How is alcohol, drinking and drunkeness shown in K-dramas? #kdrama #alcohol And are they popularizing the "right" Korean thing? It is quite often, that the audience sees one of the following drinking types in a K-drama: the crybaby, the escape artist, the snoozer, the smoocher, the dancer and the

It's time for hip hop. It originated in New York City in the 1970s and is strongly linked to African-American individuals. As Dr. Song Myoungsun pointed out, hip hop negotiated the experiences of marginalization, brutally truncated opportunity and oppression. With rap, b-boy, graffiti and dj, the

The day has come! It is the time for BL! BL stands for Boys Love and is a subgenre of yaoi (an acronym for Yamanchi Ochinashi Iminashi - no climax, no punch line, no meaning). BL/Yaoi stories are commonly created and consumed by heterosexual women. But this doesn't mean that queer #bl #yaoi #queer

It is time for manga! Manga is a style of graphical storytelling that has its roots in Japan. But it is not just "a book". Manga, as Cohn 2010 mentioned in his article, can also be considered as a visual language. For example: Who understands the meaning of a bleeding nose? #manga

Let's talk about human idols and virtual idols: How are they different and how are they similar? #humanvsai For one, virtual idols can work 24/7 and transcend human limits and boundaries. They can learn languages in seconds, produce songs in days and create a dance performance in moments. In short:

Let's talk about Korea and the issue of misogyny and the role of international hallyu-fans #misogynyinkorea (it's not about blaming one country, because every country has this issue; it's about to focus on one country) Personally, hallyu-fans should know about this issue, because by just promoting

It's time for Your Name Engraved Herein!! This movie didn't just show me the struggles, friendships, memories and experiences of homosexual people in Taiwan in the late 1980s. It expressed and showed what a closeted life can lool like and what impact it can #yournameengravedherein #taiwanesefilm

Let's talk about esport. There seems to be various opinions whether it should be considered as a professional sport or not. #esport #sport #whatisprofessionalsport For me, esport is professional sport. The argument, that it cannot be considered as 'sport' because in the past it did not exist, is not

Martial arts films are a tool for Chinese government to establish a national identity. It is a way to cherrish and celebrate one own's tradition and historical roots. And especially after the end of the Maoist era and the feeling of ideological disorientation, #martialarts #identity

Let's talk about masculinity and about the discourse in China that pins changes in Chinese masculinity on Korean pop culture. #masculinity #China #Korea A more "feminine" appearance and "effeminated" characteristicd of men are considered as a threat to the society and the nation. The nation would be

Personally, it would be really inappropriate to translate Chuseok (추석)as "Korean Thanksgiving" for different reasons. #Chuseok #KoreanHoliday #HarvestHoliday The most important one for me is that with such a translation one would encourage and strenghtens Western heteronomy. It wouldn't just

Personally, the webtoon "True Beauty" is really hard to read, because of Jugyeong and how she thinks of herself. She's really obsessed with her appearance to become friends with others (because being alone would be negatively perceived) and to fit in. But at the same time, it shows the brutality

Through being a fan of BTS, many people learned to love themselves and be very welcoming and loving to people in gereral. For example, if someone is in a really bad place and writes about it on social media, ARMYs come along and encourage the person to hold on, be kind to oneselfs and share various

When I found KPOP 2011, I wasn't just interested in the music, the idols, the dance and the story they are telling. The culture was the aspect that kept me and still keeps me. Through KPOP I found my desire for movies, series and their soundtrack and encouraged me to critically engage +

For today, I would like to talk about the media portrayal of So Wa Wei (paralympic-athlete, Hong Kong, running). So was born with a cerebral condition that prevented him for a long time from walking/running. But with his intrinsic motivation he achieved not just to walk, but to run and run for the

In a German radioshow, BTS was compared to the SARS-virus and there should be a vacination against it. There was a strong - and more than justified - reaction, because it was racist. #Bayern3Racist That incident shows perfectly that the radio-guy assumed that every Asian individual has to be blamed

Did popular culture helped me to learn more about the culture of another country? It surely did! Because I encoutered many different medias of Korean popular culture, it helped me to create a broader picture of Korea; but I would never say that the picture is done or does not have incorrect views.

Some of us had to use change shoes during elemantary school, but after it just vanished. In middle school some of us had lockers, but not specially for changing shoes. And some of us had to wear uniforms + traditional collar for girls to wear on special days #AtarashiiGakko

Popular culture reveals real-world concerns of people living in the culture that produces it and makes it possible that overheard voices are finally heard, like for queer voices.