Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, at least that's what Tonya, Alison, Megan and Lia have learned in the world of ARMY fandom. Back before BTS got their hooks in us, we were avid K-drama watchers and one drama that delighted us was Her Private Life which depicts the secret life of a professional art curator who happens to be a little (lot) obsessed with a Kpop idol. We thought it was cute but also maybe over the top at first watch. Nowadays...we aren't so sure. Suddenly having a giant cut out of Jungkook in our living room seems pretty reasonable. So we decide to return to the drama with new eyes and see how we related to the exploration of adult women in fandom.

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SHOW NOTES

Our sister podcast Afternoona Delight did a full deep dive on Her Private Life:

Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-private-life-deep-dive/id1551567801?i=1000517096724

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IlxRtQ7S2Jec41fC11EOu?si=uv6Dawk8TJymLVnsrloh-w 

YouTube

https://youtu.be/BH_ZASZyMYE 

So I Married the Anti-Fan https://mydramalist.com/30519-so-i-married-an-anti-fan 

Reply 1994 https://mydramalist.com/6753-reply-1994 

Reply 1997 https://mydramalist.com/4689-reply-1997 

Books

The Comeback by Lily Chu https://lilychuauthor.com/the-comeback 

XOXO by Axie Oh http://axieoh.com/xoxo/ 

BTS and Army Culture by Jeeheng Lee https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48652799-bts-and-army-culture 

Other

How to report threatening/defaming fan behavior to Hybe: https://www.usbtsarmy.com/tutorials/report-malicious-posts 

Primate study - primates paying with food to look at pictures of high-ranked primates https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15797023/