18.
I Don't Like Your Girlfriend
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Excited about their trip to the Olympics the next day, the girls were all up before their alarms and had dressed and had breakfast before Manager-nim showed up with the van.
"Now rememember," Manager-nim said as she ushered them into the van, "this is a treat, but it's also a public appearance. Best behavior at all times. Willing to sign autographs or pose for selfies with any fans who approach you. You know the drill."
They did indeed - thanks to hours of media and comportment training, they all knew exactly how to behave in any situation they were likely to find themselves in. But they let Manager-nim carry on with her litany of instructions because they knew it made her feel better.
Once they were all in the van, Manager-nim got behind the wheel and started the van for the 2 hour drive to the arena.
"I wish they could have gotten us tickets to women's hockey," Doyeon said.
"Get real," Rina said. "As far as management knows, we're all straight and would love nothing better than to see a bunch of big strong Korean lads fighting it out on the ice for national honor." They all had a good laugh at this.
In the back corner of the van, Sei was telling Suyeon about her visit from Lucy the night before. "She was all full of questions about polyamory," Sei said. "She said she'd gotten it from a zine she was reading."
Suyeon's face froze. "No, do you know what she's been reading? Whatever I wrote when I was stoned..." Suyeon told Sei about her conversation with Lucy on the subject of nonmonogamy, and Lucy's hint that these questions were based on Suyeon's stoned scribblings. "So apparently," Suyeon concluded, "when I get stoned I write about polyamory - and I try to explain it using Twilight?" She buried her face in her hands, mortified.
"It could be worse," Sei said. "You could be using Fifty Shades of Grey to explain ..."
Suyeon lifted her head. "But Fifty Shades of Grey is great for teaching !" As Sei's jaw dropped, she went on hurriedly "Christian Grey is a perfect example of what not to do."
Relieved by the sudden change of direction that sentence had taken, Sei laughed heartily. When she stopped to try to catch her breath, she overheard Lucy asking Yoojung "Yoojung, I've been doing some reading, and I know you've read a lot more than I have about this, so I've got a question for you: Is monogamy automatically a feminist value?"
Yoojung didn't even have to stop and think. "Hell no! It's a leftover from caveman days: My stick! My rock! My cave! My woman!" Anyone who wasn't already listening to this conversation was drawn in by Yoojung's caveman impression. "Monogamy can be feminist, depending on how it's used and what it's used for, but it's not automatically feminist, no." Yoojung thought for a moment. "In fact, given the way that monogamy is usually applie
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