“If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social problems. I felt gloomy under this social dictatorship. Looking back, I feel like I never saw a sunrise in Seoul.” PeopleIfsFeelsProblemMightHappensPoliticalSufferingSocialFeltSawsDictatorshipLooking BackSunriseKoreaGloomySocial Problems Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Women are foils to men in South Korea. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance. Men think women should do trivial things on the margins. They think women should be merely a seasoning for a dish. I feel anger and sorrow seeing this.” ThinkingMenFeelsShouldHardPoliticalRolesSeeingSorrowSouthResistanceDishesKoreaMarginsSouth KoreaFoilsSeasoningTrivial Things Author:Kim Hyesoon
“When I first started to write poetry, I used to feel as if my tongue would go numb.” IfsFeelsWritingFirstsUsedTongueNumb Author:Kim Hyesoon
“There 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.” IfsFeelsWritingKindSensesThis DayDrowningAbandonmentWriting Poems Author:Kim Hyesoon
“My body is full of graves. A sepulcher is dug up, and a young girl comes out of it with her dusty hands in tears. A lady who is a young girl and an old girl at the same time feels the presence of the young girl. I feel that the 15-year-old me and the 50-year-old me come out of the sepulcher through an illegal excavation.” FeelsYearsBodyHandsYoungGirlTearsGravesIllegal Author:Kim Hyesoon
“I am a tomb robber who is robbing my own tomb. Things from my tomb are exhibited under the radiant sun. Every time it happens I feel crude.” FeelsHappensMy OwnSunTombsCrudeRadiantRobbersRobbing Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Korean feminism is on the brink of death. Korea has a less clear boundary between popular literature and serious literature than in other countries. I feel that feminism is abandoned like a product that was a craze in the past.” FeelsCountryPastLiteratureClearFeminismSeriousProductsBoundariesAbandonedOther CountriesKoreaKoreanCrazePopular Literature Author:Kim Hyesoon
“If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social problems. I felt gloomy under this social dictatorship. Looking back, I feel like I never saw a sunrise in Seoul. When I was at university, the policemen used to measure how short the women's mini-skirts were and how long guys' hair was. We were living under a government that considers her people to be soldiers.” PeopleIfsFeelsLongProblemGovernmentMightHappensPoliticalUsedGuySufferingSocialFeltSawsHairUniversitySoldierDictatorshipLooking BackSunriseKoreaPolicemenSkirtsGloomySocial Problems Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Men think women should do trivial things on the margins. They think women should be merely a seasoning for a dish. I feel anger and sorrow seeing this.” ThinkingMenFeelsShouldSeeingSorrowDishesMarginsSeasoningTrivial Things Author:Kim Hyesoon
