Korean Gender Reader

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• When Fans Buy Idols Lunch — A response to the Wall Street Journal (Seoulbeats)

• Korean Teens Rage Against Cinderella Policy (The Waygook Effect)

• Lee Hyori as a role model for younger female celebrities (10confessions)

• South Korean actor throws open closet door (Los Angeles Times)

• Silenced: Giving Children a Voice (Seoulbeats)

• What crossdressing in K-pop says about patriarchy (My First Love Story)

• This is not at all how to promote stopping child abuse (Copyranter)

• K-Pop Fan Clubs: Friend, Foe and Fear (Inconseoulable)

• New York City Department Of Health Targets Asians With Anti-Smoking Ads (NYULocal)

• Infographic: The plight of China’s ‘leftover’ women (Shanghaiist)

• Hyori points haters to the left (Seoulbeats)

• More Koreans Put Off Marriage Till Their 40s (The Chosunilbo)

• Gallery: Homoerotic Sino-USSR friendship propaganda (Shanghaiist)

• Three decades of blackface in Korea (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

• Chinese mainland to crack down illegal organizing of pregnant women into HK (NPC; hat tip to @MaraHvistendahl)

• Internet Porn Crackdown Campaign Continues in China (TechwireAsia; hat tip to @AsCorrespondent)

• Fight Over Sexuality Festival Continues (Southeast-Asia Real Time)

• Women In Korea: Glass Half Full or Empty? (Korea Real Time)

• T-ara Eunjung’s “chubby” figure causes a stir (Omona!)

• Ending the One-Child Policy (The Diplomat)

• JYJ and Sasaeng Fan Hitting Incident: An Ugly Controversy (Seoulbeats)

• International Women’s Day in Korea (Arirang)

• ‘Pretty boys’ in the days before boy bands and teen idols (Gusts of Popular Feeling)

• Korea Time Warps to Higher Fertility (Via Korea)

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