Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 13: Free The Nipple in Korea? Why Not? Uncovering the history of a taboo
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 12: If You Don’t Have Kim Yuna’s Vital Statistics, Your Body Sucks and You Will Totally Die Alone
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 11: 노출이 강간 유혹?…허튼소리 말라 Wearing Revealing Clothes Leads to Rape? Don’t Be Absurd
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 10: “An epic battle between feminism and deep-seated misogyny is under way in South Korea”
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 9: To Understand Modern Korean Misogyny, Look to the Modern Girls of the 1930s
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 8: The Bare-leg Bars of 1942
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 7: Keeping abreast of Korean bodylines
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 6: What is the REAL reason for the backlash?
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 5: Links
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 4: Girls are different from boys
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 3: Historical precedents for Korea’s modern beauty myth
Revealing the Korean Body Politic, Part 2: Kwak Hyun-hwa (곽현화), Pin-up Grrrls, and The Banality of Sex and Nudity in the Media
Bikinis, Breasts, and Backlash: Revealing the Korean Body Politic in 2012
A reading list for Korean Feminism 101!
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Why yes, my computer IS broken, preventing me from writing said 3000 word posts. Why do you ask?
Ack! I hope it gets fixed ASAP!
Should be by Monday thanks. And fortunately I have a few long posts already written that just need a little tweaking, which I can do here at the PC방. And which is much quieter than home with my 2 kids at this time of the morning!
Hello! I’ve been a reader for a while, I really like to read about many of topics you approach here^^
I’m sorry for the random, and quite frivolous, question… There has been something bugging me, and I think that you might be able to answer: Why is Yuna (from SNSD) so popular? I’ve watched some shows with her and I see always men “drooling” over her, and it seems she’s the most requested from her group. Why is that when she, compared to so many other celebrities, looks rather plain (either in looks and in character)? I’m asking this because sometimes Korean people really confuse me, so sickly focused on one’s appearance, and then idolize an average looking girl… Is there any “hidden” reason?
BTW, I’m not a hater. I just hope the way I phrased this doesn’t come too strong/shallow…
Thank you and hope your pc gets better ^^/
No need to apologize about for the random and frivolous question, especially on a post like this one! Unfortunately though, while I’ve definitely noticed the popularity of Yuna myself, I’ve never really understood it either, finding her prettier than average, but much too thin. And speaking of which, it’s just been revealed that Seohyeon is 9kg(!) too thin, and it wouldn’t surprise me if Yuna and most other members were similar.
I’ll try to find out why Yuna is the most popular, but unfortunately like discussed here, generally Korean guys don’t seem to be very honest with their feelings about Girls’ Generation in particular. Hell, even some Western guys too…
What % of female celebrities in SK (or for that matter developed countries) do you think are of healthy weight? I’d say not many. Even, say, Hyori, who looks like she actually eats food, could do with a few good big meals.
In the Anglo and Euro countries, “celebrities” are so far from the average person in terms of weight (the average weight going up, and fast) they are nearly a separate species.
In SK at least the gap between ordinary people and celebrities is much smaller, though celebs and ordinary people seem to both have underweight/undernourishment issues instead.
It’s a strange world…