So, I Finally Bought This Damned Vagina Book!
No, wait—this is wholesome. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes. Photo by Maria Talks on Unsplash. So, it’s been a minute. Why? Believe me, I could list all the reasons. Perhaps sometime in the future, I...
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It can be a real challenge sometimes finding the insider knowledge I use to pretend I’m smart, let alone knowing what to make of it. Fortunately, I can rely on these sources to provide both! Estimated...
View ArticleTradWife TikToks Trouble Me
From banking to taking care of babies, it can be a real headache living and working in Korea as a foreigner. So much so, it’s usually objectively easier to let a Korean partner deal with any...
View ArticleSingle Korean Women are Being Scammed into Paying More to Feel Safe in Their...
But if you do, there’s a real danger you might start thinking and acting like one… Estimated reading time: 8 minutes. Photo (cropped) by Raka Miftah @Pexels. So, I finally have the elevator pitch about...
View ArticleZOOM TALK: “Missing Voices that Matter: a history of Japanese women law...
Pervasive sexual inequality can feel like death from a thousand cuts. No one source of pain or minor irritation isn’t possible to dismiss or play down in favor of other, more visceral struggles against...
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleBlackpink’s Rosé Deserved So Much Better Than the “Young Silly Woman Puts...
It’s all very cute and charming until you realize how rarely you see it used on men. Why is that? Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. Right: So-hee of the Wonder Girls. Yeah, Rosé does look very cute...
View ArticleWhen “How to Own the Room” is Really Just a Lesson in Male Privilege
‘People skills’ advice which ignores backgrounds only exposes the lie that what works for white cishet men automatically works for everyone else too Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. Image source...
View ArticleManufacturing 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...
View ArticleToday, I Learned That 3x More Korean Women in Their 20s Attempt Suicide Than...
For sure, the patriarchy harms men just as much as women, and 3x more Korean men than women attempt suicide overall. But this dramatic reversal among Korean 20-somethings is truly shocking. Estimated...
View ArticlePerforming in “Public” Spaces in Korea and Japan—Can Anyone Do it? Or Mostly...
“Musicians’ experiences of dis/comfort, im/mobility, security and threat, as well as their coping strategies, are all gendered.” Estimated reading time: 5 minutes. Photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash....
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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...
View Article“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....
View ArticleHow to Persuade Many More Women to Think Daily About the Roman Empire! (And...
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. Photo (cropped) by Juliana Malta on Unsplash. Without further ado, let me introduce Erica Stevenson of Moan Inc. (love the name), who “dives into the mythology,...
View Article“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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleHow Investigating Women’s Supposed Disinterest in Chess Showed Me the Subtle,...
Don’t claim women are “naturally” inferior to men in any intellectual endeavor, argued pioneering feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft in 1792, unless you first grant girls the same opportunities...
View ArticleWhy, 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!...
View ArticleDo 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...
View ArticleBUY 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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