Christina Jang
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Christina Seoyoung Jang (she/they) is a writer at OutWrite. They are a first-year PhD student in Asian Languages and Cultures specializing in Korean Literature and feminist and queer studies. They are passionate about the power of the written word, transgender/genderqueer representation in Korean literature and culture, and reading contemporary novels by young female Korean writers.

Love in the Big City: Heterobaiting and Queering Relationships in Korean Media

Korean queer media and literature do not need to conform to Western definitions of queerness to be meaningful. As I write for an Anglophone queer audience, I am reminded that this dialogue is not about proving the queerness of Korean media, but about expanding the scope of queer representation to include its many forms and contexts. Perhaps, rather than queering Korean media for the West, we should allow its stories to challenge and reshape what we consider queer altogether.