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Six Months Worth Of Stand Out K-Drama Characters

June 8, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

As a writer, one of my favorite things in any good story is watching characters develop and grow. So far, 2018 has been an excellent year for k-dramas with complex characters. These characters faced challenges, didn’t always handle them well, but …

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Filed Under: Korean drama Tagged With: IU, k-drama, Kim Nam Joo, Lee bo Young, Lee Sun Gyun, Son Ye Jin

K-Drama Meets Me Too

May 31, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

The Korean drama “Something in The Rain,” also called “Pretty Noona Buys Me Food,” uses a love story, as sweet as spun sugar, to illustrate the effect of South Korea's encounter with the Me Too movement. The Me Too movement has prompted …

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Filed Under: Feminism, Korean drama, women Tagged With: Jung Hae In, k-drama, Me Too, Son Ye Jin

G-Dragon’s MOTTE concert wasn’t really a concert

February 14, 2018 by Joan Vos MacDonald

G-Dragon’s Act III: MOTTE concert wasn’t really a concert. The “Act III” part of the title is the first clue that G-Dragon aka Kwon Ji Yong was actually performing in a three-act musical play about the creative journey he’s taken since his …

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Filed Under: music Tagged With: G-dragon, K-pop, Korea, music

What Grace’s “You Don’t Own Me” Says About The Progress Of Feminism

September 7, 2016 by Joan Vos MacDonald

My daughter’s 31 and she can’t quite understand what I love about the remix of the song “You Don’t Own Me,” released earlier this year by Australian singer Grace and American rapper G-Eazy. If you haven’t heard this version, Grace reinterprets the …

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Filed Under: Feminism, music, parenthood, women Tagged With: 60s, Feminism, G-Eazy, Grace, Lesley Gore, music, pop culture, women, You Don't Own Me

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