I'm not Korean. But I am a single mother.
Living in the western world I don't receive outward judgement as such. But when I was pregnant and after having my son 'that's brave!' And 'you don't regret it?' Were things said to me.
Even in our 'progressive' society there is still stigma.
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! 🎉📚
K-POP FANDOM is officially out! 🙌🏻
Available via print and open access!
(Free for viewing online via www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...)
Many thanks to @uofmpress.bsky.social for believing in and supporting this project 💚
South Korea's slow shift for single mothers, through their eyes
Still rare and stigmatized, nonmarital births on the rise as support systems expand to encourage parenthood
www.koreaherald.com/article/1067...
The Great Wall - How Hollywood's China Obsession Led to Disaster
youtu.be/eRHYJjZb3gY?...
We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why South Korean women buy sanitary pads in Japan
www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/h...
A new Kawakami book coming out in March?! SQUEEEE~
x.com/i/status/202...
"So James, after a 10-month break, you thought *this* would make a good subject for a comeback post?"
"No, I thought it would make a GREAT subject for a comeback post! What's your point?"
thegrandnarrative.com/2026/02/11/a...
Japan Approves the Morning-After Pill for OTC Sale!!!
(Ooops—didn't realize this news was already 3 months old sorry. But YAY!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GwF...
Coupang, South Korea’s Amazon, Is Copying Its Worst Habits
jacobin.com/2026/01/coup...
New Open Access Publication: Everyday Occupation: American Soldiers and Chinese Civilians after World War II
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
Term limits debate slows abortion's path out of legal limbo
www.koreaherald.com/article/1065...
From obsessive moms to bumbling interns, parodies get Koreans to laugh, cringe at societal dynamics
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-01...
Are Dogs Replacing Human Babies? Data From Korea, Japan, and India
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ozl...
Jang Pa and the art of 'feminine grotesque'
www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/ar...
Korea’s search for 'gender discrimination against men'
www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/colu...
...people—yes, men and women—with more than 5 past partners are 2x to more likely to cheat than people with lower numbers. 3/3
...even in 2025. But like Murphy says, affairs are very much like casual sex, and so it absolutely makes sense that someone who engages/engaged in a lot of the latter is more likely to indulge in the former. Sure enough... 2/
There's a big trend on social media of (cishet) young women reacting angrily to being asked about bodycount. And I totally get where they're coming from—slut-shaming is a thing, and I'm honestly still regularly shocked at how deeply women's sexuality is policed... /1
youtu.be/leZ6uduzI1Q?...
Held between 20-24 October 1975, the World Congress for the International Women's Year in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) saw sex equality as inseparable from struggles against other systemic forms of violence, such as racism, colonialism, and global economic inequalities. #FeministHistory
So grateful to have some reading I can do while my students do their tests 😌
...I don't like not knowing the setting's historical or social context. But in this case, the movie "Troy" (2004) is—ahem—really helping... 3/3
As for "The Silence of Girls" (2018) by Pat Barker, I'm enjoying it much more than I expected. Honestly, I tend to avoid novels set in unfamilar places and times, because I find it difficult to remember characters' names, and...2/
This bottom paragraph reminds me of similar points being made about yangban women during the Korean War. That despite eveything, many remembered it as being the time of their lives, as it was the first time in years they'd stepped beyond their front doors. 1/
Maternal paradox
‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women
aeon.co/essays/how-s...
The paradox of digital safety: Deepfakes, AI and gendered risk in South Korea
lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
Misinformation About Birth Control and Breast Cancer Swirls
A massive Swedish study examined hormonal birth control risks. But the nuances of such studies get lost on social media.
undark.org/2025/11/24/m...
Legalizing same-sex marriage is still unpopular in South Korea. But does it need to be popular?
www.koreaherald.com/article/1062...
"Isolation is so seductive when the world is falling apart."
open.substack.com/pub/jwokim/p...
Japan to Schools: Don’t Dock Attendance for Groping Victims
unseen-japan.com/groping-assa...
