Ep. 131: AMAK Book Club - Shine -- Misogyny in Kpop

Ep. 131: AMAK Book Club - Shine -- Misogyny in Kpop

Author: Ask Me About Kpop November 4, 2020 Duration: 1:02:51
Welcome to our 2nd Shine Book Club episode! We start off the ep with a few clarifications from last week about Jason and that whole 'trading' business. Then we were joined by Roxy & Jay from Kraze magazine to dive into examples from Shine and from real life Kpop of double standards and misogyny both behind the scenes and from fans. We had a really good discussion despite a sometimes heavy and frustrating topics, but please be advised of a general content warning for subject matter and specific mentions of physical abuse and suicide. Thanks to Roxy & Jay for joining and to everyone who is participating in book club! Please send in your tea predictions and clunkiest paragraphs for games next week!

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