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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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Smile Like You Have Laser Tits!
Knowing the concepts of “Ambiguous Loss” and “Learned Helplessness” can be useful for understanding a personal or professional rut you’re in. But for actually getting out of one, smiling “like you have...
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“Work hard. Know your shit. Show your shit. And then feel entitled.”
Not everyone can see the pedagogical value of a film about finding the clitoris, let alone apply its lessons to power networking. So, if you do have a special skill set like that, then flaunt it...
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Life is Immense 인생은 광대해
In dark times, strategies for accepting and embracing the single life have much to offer anyone seeking a sense of agency and empowerment. Here’s announcing my deep dive into some that worked for me,...
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Transnational Sex Workers in Yokohama, and Migrant Integration and...
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Image by ArtHouse Studio @Pexels. Apologies that this post comes so last-minute. I only just discovered I was free, and my policy with Zoom lectures is only to...
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“Blue Is the Warmest Colour” (가장 따뜻한 색, 블루)—10th Anniversary Screening
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes. Hello everyone! Sorry for the long, unexpected hiatus. Suffice to say, I was feeling a deep, stultifying sense of ennui leading up to this blog’s recent 17-year...
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New Books from Japan #6: “Women in Asia under the Japanese Empire,” Friday,...
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Photo by cottonbro studio @Pexels. Sounds like another wild Friday night! Tatsuya Kageki (Keio University) presenting the new book “Women in Asia Under the Japanese...
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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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“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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For the Sophisticated Busanite Looking for Something to do Indoors This Rainy...
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Image source: object_hood. …Allow me to recommend the “Love Story in Spring” art exhibition at Objecthood (오브제후드), a small gallery in Mangmi/Suyeong-dong, which...
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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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December Book Club Meeting: “I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki: A...
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. To round off our last book club meeting of the year, may I present I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki: A Memoir by Baek Se-hee, first published in 2018 and...
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WEBINAR—International Women’s Day Event: A Conversation with “Convenience...
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. From the event website: To celebrate International Women’s Day this March, Tokyo College’s “Gender, Sexuality & Identity” collaborative research group will host a...
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Webinar: “What is ethical p*rn and what are its boundaries?” 11pm, Thursday...
A conversation with Erotic Film Director Erika Lust, Performer & Intimacy Coordinator Maria Riot, and Sex Health Educator Tessy Vanderhaeghe. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes. “Heldischer Tanz”...
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How my boyfriend CHEATED with another Asian girl
Finally, this segment of her show gives me just the excuse I need to let The Grand Narrative readers about my favorite Chinese-Australian comedian Jenny Tian! Especially when you realize “Alex” is...
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WOMEN WE LOVE Bookclub Event—Sunday, February 11, 2-4pm
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Just a heads-up to let you all know about this upcoming event, to give you time to order and read the excellent Women We Love: Femininities and the Korean Wave (2023)...
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The Not So Korean Podcast, Ep. 38: James Turnbull (INTERVIEW) – Sexuality,...
Podcast Running Time: 1 hour 12 minutes. Apologies all, for any distress caused at suddenly discovering I’m not a 20-something Korean-American woman (no, seriously—it happens a lot!), and thanks very...
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“Sex, Sass, and Sensibility in South Korea”뭐야?
Okay, this is far too long and honest, damnit. Estimated reading time: 12 minutes. Image by Riki Ramdani at Unsplash (account since discontinued). Sorry for being so inconsistent with my posting...
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Remedy, Mobility, and the Feminized Consumption of Beauty in...
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. Please register here, and see here for more details. Here’s a quick summary from the latter: [Dr. So-Rim Lee from the University of Pennsylvania] will discuss remedy...
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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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