The fragrant stars
 

Thank you! I already love you!

 
 

The Intimacy of Distance: South Korean Cinema and the Conditions of Capitalist Individuation

PhD dissertation by Jisung Catherine Kim
UC Berkeley, 2013, Film and Media Studies

An exploration of South Korea as Hell Joseon in an academic way by a diasporic Coreanx! Link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yiYeSBXpjrub0lRiBnhtEhyE4AbBVxeL/view?usp=sharing


Jisung’s projects Now, Past, and Future

  • The Book of Fragrant Stars (prose, poetry & drawings)

  • bi bi (memoir of bifurcation, in histories of thought, nation, self, language, sexuality, etc)

  • BARFIE: Buddhist, Anarchist, Radical Feminist, Interbeing, Environmentalist (geopolitical, historical self-improvement, mutual aid nonfiction)

  • Witchy Shaman Goddess: The Mystical Feminine in Everyday Life (Odes to femininity, feminism and feeling forsaken via myths/speculative fiction)

  • Paper Flowers with Sequins: Sparkly Frisson as Self Portrait (craft book on making paper flowers with rhinestones and sequins)

 

Writing Writing

 
 

Essay:

Coreanx diaspora: What is “Coreanx”?

This essay explores the term COREANX, my reimagining of ‘Korean’ identity through a diasporic, feminist, and decolonial lens. Inspired by Latinx, it challenges the norms of identity, language, and power. I hope it sparks reflection and dialogue!


Feature 2

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Feature 3

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Liminal & Eternal

 

Beloveds who start as strangers,
Estranged from land not love!

 

Feminisms

+ Indigenous knowledges

are Ending wars

To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
— bell hooks. FEMINISM IS FOR EVERYBODY: PASSIONATE POLITICS

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