Sofia Bellini

Culture & Community Editor

Writes about loneliness, longing, and the new shape of intimacy

Sofia Bellini completed her PhD at Goldsmiths on parasocial relationships in online communities (specifically: V-tubers, fandoms, and the early Replika subreddit). She joined MyAIBae in 2025 to cover the side of AI companionship that doesn't show up in product specs — the loneliness, the language barriers, the shift workers messaging at 4am, the long-distance couples using AI as a stand-in. Her writing leans more humanist than technical and she insists on talking to actual users for every piece. Sofia is based in Milan and reads Italian, English, Spanish, and French.

Expertise

·digital sociology
·parasocial intimacy
·user research
·qualitative interviews

Beats

·emotional intent
·glossary