Women are foils to men. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance.
Kim HyesoonIt seems Korean women are enjoying a passive and fragile status, intoxicated by appearance. Not only feminism, but any serious discourse ends up being swept away by popular culture in Korea.
Kim HyesoonKorean feminism has been swept away by popular culture. It became a sort of old-fashioned trend or a joke.
Kim HyesoonThere is a specific kind of day when I feel like writing poems. My senses become really sharp. This day is when I feel as if I am drowning into the abandonment of death.
Kim Hyesoon