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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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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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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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How 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...
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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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How 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,...
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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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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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Performing 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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Today, 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...
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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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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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ZOOM 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...
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Single 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...
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TradWife 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...
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Follow These Two Blogs for Up-to-date Statistics and Commentary on Social...
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...
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