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i have never experienced this phenomenon of korean news/media/public online behavior be observed/analyzed/criticized by foreign social media users on a mass scale like this before. and while there are legitimate issues with the way some koreans act and they're rightfully called out on, this literally applies to every citizen of every country. it's starting to feel weird to me that korea's soft power has infiltrated niche parts of the internet so deeply that foreigners look at random korean people/sociocultural phenomenon through a microscope and start analyzing us as if they're writing a letterboxd review. like sometimes, i can't help but think, people should mind their own business...

like foreigners saying "omg i can't believe koreans are soooo obsessed with women fitting a beauty standard"..... so the people in your country don't force women into a beauty standard? where do you live

social media has evolved into such a voyeuristic spectacle over the last five to ten years its truly shocking to me like excluding tumblr 90% of the explore pages on other apps is just videos of peoples faces set to music or people talking directly to the camera etc etc......by contrast on tumblr there is still a sort of sheen of anonymity based on how its formatted and usually when you interact with a post you read or watch the content first and then learn the users identity second by clicking on their profile ie the dash is not just a wall of people filming themselves unless its a repost......i remember even only a couple of years ago there was a distinction between people who were influencers and got paid to film themselves 24/7 for instagram but now its like every average person on reels/tiktok is performing the same kind of theater for free......i cant imagine what that would do to your psyche long term

it sickens me that there are so many men that simply never engage with anything made by women and they don't question it and they aren't questioned about it. they don't listen to music by women or read books written by women or watch movies written and directed by women or stop to look at paintings by women at museums and they're just allowed to go thru life never considering women as artists with no challenge or criticism whatsoever. meanwhile as a woman it's impossible to escape the male artistic point of view

sorry boss can't come in today i was on my way to work and then a gentle spring breeze kissed my cheek and reminded me it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world