CedarBough T. Saeji
@thekpopprof.bsky.social
human- a professor of #Korean and East Asian Studies. Research on performing arts (traditional mask dance dramas, K-pop and hip-hop), media, museums, tourism... #kpop #kdramas 한/영. 합기도, cycling, food, coffee
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Recently I've been enjoying this artist, #Mushvenom #머쉬베놈 . Weird name, but fun music.
youtu.be/_cgH1Z4lBVw?...
youtu.be/_cgH1Z4lBVw?...
머쉬베놈 (MUSHVENOM) - 날다람쥐 (Drop out hop in) Official MV
YouTube video by 머쉬베놈
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November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Recently I've been enjoying this artist, #Mushvenom #머쉬베놈 . Weird name, but fun music.
youtu.be/_cgH1Z4lBVw?...
youtu.be/_cgH1Z4lBVw?...
설문 조사 작성자들이 한국인 응답자를 더 긴급하게 찾고 있어요. 특히 공공기관이나 지역 단체에서 일하시는 분들이 필요하다고 해요. 혹시 그런 분들께 이 설문을 전달해 주실 수 있을까요? Unfortunately, it is only in English.
#disinformation
The survey will be open until 16 November 2025.
Survey and more information: anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#disinformation
The survey will be open until 16 November 2025.
Survey and more information: anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Disrupting Disinformation Ecologies: Global Survey
This global survey focuses on initiatives to counter disinformation initiatives at the local level. Disinformation impacts many sectors, and many sectors are involved in localized responses. We invite...
anu.au1.qualtrics.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
설문 조사 작성자들이 한국인 응답자를 더 긴급하게 찾고 있어요. 특히 공공기관이나 지역 단체에서 일하시는 분들이 필요하다고 해요. 혹시 그런 분들께 이 설문을 전달해 주실 수 있을까요? Unfortunately, it is only in English.
#disinformation
The survey will be open until 16 November 2025.
Survey and more information: anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#disinformation
The survey will be open until 16 November 2025.
Survey and more information: anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
A thread wrestling with the thoughts stirred up by #YourNameEngravedHerein #gay #gayfilm #queer #1980s #Taiwan #ReligionandHomosexuality
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
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
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A thread wrestling with the thoughts stirred up by #YourNameEngravedHerein #gay #gayfilm #queer #1980s #Taiwan #ReligionandHomosexuality
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Last week I finished watching Your Name Engraved Herein and wow.. This movie broke my heart. #YourNameEngravedHerein #TaiwaneseFilm
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Last week I finished watching Your Name Engraved Herein and wow.. This movie broke my heart. #YourNameEngravedHerein #TaiwaneseFilm
Got an amazing idea for a new research article and I just want to follow this idea and ignore the two revisions due back to the journals of articles I already wrote. #AcademicLife #AcademicProblems #AlsoGrading
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Got an amazing idea for a new research article and I just want to follow this idea and ignore the two revisions due back to the journals of articles I already wrote. #AcademicLife #AcademicProblems #AlsoGrading
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The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
These students speak super fast, but they made English, German, and French subtitles. You might enjoy their analysis of #cute culture in #EastAsia #Japan #Korea #China
Can you leave them a thumbs up?
youtu.be/kw7ZKipvoqg?...
Can you leave them a thumbs up?
youtu.be/kw7ZKipvoqg?...
Weaponized cuteness : from control to creativity in East Asia
YouTube video by Friederike Wolf (Frieda)
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
7 Nov 12noon EASTERN
Dr. #BonnieTilland
#gender #Korea #mothers #womensrights
zoom link: iu.zoom.us/j/81351506026
Dr. #BonnieTilland
#gender #Korea #mothers #womensrights
zoom link: iu.zoom.us/j/81351506026
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
7 Nov 12noon EASTERN
Dr. #BonnieTilland
#gender #Korea #mothers #womensrights
zoom link: iu.zoom.us/j/81351506026
Dr. #BonnieTilland
#gender #Korea #mothers #womensrights
zoom link: iu.zoom.us/j/81351506026
Have you watched the #Kdrama #OurUnwrittenSeoul? #미지의서울? My student has a survey that's just for people who viewed this drama. If that's you, please take it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Social Withdrawal: Audience Responses to “Our Unwritten Seoul”
Greetings! I am an undergraduate student conducting research on the phenomenon of social withdrawal (also known as hikikomori or shut-in behavior). All responses are completely anonymous, and the sur...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Have you watched the #Kdrama #OurUnwrittenSeoul? #미지의서울? My student has a survey that's just for people who viewed this drama. If that's you, please take it. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A student made a survey about social withdrawal #hikikomori #shut_in to gauge general attitudes towards this issue. Can you please take the survey and share it, too?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Social Withdrawal
Greetings, I am an undergraduate student conducting research on the phenomenon of social withdrawal (also known as hikikomori or shut-in behavior).
My main topic is the phenomenon of social withdrawa...
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A student made a survey about social withdrawal #hikikomori #shut_in to gauge general attitudes towards this issue. Can you please take the survey and share it, too?
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
14 Nov 4pm HONG KONG time
Dr. #AllanChun
#Chineseness Never Again: The Epistemology of Culturality Underlying the Politics of Identity
Register web.chinese.hku.hk/en/general_i...
Dr. #AllanChun
#Chineseness Never Again: The Epistemology of Culturality Underlying the Politics of Identity
Register web.chinese.hku.hk/en/general_i...
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
14 Nov 4pm HONG KONG time
Dr. #AllanChun
#Chineseness Never Again: The Epistemology of Culturality Underlying the Politics of Identity
Register web.chinese.hku.hk/en/general_i...
Dr. #AllanChun
#Chineseness Never Again: The Epistemology of Culturality Underlying the Politics of Identity
Register web.chinese.hku.hk/en/general_i...
Last semester four of my smart students handed in really good assignments (four separate assignments) and somehow I managed to make this into one academic paper that will be published in December under all five of our names. Honestly it's a great paper, I can't wait to assign it to students in 2026!
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Last semester four of my smart students handed in really good assignments (four separate assignments) and somehow I managed to make this into one academic paper that will be published in December under all five of our names. Honestly it's a great paper, I can't wait to assign it to students in 2026!
Really smart discussion: Are the #ComputerGames the problem or are the reasons for #Addiction the problem (obviously the latter)
www.who.int/news-room/qu...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced in 2020 that gamers could develop a gaming disorder which they defined as ‘extreme case of addiction’. Some people might interpret this as ‘gaming = addictive’. However I think it lies by the gamer not the game itself.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced in 2020 that gamers could develop a gaming disorder which they defined as ‘extreme case of addiction’. Some people might interpret this as ‘gaming = addictive’. However I think it lies by the gamer not the game itself.
Addictive behaviours: Gaming disorder
www.who.int
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Really smart discussion: Are the #ComputerGames the problem or are the reasons for #Addiction the problem (obviously the latter)
An ode to #Starcraft
In the last years Esport has become more popular and gained an opportunity for growth. While League of Legends and Counter Strike persist to be one of the biggest games to have professional Esport competition, newer games like Valorant have reached big fanbases.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
An ode to #Starcraft
Thorough discussion of #gaming and #addiction
according to the WHO excessive gaming can sometimes develop into “Gaming Disorder” - impaired control over gaining, prioritising it over other activities etc.; Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is also included in the DSM-5-TR as recommend for further research
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Thorough discussion of #gaming and #addiction
Tomorrow
6 Nov 1:30 pm KOREA
#LGBTQIA+ #Queer in #Korea with #EliasAlexander
Send an email to thekpopprof @ gmail to get the zoom code.
6 Nov 1:30 pm KOREA
#LGBTQIA+ #Queer in #Korea with #EliasAlexander
Send an email to thekpopprof @ gmail to get the zoom code.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tomorrow
6 Nov 1:30 pm KOREA
#LGBTQIA+ #Queer in #Korea with #EliasAlexander
Send an email to thekpopprof @ gmail to get the zoom code.
6 Nov 1:30 pm KOREA
#LGBTQIA+ #Queer in #Korea with #EliasAlexander
Send an email to thekpopprof @ gmail to get the zoom code.
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OPTION 2:
Officially, gaming is considered an #Esport, that could seem very contradictory to many people, at the moment when they start comparing physical- and e-sports.
Traditionally, “ #sport ” refers to activities that involve physical exertion, skill, and competition. But society evolves, so do
Officially, gaming is considered an #Esport, that could seem very contradictory to many people, at the moment when they start comparing physical- and e-sports.
Traditionally, “ #sport ” refers to activities that involve physical exertion, skill, and competition. But society evolves, so do
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
Check out this totally fabulous video by my hard-working students!!! #China #fatherhood #masculinity
If you can drop them a thumbs up or even leave a comment, that'd be awesome.
youtu.be/TgLpGf7JPWc?...
If you can drop them a thumbs up or even leave a comment, that'd be awesome.
youtu.be/TgLpGf7JPWc?...
Soft Patriarchy on Screen Redefining - fatherhood and masculinity in Dad, Where are We Going?
YouTube video by 19曾巧慧
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Check out this totally fabulous video by my hard-working students!!! #China #fatherhood #masculinity
If you can drop them a thumbs up or even leave a comment, that'd be awesome.
youtu.be/TgLpGf7JPWc?...
If you can drop them a thumbs up or even leave a comment, that'd be awesome.
youtu.be/TgLpGf7JPWc?...
Getting near the end of two searches in our department this term. Search one was not contentious at all, it just had WAYYYYY too many applicants for me to enjoy searching for the best new colleague. Search two... ohhhhhh boy. Shaking my damn head over here.
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Getting near the end of two searches in our department this term. Search one was not contentious at all, it just had WAYYYYY too many applicants for me to enjoy searching for the best new colleague. Search two... ohhhhhh boy. Shaking my damn head over here.
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In my opinion, professional gaming should be given the same respect as other professional sports because it requires similar levels of skill, discipline, and dedication. Gamers train for long hours, often with coaches, nutritionists, and strict routines, just like traditional athletes.
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
In my opinion, professional gaming should be given the same respect as other professional sports because it requires similar levels of skill, discipline, and dedication. Gamers train for long hours, often with coaches, nutritionists, and strict routines, just like traditional athletes.
What do you think of #Katseye? Are they #kpop? My student is doing a survey about them. 학생이 #캣츠아이 관련 연구를 하고 있어요. 아래 설문에 참여해주시면 도움이 될 거예요:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Questionnaire about Katseye / 캣츠아이에 대한 설문지
This google forms is meant as a form of collecting opinions about the musical group Katseye. All answers will be handled anonymously and will only be used for a better insight into the perception of t...
docs.google.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
What do you think of #Katseye? Are they #kpop? My student is doing a survey about them. 학생이 #캣츠아이 관련 연구를 하고 있어요. 아래 설문에 참여해주시면 도움이 될 거예요:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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In Chinese martial arts films masculinity is often presented in the form of men's body and mind power. Their bravery and physical strenght are their main characteristics. It also has its root in honorable actions. However, nowdays chinese masculinity might be very differently presented.
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
In Chinese martial arts films masculinity is often presented in the form of men's body and mind power. Their bravery and physical strenght are their main characteristics. It also has its root in honorable actions. However, nowdays chinese masculinity might be very differently presented.