rolling Stone (出走的决心), and seen her celebrated on BBC's 100 Women in 2024.

Biography Su Min was born in 1964 in Changdu Xizang Autonomous region in Tibet where she lived until 1982.

Life after marriage was not as happy as Min would have hoped. Her husband was abusive, and has admitted to hitting her in a video shared on Douyin. She promised to help look after her grandchildren until they reached kindergarten but after that then she would have to leave. She had to live frugally on her pension so thought video blogs might help her raise some money but she had no idea that they would go viral. but her husband refused to divorce her initially. and courts typically protect the integrity of marriage for social stability as opposed to women's rights. Despite having never been out of China, she plans to see Switzerland and Paris in the future. The actor who plays the husband also faced criticism for giving a "restrained" performance, but the film's director Yin Lichuan admitted that no male actors were willing to play such a role. The film gained mostly positive reactions with an average rating of 8.6 out of 10 on Douban. the film sparked a nationwide conversation and many users commented that it made them look at society with new perspectives.

In December 2024, Su Min was named in the BBC's 100 Women list of 100 inspiring women.