Horrible men and the freeze response (AKA the worst storytime ever)

So, I have something to confess. This one isn’t fun, but I don’t believe in keeping this sort of thing a secret so I’m practicing what I preach. CW for creepy man doing horrible things creepy men tend to do :/ These last month or so the novel Molka by Monika Kim had been advertised to me online before its release. Kim explains the meaning of the word in the introduction to the novel. “Molka (멀카): the Korean term for hidden or miniature spy cameras secretly and illegally installed, often to capture voyeuristic images and videos. Molka is an abbreviation of molrae-kamera (몰래카메라), which means a sneaky camera.” As a woman that got swept up by Hallyu and the history of the country and the international fandom culture that’s come out of the Korean entertainment industry I have been very aware of this crime for a long time. I think at this point the concept of molka is common knowledge for most people that are involved in these hobbies for a long time. It’s horrible and disgusting and so…