We need to talk about #alcohol in #K-dramas. It’s insane how often drinking is shown like oxygen: every breakup, every business deal, every “bonding moment” ends with someone blackout #drunk. That’s not #culture, that’s #conditioning.

#Hiphop is treated differently from pop because it isn’t just music: it’s a culture born from Black struggle and resistance. When artists in #China, #Japan, or #Korea make hip hop, appropriation debates emerge because they’re engaging with a #culture rooted in a specific history of #oppression.

The #pinkeconomy doesn’t automatically mean queer people are safe or equal. It mostly proves business has learned there is money in closets. Just like the pink tax, it often monetises gender & sexual inequality instead of dismantling it.

“37 hours straight or 100 hours of (unpaid) overtime a month” that’s the reality for many #mangaartists #mangaindustry #overworkedartists www.leftvoice.org/exploitation...

AI is getting so good that people can’t even tell what’s real anymore. Images, stories, songs: all blending into this uncanny space where authenticity feels optional. And that’s the part that scares artists the most: not that #AI creates, but that audiences stop noticing who creates.

The #Hongdaeguy “skits” aren’t just funny, they’re a snapshot of a culture where mocking, cornering, or embarrassing women gets brushed off as “content.” People laugh. It trends. Women are left with the discomfort everyone else ignores. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdKcv96T/

#YourNameEngravedHerein is a love story, but it’s also a story of shame, silence, and the heavy price of trying to live a life that isn’t yours. Watching a film about two gay men in Taiwan in the 1980s,

The #WHO added #gamingaddiction to the ICD and defined it as “increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes #precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of #negativeconsequences.”

#masculinity in martial arts dramas vs. #kpop often looks different, but shares core traits.

Whether the right-wing party in Germany or the government of China: everyone is afraid of femininity, feminism or the “disappearance” of “real” masculinity. The difference between those two? China blames it on Korea.

This would have been so good for the #adaptations class last Tuesday, but no #exitticket :( Anyway- ✨ #fanfiction ✨

#405cupsofcoffeeperyear is the average amount of coffee consumption per person in Korea. With an average of 152 cups globally, korea really stands out with a really high coffee consumption. @annbell05.bsky.social

The article “Freedom of Dress or Child Sexualization? China’s “Milky-Spicy Style” Fashion Trend Sparks Online Debate” shows how #socialmedia controls our perception of what’s okay to show on the internet. We see #rolemodels dress provocatively. www.whatsonweibo.com/freedom-of-d...

Using social media to vote on a candidate during a protest shows clearly that the #discord community is skilled and organized enough to change the rl politics in Nepal. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/n...

#madeinchina is perceived as a label for cheap and bad quality by western audiences. Even though most of the parts for our phones, laptops etc. come from china. So we do know much of the stuff we use is #madeinchina

Hanyu Yuzuru is „the greatest male figure skater in Japanese history. His story of overcoming adversity to win Olympic gold medals has even been included in Japanese elementary and middle school textbooks.“ cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...

vm.tiktok.com/ZNdgHBMuQ/ This video is a parody on racial stereotypes portrayed in media. It is pretty accurate on how (especially the older generation) still views Asia as a whole and their internalized racism/stereotypes.

Can Koreans expect neighbors to consume kpop but also object to seeing j/c elements in K-pop? And why not object to western elements?

@julescrn.bsky.social @annbell05.bsky.social Suzuka was my favourite member of the video even though the video was a little cringy.