Eleven

Break Away

Girls Can Do Anything: Here's Why People Should Stop Being Scared of Feminism—Jisoo's latest article reads.

When she read about APink's Son Naeun deleting her Instagram post because the photos showed her phone case screaming 'Girls Can Do Anything'; and when she found out that male fans are destroying the merchandise of Red Velvet's Irene because she's reading a feminist novel, Jisoo knew she had to do something about it.

So she went on and wrote an article retelling the said incident, researching about other situations and why people still think that feminism is a scary thing all the while convincing her readers otherwise.

She tried her very best to be objective but when people are being misogynists, illogical and just outright dumb, Jisoo just can't help but to let her personal opinions in the article.

"The term gender equality didn't quite work in the older days so the term Feminism was born. It's basically the same thing—wanting equality for both sexes. Simple. It's 2018 and people should wake up to the fact that Feminism is a thing and no one should be afraid about it. " Lady K reads an excerpt from her draft out loud, dropping Jisoo's four-page draft on her desk. "What were you thinking, Jisoo?"

"That it's about time people come to their senses?" Jisoo replied.

"Don't talk back at me like that." Lady K demanded, trying to be calm. "You know readers will be furious about this. We could get a lot of backlash from this."

"Backlash from publishing what is right?" Jisoo said. "I'm in for that."

"Ms. Kim Jisoo," Lady K called. "I don't like you talking like this."

Jisoo didn't say a word. You just hated it when I say something right and have the guts to actually speak was what she wanted to say but decided to keep it to herself.

"Do yourself a favor," Lady K said. "Keep this article to yourself. You're not going to get this published."

"But, Lady K, I—" Jisoo protested but Lady K has made up her mind.

"Sorry, Jisoo. We can't do this. We could lose sponsors with this." Lady K tried to be calm in explaining. "Just carry on with your article with Nam Daeho. I'll let you pass for this month's entry."

Lady K organized Jisoo's draft and slides it across the table, returning it to her.

Jisoo took an exasperated breath. She knows that this is the end of her article. It's never going to see light of the day and people won't ever read about—which she actually knew the moment she started writing it. She just had to write it and try submitting it. She just had to do something.

Jisoo took her draft aggressively and exited the room with the same attitude.

She walked back to her desk with Minah and her junior writers waiting for her with full anticipation.

Jisoo looked at Minah and sighed heavily, slumping herself on her chair then resting her head on her desk

Minah sighs. "You already know your article won't make it anyway." She said walking to her then stroked her hair.

Jisoo suddenly looked up from her desk making Minah startle. "I still believed in this company, you know? I still believe that we are an institution publishing socially relevant article with the goal to tell people what is right."

Minah shakes her head. "You know you're the only person who still takes this company's mission and vision to heart, right?"

Jisoo turned to their juniors. "I'm sure they still do!"

The younger ones exchanged looks before shaking their heads.

"They forgot about it weeks after they got hired." Minah said.