“Is self-worth tied to achievement, productivity, and compliance?” This was one of the questions Brené Brown listed in Daring Greatly to check whether a family, a workplace or a group is shame-oriented. This hit me hard. I was shocked to learn that this narrative was toxic because I always thought…

The April Revolution of South Korea in 1960 was not a fight against racial injustice; however, it shares similarities with the Black Lives Matter movement of the USA in 2020. Here are a few facts about the revolution: In March, high school students in Masan protest against then-President Syngman Rhee…

My last wish for a missing female duck — Trigger warning: sexual violence in wildlife I’ve been distressed by what I had witnessed two days ago in my backyard: a duck rape. I later learned that it is called forced copulation in scientific terms. Sure. In my anthropocentric eyes, it still looked like a fucking rape. It happened right…

Pumasi Practice on Paypal — Pumasi is a Korean tradition that started as an exchange of labor in agricultural villages. The system benefited the community as a whole and worked on a high level of trust among its members. In modern days, the word evolved into any type of collective effort. …

Five weeks ago, COVID-19 came into my life. The school I work at started discussing options to prevent spreading the virus, and I started communicating a potential closure to my students. …