How does military conscription affect Korean gender relations and attitudes...
The vision of male-female relations that conscription engenders—that men’s role is to do important work for the nation, while women’s is to remain on the sidelines offering their support through...
View Article“Girl-groups in Hot Pants” Isn’t a Concept That Always Sells a Product....
Compared to men, women are almost 60 times more likely to be wearing revealing clothing in Korean advertisements. Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes. Source: @Sulllllimmmm “I’ve seen many pictures of...
View ArticleOne for the Korean Sexuality Geeks!
Estimated reading & viewing time: 9 minutes. Last week, I caught Sean Pablo’s interview of Nara Kong about dating culture and the sex education she received—or rather didn’t receive—in North Korea....
View Article“The Secret to a Perfect Vacation? The Oral Contraceptive Pill!”
A rare Korean government campaign promoting contraception use has many positives. But its motivations are anything but progressive. Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Image, via @smartlovekorea...
View Article“I am a Woman Who Buys Condoms.”
The reaction to having a woman in a condom ad is exactly why we need women in condom ads. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. All screenshots via YouTube. Korea has only ever had three condom...
View ArticleOn K-pop Stars Dating
Precious few songwriters and MV directors present female K-pop stars as grown women with sexual experience, agency, and desire. But these assigned gender roles can quickly crumble under revelations...
View ArticleAn Englishman Who Writes a Feminist Blog in South Korea: Sex, Gender, and the...
Estimated reading time: 1 minute. Image source: Pixabay. Which I think is the correct translation of “一个在韩国写女权主义博客的英国人：性、性别和房间里的大象”, a long interview of me by Yiyi Zhang of Q Daily. Unfortunately for...
View ArticleLooking For Recommendations: Potential Interviewees for Topic of “Sexualized...
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Photo by Sebastiaan Stam from Pexels. I’ve been asked to pass on the following, prompted by my post “Sex as Power in the South Korean Military” and its update....
View ArticleWhy Does Korea Have so Many of Those Damn Smutty Ads?
Government inaction on Korea’s ubiquitous, sexually-explicit internet advertising undermines claims that its citizens need protecting from pornography, and has helped shape the Korean #Metoo movement....
View ArticleEvent Announcement: #FEMALEPLEASURE Screening, Hankuk University of Foreign...
Sorry for the long break everyone, which was because of reasons. But I’m happy to say I do have an epic post in the works. And, while you’re waiting for that, I’m delighted to help a former student...
View Article(TRANSLATION) On Blogging about Feminism in South Korea
Estimated reading time: 15 minutes. Photo by bruce mars from Pexels. Many thanks to Menelik Lee (@LiMing6859), for all their hard work translating a long interview of me by Yiyi Zhang for Qdaily last...
View ArticleLess Than 3% of Korean Women Use the Pill. Perhaps These New Commercials That...
Spot the Korean condom! Photo by Min An from Pexels. Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Korea has only ever had three condom commercials on TV since a ban was lifted in 2006, and none at all for the...
View ArticleKorean Textbooks for Foreign Brides Teach How to Survive the Patriarchy
It’s difficult to feel much outrage over the inclusion of genuine couple-talk like “I’m having my period” and “Do you want to make love tomorrow?” in Korean textbooks for foreign brides. But “Korean...
View Article한국어 교재 충동구매를 했다^^
Estimated reading time: 1 minute. ㅋㅋㅋ Just quickly sharing two books I’ve bought to study Korean with, by authors who deserve to be much better known by non-Korean speakers. On the left, I am a Man,...
View ArticleIs This “False Equivalence”?
Spotted outside a Jeju gym on the weekend: I stopped for the terribly photoshopped, giraffe-like figure of the man alone. Then I noticed the banner of the woman behind me, presumably aimed at...
View ArticleMUST SEE: “Reclaiming our Dark Chapters and Building a Community” Sebasi Talk...
Estimated reading (and viewing) time: 3 (+17) minutes. Image source: YouTube. Long time no see everyone, and sorry for the wait. We’re all busy these days, so I won’t waste your time with explaining...
View ArticleIf Slut-shaming Wasn’t a Thing, Why Would Korean Women be too Scared to Even...
Half of Korean physicians prescribing the morning-after pill report being asked not to record identifying information Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Photo by fotografierende from Pexels (edited)....
View ArticleSingle Korean Women Already Have to Pay Extra to Stay Safe in Their Homes....
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. Source: Remark Vill. If I was advertising literally anything to university students, “Don’t Worry Mom!” would probably be the very last headline I’d use. But until...
View ArticleWhy Women Pay More to Join Korean Marriage Agencies
Women dominate the clientele at Korean marriage agencies, which is often used to justify extra costs for joining. But this differential pricing goes well beyond just sex, both reflecting and shaping...
View ArticleFinding the Queer Female Gaze, and What it Says About Anda’s Touch (COMING...
It’s a dirty job, publicly shaming yourself into finally writing about a subject that you’re passionate about and have been working on for years. But someone has to do it! Estimated reading time: 2...
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