Cognitive Dissonance: The Twilight Saga
I know I dropped off the face of the WP world for a good half a year; I’m sorry if you missed me. I’ve been lacking inspiration as of late, as well as busy with some real life stuff. I’ll try to be a...
View ArticleI Got A Boy – SNSD
Before I start exploring my grievances on SNSD’s new single, I wanted to provide some context. I am a (not-so) closet bubblegum kpop fan. I have been since my teenage years when I was a part of the...
View ArticleThrowback 2002: Follow-up on SM Girl Groups
I just wanted to give a balanced exposure to the different SM groups from the past–not all SM girls are marketed as thoughtless dolls. SES released an album in 2002, when the members were about 21 and...
View ArticleSchool 2013: Reflection
Recently, I’ve been obsessing over a Monday-Tuesday drama on KBS called “School 2013″. It’s the fifth season of “School” that had last aired nearly a decade ago, and something about it really captured...
View Articlei’ve moved
The address to this blog has been changed from wyckerviews to wyckerheart.wordpress.com. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
View ArticleKorean Work Ethic and the Quality of Life
In today’s Shinhwa Broadcast episode, the girls of SNSD asked their seniors for advice regarding certain concerns they had as entertainers in the Korean entertainment industry. Mainly, the girls asked...
View Articleboundaries… again.
disclaimer: this post is more personal ranting than civil and fair discussion of cultural issues. possible “unprofessionalism” may bleed through the words of this entry. please be advised. ugh. i...
View ArticleSprousing
So I haven’t been here for more than half a year–again. I sound like I’m making up excuses, but I’ve been very busy. I am gearing up for some changes and trying to enter the next phase of my life....
View ArticleCompilation I: Han
I am hoping to post a 3-4 part series on things that I have been pondering over about certain aspects of Korean culture, Mental health, and the interplay of the two. Not to say that I am an expert in...
View ArticleThrowback 2002: Follow-up on SM Girl Groups
I just wanted to give a balanced exposure to the different SM groups from the past–not all SM girls are marketed as thoughtless dolls. SES released an album in 2002, when the members were about 21 and...
View ArticleSchool 2013: Reflection
Recently, I’ve been obsessing over a Monday-Tuesday drama on KBS called “School 2013”. It’s the fifth season of “School” that had last aired nearly a decade ago, and something about it really captured...
View Articlei’ve moved
The address to this blog has been changed from wyckerviews to wyckerheart.wordpress.com. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
View ArticleKorean Work Ethic and the Quality of Life
In today’s Shinhwa Broadcast episode, the girls of SNSD asked their seniors for advice regarding certain concerns they had as entertainers in the Korean entertainment industry. Mainly, the girls asked...
View ArticleSprousing
So I haven’t been here for more than half a year–again. I sound like I’m making up excuses, but I’ve been very busy. I am gearing up for some changes and trying to enter the next phase of my life....
View ArticleCompilation I: Han
I am hoping to post a 3-4 part series on things that I have been pondering over about certain aspects of Korean culture, Mental health, and the interplay of the two. Not to say that I am an expert in...
View ArticleMy Korea, 2015
As I sat in an overpriced cafe in LAX on the 6th, I hoped for this trip to be a “vision casting trip” in that it would be first steps towards finding out more about possibilities of my dreams coming...
View ArticleRace in America
The pent up frustration and anger is escalating here in the United States, and the silenced conversations about race and class and the respective -isms are forcing their way back on the forefront of...
View ArticleThe alternative story… (by Got7)
It is not news that South Korea is very fixated on looks and presentation. Just one look at the glossy k-pop scene, and you know what the beauty standards are. My recent visit to Korea earlier this...
View ArticleCollection: Racial and Multicultural issues in Pluralistic United States
Some Readings Everyday Feminism, Tone Policing David Shih and the Model Minority Story
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