Kim Ji-young, Born 1982: Feminist film reignites tensions in South Korea

[GeoWilliam750]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50135152

"A movie adaptation of the bestselling novel that triggered a fierce sexism battle in South Korea was released on Wednesday.

The novel, called Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 was published in 2016 and sold more than a million copies.

It tells the story of an ordinary 30-something Korean woman juggling work and family, and the gender discrimination she faces at each phase of her life.

The book was hailed by some as one of the most important feminist novels in Korean - but led to an outcry from anti-feminists in the country."

So much more.

Please let me know if this posting is inappropriate to this website, but it seemed topical in consideration of the tragedy befalling Sulli.

[soryang]

1. " there was a petition asking the president not to allow the release of the movie;"

signed by conservative idiots.

[rpannier]

2. emphasis on idiots

It doesn't take much to get them going
And they do a lot of BS things
When the movie about Noh Moo-hyun came out, they (conservatives) would order tickets on line well in advance, then cancel near show time so that the movie wouldn't make much money