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choa is an independent online platform devoted to recognizing, examining, and understanding the nuances and complexities of the Korean female diasporic experiences.

  1. 01/05/2025

    Jayci Lee on writing romance novels, the role of purity culture within Korean diasporas, and joy without shame

    Featured on choa magazine Volume 4: Sex. Jayci Lee writes poignant, sexy, and laugh-out-loud romance featuring Korean American main characters. She shares her journey from a career as a litigator to becoming a romance author, the role of faith in shaping perceptions of sex and romance within Korean diasporic communities, and the importance of embracing pleasure. Originally published on January 2025. Interview by Harriet Kim. Audio Edited by Frances Kim.

    Jayci Lee on writing romance novels, the role of purity culture within Korean diasporas, and joy without shame

  2. 08/15/2024

    groundings ep 10: reflections on the ordinariness of our lives as diasporic Korean women

    Welcome to the final episode of groundings. In this episode, Ki-Sang looks back on the past season of groundings and offers her reflections on the process and importance of telling our own stories as Korean women in the diaspora.  ---- groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora. Support us at choamagazine.com/support Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi Music by Haedeun KimFollow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

    groundings ep 10: reflections on the ordinariness of our lives as diasporic Korean women

  3. 07/11/2024

    groundings ep 9: choa's Ashley An on coping with difference through conversations and reflections on faith

    In a winding conversation that takes us through the past, present, and future, groundings introduces you to choa magazine’s newest member, Ashley An.  This intimate conversation explores how our identity is shaped by our hyphenated and immigrant experiences, our conversations with our mothers, and our relationships with God. ---- groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora. Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi Music by Haedeun Kim Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

    groundings ep 9: choa's Ashley An on coping with difference through conversations and reflections on faith

  4. 06/20/2024

    groundings ep 8: Artist Julia Chon on recognizing and archiving han (한) helped expand her communities

    Through a conversation that flows through personal trauma, the amplification of Asian American perspectives, and intergenerational affirmation of identity, this episode explores Julia Chon, we get to know the person behind @kimchi.juice and @koreanarchives. In this wide-spanning conversation with Ki-Sang and Harriet, Julia shares how her relationships with her family, strangers, and artist communities have shaped her career, her understanding of herself, and her understanding of what it means to be Korean. ---- You can find Julia’s original artwork on Instagram @kimchi.juice⁠ and her archival work @koreanarchives. Specific artworks mentioned in the episode include: ‘Halmeoni’, Julia’s first portrait of a Korean woman Julia’s Phillips100 Logo Reimagined ‘Crane Dancers’ mural for the Korean Cultural Center in Washington D.C. Organizations, artists, and community members from the episode include: The Korean American Artist Collective (@kaacollective), their 한 (Han) exhibition and their 정 (Jeong) project Korean American Story (@koreanamericanstory) and their Legacy Project Kelly Towles (@kellytowles), the curator of DC Walls, an annual festival that occurs in October, and Peter Chang (@peterfranklinchang), the co-founder of the former No Kings Collective, the mentors that got Julia hooked on mural painting Maria Qamar (@hatecopy), Pakistani-Canadian Artist  Sandra Sohee Chi Kim, an IDEA fellow at Stony Brook University and the founder of Asian American Justice + Innovation Lab (@aajil_org) Ann Kim (@annbkool), owner of Pizzeria Lola (@pizzerialola) in Minneapolis, MN ---- groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora. Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi Music by Haedeun Kim Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

    groundings ep 8: Artist Julia Chon on recognizing and archiving han (한) helped expand her communities

  5. 05/30/2024

    groundings ep 7: choa's Harriet Kim on creating art as a form of showing up in the world

    We are re-introducing Harriet, the co-founder of choa magazine, in this week’s grounding. You may have heard her talk about choa magazine before, but this is the first time Harriet shares a deeper, more personal story about who she is, who her family is, and how she moves through the world. In this episode, Ki-Sang and Mirae share an intimate conversation with Harriet about her family’s multi-decade and multi-generational history in so-called Toronto, her dream job as a kid, and her way of processing the world by helping others put out their own work and art.  For Ki-Sang and Mirae’s own episodes, check out episodes 3 and 5 of groundings 🌱  ---- You can find earlier interviews with Harriet and Mirae on our website at choamagazine.com. Send us comments, questions, and feedback @choamagazine on Instagram or via email at podcast@choamagazine.com. ---- groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora. Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi Music by Haedeun KimFollow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

    groundings ep 7: choa's Harriet Kim on creating art as a form of showing up in the world

  6. 05/09/2024

    groundings ep 6: Nurse Hilary Hwu on how distance and food ground her relationships

    An exploration into mixed-race Korean experiences, Harriet and Ki-Sang speak with Hilary Hwu, a Chinese-Korean neonatal intensive care nurse, for the sixth episode of groundings. With an upbringing that thoroughly blurred the cultural lines of Korean, Chinese, Myanmarese, and Japanese influences, Hilary gives us a window into her transition into adulthood, as she moved across the continent to build a new community and career, while evolving her relationships with her parents and her own mental health. ---- The episode mentions made in, a podcast that discusses pop-culture moments and current events through the lens of two female members of the Asian diaspora. The Asian Canadian Therapist Directory is available on our website, www.choamagazine.com. ---- groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora. Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi Music by Haedeun KimFollow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

    groundings ep 6: Nurse Hilary Hwu on how distance and food ground her relationships

  7. 04/18/2024

    groundings ep 5: choa's Mirae Lee on how she contributes to collective stories she doesn't share

    Mirae, choa's co-founder, is this week’s guest on groundings. You may have seen and enjoyed her writings, graphic designs, and as of late, her monthly recommendations, but this week's groundings episode explores the lesser known sides of this choa team member.  In a conversation with Ki-Sang and Harriet, Mirae shares her experience as an immigrant and diaspora member in both Toronto and in Singapore, how her work with diasporic artists and storytellers have shaped her own sense of identity, and why K-pop will always feel more like home than Western entertainment. ---- groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora. Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi Music by Haedeun Kim Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

    groundings ep 5: choa's Mirae Lee on how she contributes to collective stories she doesn't share

  8. 03/28/2024

    groundings ep 4: Author June Hur on shifting our diasporic roles from irrelevance to reimagined histories

    June Hur is a Korean historical YA novelist whose novels that have been described as K-dramas in book form. She is the author of best-selling and award-winning books The Silence of Bones, The Forest of Stolen Girls, The Red Palace, and the upcoming A Crane Among Wolves.  In this episode of groundings, June and Ki-Sang discuss the pains of being an introvert in an extroverted world, the role of history in rooting us a collective identity, and the beauty and challenges of being a diasporic creative. A Crane Among Wolves will be released in May 2024 and is available for pre-order. You can find June’s blog, pre-order her upcoming novel, and learn more about her existing books on junehur.com.  For more details about choa magazine’s call for submission for Volume 4: Sex, visit https://www.choamagazine.com/submissions.html. Deadline is March 31, 2024.  ---- groundings, a storytelling project from choa magazine, takes a deep dive into the inner lives of women in the Korean diaspora. Hosted by Ki-Sang Yi Music by Haedeun Kim Follow us on Instagram @choamagazine or visit our website choamagazine.com

    groundings ep 4: Author June Hur on shifting our diasporic roles from irrelevance to reimagined histories
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