Open Thread #1
( Source: RaySoda ) Why didn’t I think of this months ago?^^ With the proviso that most visitors to a blog about gender and sexuality are usually rather disappointed with what they find(!), the good...
View ArticleOn Being Green With Envy at Childless Couples…
Apologies for not having a post up since Monday everyone, but for some reason my daughters have been running around until late every night this week, demanding to climb up me to do back-flips, or that...
View ArticleThis Little Piggy Went to Kindergarten…
( Source: All Size Wallpapers ) Apologies for the 6-day hiatus everyone: my 3 year-old daughter Alice caught Swine Flu from someone in her kindergarten earlier last week, then my 1 year-old daughter...
View ArticleOpen Thread #12 (Updated)
( Source: geishaboy500 ) Let’s try this again! Always just an experiment really, after last week’s open thread received no comments whatsoever then I deleted it and thought I’d call it a day, but I’ve...
View ArticleOpen Thread #15: BOOKGASM
Sorry everyone, but having just had 15cc of blood removed from my 2 week “swellbow” this afternoon, then I’m going to have to have to take a break from writing for a few more days. Fortunately for my...
View ArticleKorean Gender Reader: Redux
( Source: Panablu ) A quick admin note first: following the advice of a friend, I’ve decided to change the format of the Korean Gender Reader posts, as the previous commentary and information-dense one...
View ArticleSee you in Boston!
To any readers that missed it, just a quick reminder that I’ll be giving a lecture at Wellesley College in Boston this Friday! Tentatively titled Peeling Back the Veneer of Modernity: An introduction...
View ArticleTime for a Change!
( Source ) I won’t bore you with the details, but just a quick note to let you know that after receiving some atrocious service from WordPress.com recently, I’ve decided to host this blog myself from...
View ArticleThe Grand Narrative’s Facebook Page Launched!
For about a year now, I’ve been tweeting about all the interesting Korean gender issues, advertising, and pop-culture stuff (and much more) that I don’t get a chance to blog about, but a lot of...
View ArticleOpen Thread #16
(Source) As this post goes up, I’ll be at Gimhae Airport picking up my father, then taking him and the rest of the family to the Daegu 2011 IAAF World Championships this weekend and next. We’d like to...
View ArticleEverything You Always Wanted to Know about The Grand Narrative…
(Source) Well, not quite everything, but I did indeed just get interviewed about blogging by Gwangju Foreign Language Network (광주영어방송), which you’ll be able to listen to here at 6:15pm on Tuesday (I’ll...
View ArticleQuick Hit: The Grand Narrative in 2012
(Source) Sorry for the slow posting everyone, but my daughters are off this week, and indeed one’s even sitting on my shoulders as I type this (“Whee! Happy woman Daddy! Why’s she smile?”). I’ll start...
View ArticleQuick Break/Open Thread
Between my insomnia because of the heat, all my other writing projects, and running out of time to enjoy my summer break with my family (I haven’t even taken my daughters swimming yet!), I’ve decided...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Bagel Girls, Banking, and Babies!
(Source) …[the character of] Chi-Yong’s mother sees marriage as a way to achieve social advancement and material prosperity, as it was in the Victorian era. These ambitions have come to the forefront...
View ArticleAdieu, Korean Gender Reader Version 1.0
(Source) Some minor changes to announce, blogging-wise. The main change is that I’ll be completely redoing the format of the Korean Gender Reader posts. Because really, they’ve long been superseded by...
View ArticleR.I.P. Korean Gender Reader
(Source) Sorry everyone, but this will be the last Korean Gender Reader. It’s not the workload—this new format, decided upon a few months ago, is really quite light. I even enjoy collecting all the...
View ArticleAnnouncement/Open Thread
(Source) I don’t mean to start on such a sad note, but the reason I’m posting (hosting?) this open thread is that my grandfather died last week, and my mother will be arriving tomorrow en route home...
View ArticleOn Being Green With Envy at Childless Couples…
Apologies for not having a post up since Monday everyone, but for some reason my daughters have been running around until late every night this week, demanding to climb up me to do back-flips, or that...
View ArticleTaking a Short Break…
(Source) Sorry everyone, but with some offline deadlines looming, final tests beginning for my students, and this new hobby of getting over 6 hours of sleep a night I’ve started (very decadent of me, I...
View ArticleFrom The Archives: October
(Source; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Apropos of this quick look back at over 7 years of blogging, here’s a picture of an old ad close to my home that I must have passed hundreds of times in the last few years,...
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