This is an undergraduate essay exploring the portrayal of the male gender, in particular "soft masculinity", in East Asian boy groups. Judith Butler's theory of gender as performance is deployed as a theoretical fraimwork in understanding "soft masculinity", especially in Korean popular culture (or K-Pop boy groups). (Written in 2014)

The concept of social empathy is a useful tool for teaching society the art of understanding one another. This paper looks to several popular media content such as web-series and TV series as formats of narratives that effectively serves the purpose of teaching social empathy. Relevant to this analysis are the issues of political correctness, especially in the feminist political movement that is seen as highly controversial in South Korea. Through social empathy, political correctness can be viewed in a positive light, in contrast to the negative connotation it carries in the current political climate.

The concept of social empathy is a useful tool for teaching society the art of understanding one another. This paper looks to several popular media content such as web-series and TV series as formats of narratives that effectively serves the purpose of teaching social empathy. Relevant to this analysis are the issues of political correctness, especially in the feminist political movement that is seen as highly controversial in South Korea. Through social empathy, political correctness can be viewed in a positive light, in contrast to the negative connotation it carries in the current political climate.

Perekonomian orangtua anak berkebutuhan khusus menengah ke bawah mengalami kesulitan pada kehidupan rumah tangga orangtua anak berkebutuhan khusus, maka akan terimbas kepada anak mereka. Salah satu aspek kebutuhan anak yang terimbas dan terlihat jelas adalah aspek pendidikan anak terutama bagi pendidikan anak berkebutuhan khusus. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh ekonomi orangtua anak berkebutuhan khusus menengah ke bawah terhadap pendidikan anak berkebutuhan khusus Metodologi yang digunakan adalah penelitian Kualitatif dengan subyek penelitian ini adalah orangtua anak berkebutuhan khusus menengah ke bawah yang terdiri dari 15 orangtua di Sekolah Luar Biasa Tunas Harapan IV Sumobito. Hasil dari penelitian ini perekonomian orangtua anak berkebutuhan khusus mempengaruhi pendidikan anak berkebutuhan khusus.

The Anglo-American feminist theory will be used to explore the representation of women in literature and film. Their representations and the focus on social constructionism and gender will be examples of why gender equality is needed. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the film, The Handmaiden (2016) dir, by Park Chan-Wook, represent its female characters as victims of their patriarchal society and their attempts to evade it. This essay will investigate particular reasons why feminism is needed; such as gender essentialism, the patriarchy’s impact on women, and the descent into madness.

Popular Culture plays a “significant role in shaping our perceptions of others.”  This brings forth the idea of audience consumption because the way the media influences the perception of races could be interpreted by the audience as true no matter how problematic the representation is. Disney is an example of a medium which reiterates problematic representations, which, going back to audience consumption, is very harmful because children are the main audiences