The Grand Narrative
@thegrandnarrative.bsky.social
Freelance writer & independent scholar on feminism and sexuality in South Korea.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Just HAD TO buy this once I saw that title 🤓
Alas, the "변태" actually meant "metamorphosis," not...🥺
Alas, the "변태" actually meant "metamorphosis," not...🥺
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Just HAD TO buy this once I saw that title 🤓
Alas, the "변태" actually meant "metamorphosis," not...🥺
Alas, the "변태" actually meant "metamorphosis," not...🥺
...I think it went well. And everyone LOVED the "I am a woman who buys condoms" video especially 😆 (AND RIGHTLY SO! 😤) 2/2
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November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
...I think it went well. And everyone LOVED the "I am a woman who buys condoms" video especially 😆 (AND RIGHTLY SO! 😤) 2/2
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Yes, it's a dirty job. And yes, strictly speaking, the 송혜교 ad wasn't all *that* necessary...
But *someone* had to teach these damn kids. So, I was determined to make this potentially awkward subject as lighthearted and fun as possible. Especially for me! 😍
But seriously though...1/
But *someone* had to teach these damn kids. So, I was determined to make this potentially awkward subject as lighthearted and fun as possible. Especially for me! 😍
But seriously though...1/
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Yes, it's a dirty job. And yes, strictly speaking, the 송혜교 ad wasn't all *that* necessary...
But *someone* had to teach these damn kids. So, I was determined to make this potentially awkward subject as lighthearted and fun as possible. Especially for me! 😍
But seriously though...1/
But *someone* had to teach these damn kids. So, I was determined to make this potentially awkward subject as lighthearted and fun as possible. Especially for me! 😍
But seriously though...1/
*cough* Korean *cough* dramas *ahem*
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
*cough* Korean *cough* dramas *ahem*
소...my apartment is at the far end of my floor's hallway—many people posting fliers just don't bother with my door. Or if they do, they just half-ass it, or post things on the 소화전 cover next to it. OR... 🤗
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
소...my apartment is at the far end of my floor's hallway—many people posting fliers just don't bother with my door. Or if they do, they just half-ass it, or post things on the 소화전 cover next to it. OR... 🤗
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Beginning to get the hang of this professoring thing...🤓
With the last, during the group work on giving their thoughts and feelings about school uniform rules, many students struggled to express themselves in English. So I relented and suggested they use translation programs. 1/
With the last, during the group work on giving their thoughts and feelings about school uniform rules, many students struggled to express themselves in English. So I relented and suggested they use translation programs. 1/
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Beginning to get the hang of this professoring thing...🤓
With the last, during the group work on giving their thoughts and feelings about school uniform rules, many students struggled to express themselves in English. So I relented and suggested they use translation programs. 1/
With the last, during the group work on giving their thoughts and feelings about school uniform rules, many students struggled to express themselves in English. So I relented and suggested they use translation programs. 1/
September 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"Blossom of Moonlight II" by Choi Yeong-Geol (Korean, B. 1968)
Source: www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
Source: www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
August 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"Blossom of Moonlight II" by Choi Yeong-Geol (Korean, B. 1968)
Source: www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
Source: www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that any gentleman *not* in possession of a working aircon, must be in support of #freethenipple. Am not being facetious—*I* at least, have the privilige of being virtually naked right now to help endure the heat (and you're welcome). 1/
August 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that any gentleman *not* in possession of a working aircon, must be in support of #freethenipple. Am not being facetious—*I* at least, have the privilige of being virtually naked right now to help endure the heat (and you're welcome). 1/
By the standards of his *usual* sweaty, sleep-deprived, and smelly customers though, I'd say I'm quite the princess actually 👸💋
August 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
By the standards of his *usual* sweaty, sleep-deprived, and smelly customers though, I'd say I'm quite the princess actually 👸💋
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What a delightfully Korean start to my holiday to the UK: that's me in the blue helping to clear the road of broken soju bottles, after a car ahead of us crashed into the back of a truck 🤷♂️😆
July 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What a delightfully Korean start to my holiday to the UK: that's me in the blue helping to clear the road of broken soju bottles, after a car ahead of us crashed into the back of a truck 🤷♂️😆
I mean, I already figured this was AI, but I'm glad to see it being openly acknowledged. Think this is the first time I've seen text like this in an ad 🤔
July 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I mean, I already figured this was AI, but I'm glad to see it being openly acknowledged. Think this is the first time I've seen text like this in an ad 🤔
Wow—22 years living in Busan, and I don't think I've ever seen Tsushima Island so clearly! 😯
(It's 50km away. Most days you can't see it at all!)
(It's 50km away. Most days you can't see it at all!)
July 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Wow—22 years living in Busan, and I don't think I've ever seen Tsushima Island so clearly! 😯
(It's 50km away. Most days you can't see it at all!)
(It's 50km away. Most days you can't see it at all!)
A Seomyeon Sunday 🤗
Sadly, I just learned the Seomyeon Aladin branch has moved to a much diminished basement location across the road (I think it used to be Yes24). So OF course when I saw this book was the price of a Starbucks coffee, I just had to support the store! 🤓
Sadly, I just learned the Seomyeon Aladin branch has moved to a much diminished basement location across the road (I think it used to be Yes24). So OF course when I saw this book was the price of a Starbucks coffee, I just had to support the store! 🤓
July 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A Seomyeon Sunday 🤗
Sadly, I just learned the Seomyeon Aladin branch has moved to a much diminished basement location across the road (I think it used to be Yes24). So OF course when I saw this book was the price of a Starbucks coffee, I just had to support the store! 🤓
Sadly, I just learned the Seomyeon Aladin branch has moved to a much diminished basement location across the road (I think it used to be Yes24). So OF course when I saw this book was the price of a Starbucks coffee, I just had to support the store! 🤓
LOOKING erudite and pretentious may *seem* to come naturally to me, but it actually takes lots of practice, and I've been neglectful as of late. Gotta get those 10,000 hours in! 😤
July 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
LOOKING erudite and pretentious may *seem* to come naturally to me, but it actually takes lots of practice, and I've been neglectful as of late. Gotta get those 10,000 hours in! 😤
Not having enough money for books these days, I'm forced to *finally* read the ones I already have. Grrr 😠
June 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Not having enough money for books these days, I'm forced to *finally* read the ones I already have. Grrr 😠
Going to try and get TOPIK 6급 this year. It's about time 😤
Also: YES Ha Ji-won, you most certainly are! 😍😘
Also: YES Ha Ji-won, you most certainly are! 😍😘
June 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Going to try and get TOPIK 6급 this year. It's about time 😤
Also: YES Ha Ji-won, you most certainly are! 😍😘
Also: YES Ha Ji-won, you most certainly are! 😍😘
The Joy of Tests
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Joy of Tests
Well, that IS the question...
Can anyone guess the book? 🤓
Can anyone guess the book? 🤓
June 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Well, that IS the question...
Can anyone guess the book? 🤓
Can anyone guess the book? 🤓
Pretty much spent ALL Friday getting drunk and teary-eyed reading this from start to finish while listening to '80s hits. Time well spent I'd say 😤
June 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Pretty much spent ALL Friday getting drunk and teary-eyed reading this from start to finish while listening to '80s hits. Time well spent I'd say 😤
"Transplants," by Daniel Tam-Claiborne (Regalo Press, May 2025)
Not going to lie—I'm completely sold by that simply *gorgeous* cover!
asianreviewofbooks.com/transplants-...
Not going to lie—I'm completely sold by that simply *gorgeous* cover!
asianreviewofbooks.com/transplants-...
May 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Transplants," by Daniel Tam-Claiborne (Regalo Press, May 2025)
Not going to lie—I'm completely sold by that simply *gorgeous* cover!
asianreviewofbooks.com/transplants-...
Not going to lie—I'm completely sold by that simply *gorgeous* cover!
asianreviewofbooks.com/transplants-...