Title I’ll Be the One Author Lyla Lee Genre Novel, Young Adult Publication Date June 2020 Keywords Body Positivity, Fatphobia, K-pop, Romance, Friendship, LGBTQIA+, Mother-Daughter Relationship The last two books…
[Book Review] I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee ππ»
[Fluent Fools] Traveling to Korea during a Global Pandemic βοΈ
Episode Description In this episode, we talk to JuanJo Baiardi, a Global Korea Scholar, about moving from Paraguay to Korea for his Master’s Degree in Global Affairs. He walks us…
What is Chuseok? π
Chuseok (μΆμ/η§ε€) is the autumn harvest festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, on the full moon during harvest season. Chuseok means autumn evening (with the…
My Soju Bottle Garden: Hydroponics from Seed to Harvest πΏ
Chuseok is tomorrow and because it’s a harvest festival, I thought I’d share about my own little planting project for the occasion – my soju bottle garden! During the initial…
[Book Review] Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo π
Title Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (82λ μ κΉμ§μ) Author Cho Nam-Joo (μ‘°λ¨μ£Ό) Genre Novel Publication Date October 2016 Review This book came highly recommended by a lot of women in my…
A Guide to Korean Cultural Details in Parasite π₯
I first saw Parasite last December at an arthouse theater in Michigan called Cinema Detroit. It’s a quaint little theater in the space of a former furniture shop. They have…
Gisaeng: The Flowers of Joseon πΊ
Gisaeng were technically enslaved sex workers, but in misogynistic Joseon Korea, they were an elite group of women that transcended strict Confucian lines.
Why Korea, China, and Japan Use Different Chopsticks π₯’
If you’ve had Korean, Chinese, and Japanese food, you would notice that chopsticks are different in each country. Chopsticks are believed to be as old as Chinese society and an…
