yoo yeonseok
he said in an interview that women who don't cover themselves or who don't wear modest clothes are basically asking for men's attention. plus he was shaming his costar for her choice of clothes
Na Espanha, a filha de 13 anos de uma mãe foi sequestrada e estuprada por um vizinho. O agressor foi condenado a 9 anos de prisão.
Após cumprir apenas 6 anos de pena, ele foi libertado condicionalmente e voltou à cidade.
Um dia, ele esbarrou na mãe da garota em um bar perto de uma parada de ônibus.
De forma zombeteira, ele perguntou a ela: “Como está sua filha?”. Furiosa, ela comprou gasolina, voltou ao bar, jogou-a sobre ele e ateou fogo.
O homem sofreu queimaduras graves e morreu alguns dias depois.
Embora estivesse tomada pelo pânico, ela não fugiu. Em vez disso, confessou às pessoas ao seu redor o que havia feito e esperou a polícia chegar.
Ela foi condenada a 5 anos e meio de prisão, mas, graças a uma campanha de perdão público e motivos de saúde, foi libertada antecipadamente após cumprir parte de sua pena.
The military quarters is the top canopy to represent they are in a loop of commitment & active duty that they cannot get out of.
The only room with the lights on is RM's. Insomnia. Overthinking.
This perfectly mirrors the rigid structure of military life: waking up at the exact same hour, executing the same drills, and following orders without question day after day. they ‘do their best’ to excel in their duties, but they have no control over the speed of the ride
Also, I noticed in the Proof concept photos that the white light shining on each member's face leaks onto them from the door they entered, and this light gives the message, "this door will always be left ajar for you to return." The members returned in Merry Go Round with the wear and tear and growth they gained during the journey from that gap; a message was given that they will be happy as long as they are together, regardless of time and space, but the doors are still infinite and referring to endless new chapters.
The doors evolve along with the members, and each door represents an era of BTS. BTS leaves their own mark in the rooms inside these doors, both as solos and as a group. The room behind each door is the memories in the BTS universe.
I was having a normal office day.
Emails. Spreadsheets. BTS in my ears. Trying to be a productive member of society against my will.
Then coffee break happened.
Me and the girls walk to the machine.
Then we run into Régis. You know Régis? Every workplace has one.
The type of man who says something inappropriate, waits for women to look uncomfortable then goes:“Wow, you can’t joke anymore.”
We reach the coffee machine.
He sees us. “Oh, girls’ gossip meeting?”
The girls say hello. I say nothing.
Because when someone speaks to me without even saying hello first, my brain refuses the connection.
We make coffee. Then he looks at me.
“Oh, you’re the girl who likes that group, right? what is it again? BTA? That boyband thing? Isn’t that a bit weird?”
My colleagues freeze.I press the coffee button. Take my cup.
Turn around. Look him dead in the eyes. Say absolutely nothing.
He laughs awkwardly.
“What? Cat got your tongue?”
Me: “No. I’m just trying to remember when I asked for your opinion.”
He blinks.
Me: “Nope. Nothing.”
He smirks.
“No but grown women getting excited over Asian guys… maybe you just need a man closer to home.”
I looked at him. Very calmly.
“With all due respect, if you were the local offer, women would start importing.”
He goes red. And goes“Oh come on, you can’t say anything anymore.”
Me: “You can say whatever you want. We can also collectively not give a single atom of a damn.”
The girls are fighting for their lives behind their cups.
I smile. Not nicely.
Then, right before leaving, I glance down and say:
“By the way, your zipper is open.”
He panics. I look at him.
“Don’t worry. I don’t think anyone was in danger of seeing anything important.”
And I walked back to my desk.
I know I should have stayed classy and unbothered, like BTS raised me.
But they also taught me self-respect and Regis accidentally clicked the wrong button.😑
Out of the 120 men, the court only convicted 28, of which 2 were handed prison sentences, while the rest were given suspended sentences or probation. The husband only gets 4 years for drugging her, abusing her and sex trafficking her for years. This is the world for women
A roomate of mine was attacked by her boyfriend in a jealous rage. He tried to choke her and instead of screaming or resisting she stayed calm and started to caress his face and then kiss him. This calmed him down and they spent the night together. The next morning she was on the train back to her hometown.
Men cannot even start to comprehend what women are sometimes forced to do to merely survive
Every family celebrates Father’s Day differently. I celebrate by convincing men the woman that they just sent unsolicited penile photography to is their daughter.
"Me violaron a diario durante seis meses.
Mataron a mi madre por ser demasiado mayor para ser esclava sexual.
Mataron a todos mis hermanos por negarse a convertirse al islam.
Nos llamaban adoradores del diablo."
- Nadia Murad, sobreviviente del genocidio yazidí en Irak.
A college swimmer caught red-handed assaulting an unconscious girl behind a dumpster gets sentenced to just 3 months in jail because the judge "didn't want to ruin his Olympic potential." Once again, a man's hypothetical career is worth more than a woman's actual life.
There’s a lot to unpack here, and I’m going to say it directly. I dont care if I get cancelled but this needs to be said.
For years, BTS were told they weren’t big enough, mainstream enough, or "Grammy material." Then they became one of the biggest acts in the world. They broke records, sold out stadiums across continents, topped charts repeatedly, and built a global cultural impact that few artists in history can match.
And when they became too successful to ignore?
The Grammys nominated "Dynamite" and "Butter"—both English-language songs.
Let that sink in.
The songs that got BTS into the major Grammy conversation were the songs that fit most comfortably into the Western industry framework. Yet BTS's discography is filled with critically acclaimed Korean-language music that has had enormous cultural and artistic impact.
Now we have a "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" category.
And before anyone calls that progress, let's ask the obvious question: why does there need to be a separate category at all?
If Asian artists are good enough to dominate global charts, sell millions of records, headline festivals, influence culture worldwide, and compete with every major artist in the industry, then they are good enough for the same categories as everyone else.
Inclusion isn't creating a separate lane after Asian artists prove they can win in the existing ones.
Inclusion is treating them as equals.
That's why BTS's lyrics in "Aliens" hit so hard:
"어쩜 그래 shameless
예의를 차려 we aliens
해는 동쪽에서 risin'
Aliens, aliens"
No matter how successful some artists become, there are still systems and institutions that treat them as perpetual outsiders.
And that's exactly why this conversation matters.
Because when BTS were impossible to ignore, the response shouldn't have been to create another box and place Asian artists inside it. The response should have been to judge them by the same standards as every other artist competing for the biggest awards in music.
ARMYs, we have a mission.
Talk about Arirang everywhere. Put it in AOTY conversations. Put it in ROTY conversations. Write threads. Make edits. Share analyses. Start discussions.
If we believe it deserves those nominations, then let's make enough noise that nobody can pretend it doesn't belong in the room.
They ignored BTS until they couldn't.
Let's make sure they can't ignore Arirang either.