This was perhaps the most in-depth interview I did on the 4B phenomenon. “Han says that they hope this blip in interest about 4B fades into the next news cycle, as there are so many other forms of intersectional South Korean feminism that do include queer and trans people.”… more
I received a flurry of emails from journalists covering this story this week, which was a bit surprising. Really? 4B in the U.S.? Huh?… more
I was interviewed by email for an article in El País, a center-left Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. I obviously… more
Back in September 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jorlen Garcia, a student journalist at Claremont McKenna College. We talked about wide-ranging topics such as K-pop (of course), spy cams, and overall climates of patriarchy and gender inequality in South Korea. She did an amazing job editing the interview, which is published online at Asia Experts Forum.… more
The Korean Association of Women’s Studies (KAWS) has organized its 7th summer camp (2 days) in Seoul on August 16-17, 2018 with the provocative title of “Killing Women’s Studies.”… more
Following a series of high-profile incidents of misogyny and sexual violence against women in recent years, the #MeToo movement in Korea has taken off as one of the most relevant and urgent social issues today. This is a lecture series in the sociology department at the Pusan National University.… more
Dartmouth College in New Hampshire seeks to fill two tenure-track positions, an Asian American literature position in the Department of English and Creative Writing and a transnational feminism expert in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Program.… more