It's August, which means it's time to set aside our Changing Tastes theme and introduce our new one for the month! (Side note of panic: How is it August already?...
Flower Boy Next Door
By Ladytron333
When I discovered Korean dramas at the end of 2011, I was on the cusp of some major changes in my personal life. My introduction...
Misaeng
By @graey
For as long as I can remember, our local TV stations have been airing K-dramas and have even made a timeslot especially for them. But I only...
Queen In-hyun's Man
By @fatcat007
While thinking about the theme of this month, initially I came up blank because when I thought over my taste in K-dramas, the only theme...
Six Flying Dragons
By @redfox
When I first started watching dramas, I was all about the male leads. Whether it be the flower boys with facial features that looked like...
The Return of Iljimae
My introduction to K-dramas was pretty typical and included romantic comedies such as You’re Beautiful, Coffee Prince, and Boys Over Flowers. Part of the fun...
White Christmas
By @sleepypie1212
When I started watching K-dramas, I was a college senior, hardheaded and practical and such a snob. I was an intellectual, damnit, and I knew that...
Birth Secret
[Editor's Note: The term makjang gets tossed around a lot and has become shorthand for a certain type of storytelling---the kind with over-the-top plot twists, often designed to...
Worlds Within
By @pickwick
The first Korean drama I ever saw was Full House. I remember sitting down to watch it with absolutely no expectations and no preconceived ideas of...
[Theme of the Month] Challenge! Revisit an old drama
by javabeans
It's August, which means it's time to set aside our Changing Tastes theme and introduce our new one for the month! (Side note of panic: How is it August already?...
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[Changing Tastes] To binge or not to binge, that is the question
by Guest Beanie
Flower Boy Next Door By Ladytron333 When I discovered Korean dramas at the end of 2011, I was on the cusp of some major changes in my personal life. My introduction...
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[Changing Tastes] The leap from makjang to mundane
by Guest Beanie
Misaeng By @graey For as long as I can remember, our local TV stations have been airing K-dramas and have even made a timeslot especially for them. But I only...
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[Changing Tastes] Same old love with my own customized rules
by Guest Beanie
Queen In-hyun's Man By @fatcat007 While thinking about the theme of this month, initially I came up blank because when I thought over my taste in K-dramas, the only theme...
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[Changing Tastes] How I became a feminist through dramas
by Guest Beanie
Six Flying Dragons By @redfox When I first started watching dramas, I was all about the male leads. Whether it be the flower boys with facial features that looked like...
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[Changing Tastes] The more the merrier
by TeriYaki
The Return of Iljimae My introduction to K-dramas was pretty typical and included romantic comedies such as You’re Beautiful, Coffee Prince, and Boys Over Flowers. Part of the fun...
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[Changing Tastes] From a hater to a lover
by Guest Beanie
White Christmas By @sleepypie1212 When I started watching K-dramas, I was a college senior, hardheaded and practical and such a snob. I was an intellectual, damnit, and I knew that...
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[Changing Tastes] Understanding that things get complicated
by Guest Beanie
Goong By @since2006 When I was a teenager I was a bit rigid—a wet blanket, a stick in the mud, a know-it-all, Hermione from the first half of the...
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[Changing Tastes] Real life is sometimes more bizarre than makjang dramas
by Guest Beanie
Birth Secret [Editor's Note: The term makjang gets tossed around a lot and has become shorthand for a certain type of storytelling---the kind with over-the-top plot twists, often designed to...
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[Changing Tastes] I came for the cultural differences and stayed for the commonalities
by Guest Beanie
Worlds Within By @pickwick The first Korean drama I ever saw was Full House. I remember sitting down to watch it with absolutely no expectations and no preconceived ideas of...
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