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Making Sense of the NewJeans “Cookie” Controversy
A reading list for everything you ever wanted to know about the sexualization of minors in K-pop Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. The best thing you can read to make sense of it, actually, is Haley...
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[My Vignettes]—If You Understand Korean, Please Don’t Miss Out: After Me Too...
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. The clincher: 가장 도발적인 작품은 소람 감독의 ‘그레이 섹스’다. 흑백으로 구분할 수 없는 회색지대처럼 성폭력은 아니지만 그렇다고 즐거운 섹스도 아닌 성 경험을 말한다. 여성의 성적 욕망 자체에 조명을 비추는 작품이기도 하다. 내가 무엇을 원하는지 정확히 알아야, 피해 아니면 가해라는...
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Pornography Actors are People too. Greater, not Less Access to Their Work...
In response to a former Korean pornography actor’s shame preventing them from dating, I like to think that if they were monogamous with me, and didn’t behave in real life the way they’d been required...
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Why is Korea’s Largest Marriage Agency Only Targeting Women?
Potential customers are put off by unequal sex ratios, and Duo already has more female customers than male ones. So what gives? Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. I know, I know—I’m not even divorced...
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“저의 몸과 저의 섹슈얼리티에 대한 이야기를 해보려고 합니다. 이것은 실로 부끄러운 고백이어서 저는 단 한 번밖에 말하지 못할 것...
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Image sources: Aladin, NamuWiki. “I want to tell you a story about my body and my sexuality. But it’s going to be so revealing and embarrassing for me, that I can say...
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Manufacturing Consent?: Socializing Migrant Brides to Korea into Becoming...
“Women in South Korea are on Strike Against Being ‘Baby-Making Machines’” headlines a must-read article by Hawon Jung in last week’s New York Times, a role migrant women are expected to perform most of...
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In Just Two Minutes, My Eyes Were Opened to Why Resolving the Comfort Women...
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Image by Jr Korpa on Unsplash. For sixteen years, I’ve maintained a strict policy of never covering anything related to the “comfort women” issue. I already have my...
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BUY THIS BOOK—”Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides Under China’s Global...
Don’t let my glorious laser tits deter you from an eye-opening interview, and a must-read! Estimated reading time: 11 minutes. First, a quick update to explain my absence this past month, Basically,...
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“Hashtag activism found in translation: Unpacking the reformulation of #MeToo...
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Do any of you reading this in Korea volunteer for a local feminist organization? As a Western male feminist, or feminist ally if that’s your jam, frankly I’ve never...
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“Yoni Garden” Exhibition Opens in Gwangalli Tonight!
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Image sources: (@gallery_gwangan) left, right. Sorry for the last-minute notice for tonight’s opening from 6 to 8pm. But fortunately the exhibition itself, about...
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Do We See Someone as a Man or Woman Before We See Them as a Person?
Knowingly or unknowingly, how do you think you react differently to people depending on their sex? Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Photo by leah hetteberg on Unsplash. “When you’re communicating...
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Why, oh Why, do we Need Mosaics on Women’s Nipples?
Well, we don’t, actually. But for those who want to learn more about why not, and laugh themselves silly in the process, Nipple War 3 (젖꼭지 3차대전) is available for streaming on indieground until July 30!...
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“Asian Men…[Are] Not Allowed to be Angry and Articulate and Powerful.”
One of these Korean men is not like the others? Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. If you’re reading this, you’re probably already well aware of the emasculation and feminization of Asian men in US...
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“Japan is Famously—or Notoriously—Known for its People Not Being Able to Say...
Turning Boys Into Men? The Performance of Gender for South Korean Conscripts, Part 8 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Photo (cropped) by Jim Flores on Unsplash. Am I just projecting when I say...
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“Devotion to anything, if you were female, could make you ridiculous.”
It seems my blog is devolving into rambling book recommendations about life, the universe, and female sexuality. Sorry not sorry! Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. Photo by John Cahil Rom at Pexels....
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Note to Self—Check Thy Orientalism!
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an 18th Century woman of letters, had a keen eye for ignorant European male travel writers who projected their sexual fantasies onto Turkish women, and why they waxed lyrical...
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Please Help Some Struggling Students by Filling in Their Quick Surveys on...
Less than 20 years ago, Korean women could get assaulted for publicly smoking. Less than 2 days ago, a short-haired woman in Jinju did get assaulted for the same, real reason—openly defying restrictive...
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Visions of Corporeality | Artists at the Institute: Misha Japanwala—Webinar,...
(Also available as an in-person lecture at 6PM, Monday, November 13 at The Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, New York.) Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Image source (cropped): NYU The...
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“당신의 얼굴 괜찮습니까?/Is Your Face Okay?” Anti Deepfake Poster Misses the Mark
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. An ad at my local Busan subway station, which I’d never given a second thought to until today. I had no reason to—with a title and image like that, I’d assumed it was...
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Manufacturing Outrage Against Korean Feminists: Could it GET any more obvious?
“It was there for literally 0.1 seconds! And drawn by a guy! And…and…WHY THE HELL DO YOU FEEL SO THREATENED BY IT ANYWAY??” Estimated reading time: 12 minutes. Photo by Timur Weber @Pexels. It’s always...
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