“An Injury to One Is an Injury to All”: Labor Organizing and Fandom with Katie Doan
Image by Amber Lee. Incorporates elements from SM Entertainment press photo for SMTOWN Live 2022: SMCU Express @ Human City_Suwon, August 23, 2022 (Nevarez Communications) and stills from A Single Spark by Park Kwang-su, 1995; Awl, 2015; Extraordinary Attorney Woo, 2022; and Queenmaker, 2023.
This piece appears in print in MENT Issue 003; full digital publication is forthcoming. In the meantime, references associated with the piece are listed below.
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