by Raizel Liebler This discussion of Jo Kwon (from 2AM) is part of a series of posts about gender and sexuality in K-pop. Jo Kwon…
by Raizel Liebler This discussion of Amber is part of a series of posts about gender and sexuality in K-pop. The response of many after…
by Raizel Liebler This discussion of Ga-in is part of a series of posts about gender and sexuality in K-pop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO_EZpJ74TI If you’ve ever seen…
by Raizel Liebler This discussion of GD & T.O.P is part of a series of posts about gender and sexuality in K-pop. The introductory posts…
by Raizel Liebler We are launching a new series focusing on gender and sexuality in kpop. We will be writing about several women performers and…
by Raizel Liebler One of the most interesting aspects of looking at Asian popular culture from a Western perspective is how the lines between art…
Despite all of the talk about PSY in the United States, there is still so little substantive discussions of K-pop in English. Here, then, is…
We write a lot about hallyu (exported Korean pop culture) on this blog, and K-pop has really started to hit the mainstream U.S. press this…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gdw1KiIs_8] Today, the BBC posted an article entitled The Dark Side of Korean Pop Music. Interestingly, this is only a couple of months after the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I96WdNuim4] Here in the U.S., it seems like there can only be one highly successful female rapper at a time — now Nicki Minaj (and…