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Body Image/Health:
— Sneaking in on Sarah in the shower (Matador)
— Miss plastic fantastic? (The Korea Times)
— Are tattoos still taboo in South Korea? (Angry K-pop Fan)
— More Lookism: Koreans’ Nose Obsession (The Unlikely Expat)
— Humanizing the Olympic Body (Nursing Clio)
— Low-income women and high-income men show high obesity rate (The Korea Times)
— The “underground rules” of China’s beauty pageant (Want China Times)
— After Bikini-Girl Ban, Cosplay in Spotlight (China Real Time Report)
— Can women be in ads without someone yelling foul? (Adland.tv)
— The Benefits(?) of Wearing a Short Skirt in China (You Offend Me You Offend My Family)
Crime:
— New sex scandal at Korea University (Asian Correspondent)
— Korean Supreme Court overturns molestation conviction of pants-dropper (Asian Correspondent)
— Child pornography VERY poorly monitored (The Korea Times)
— Man Scolds 16-year-old for Spitting, Gets Beaten-up and Dies (Korea Bang)
— Is the Punishment for Rape & Sexual Assault Too Light In Korea? (ROK Drop)
Dating/Relationships/Marriage:
— “Did you always want to marry an Asian guy?” (Speaking of China)
— Korea to tighten rules on international marriage brokers (The Korea Herald)
— Race as reflected in gender ratios within fictional bi-racial marriages (Hafu)
“The Reality and Twisted Values of Some White Men” Series at Gusts of Popular Feeling:
— Part 9: The ‘Hidden camera sex video’ could spread… anxious police, idle university
LGBT/Sexuality:
— Dinner, Movie, and a Dirty Sanchez (GQ)
— PiFan 2012: Super Virgin (숫호구, Suthogoo) 2012 (Modern Korean Cinema)
— Popular Korean Comic Book Depicts Exploitation, Abuse, & Murder of Prostitutes (With Conviction)
History:
— The Torture Chambers of Seoul (And With Your Help, I’ll Get That Chicken)
Misc:
— Blog Shoutout: Korean Gender Café 한국 젠더 카페
— Newspaper Reports on Online Misogyny ‘Ladygate’ Trend in Korea (Korea Bang)
— The truly inspiring story of the Chinese rubbish collector who saved and raised THIRTY babies abandoned at the roadside (The Daily Mail)
— Actress Lee Shi Young wins amateur boxing championship, is actual baddest female in K-entertainment (Asian Junkie)
— Getting a modeling job in Korea (Noona Blog: Seoul)
Politics/Economics/Workplaces:
— Female work force boosted as child care burden eases (Korea Joongang Daily)
— North Korean grassroots capitalism has a female face (The Korea Times)
— One-third of Korean workers bullied at office (Asian Correspondent; also see Women Bullying Women)
— Shadow of the Japanese housewife (The Japan Times)
— Samsung’s Female Executives Shatter South Korea’s Glass Ceiling (The Daily Beast)
Pop Culture:
— Trying to make sense of the T-Ara controversy (Angry K-pop Fan)
— Guilty until proven innocent: The lynch mob against T-ara and who’s really to blame (The Prophet Blog)
— Why Homoerotic Fanservice is Just Not Okay (Seoulbeats)
— Verbal Jint reveals “You Deserve Better” was inspired by story of domestic violence (Allkpop)
— Idols, Twitter and Online Harassment (Seoulbeats)
— A Debut Novel Considers the Angry Asian (Scene Asia)
Pregnancy/Abortion/Childbirth/Demographics/Parenting/Education/Multiculturalism:
— Sex Differences in Attitudes Toward Paternity Testing (Psychology Today)
— Caesarean sections result in infections for one in ten patients, study finds (The Guardian; also see Pregnancy, Caesareans and Body Image in Korea)
— Disney Princesses Circa 2012: I’m Too Sexy For My Gown? (Peggy Orenstein)
— Introducing: Cinderella 2012 (Peggy Orenstein)
— Deadbeat Dads and No Show Moms: 1 million orphans in Korea (Occidentalism)
— Will the foreigners PLEASE stop molesting women at the beach, Part II (The Marmot’s Hole)
— More support on way for interracial families (The Korea Times)
— Generational warfare: Young and old have different ideas on how to rebuild tsunami-stricken communities (The Economist)
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