"Gender DOES NOT Exist Outside of Patriarchy": Flower Boys, Gender Envy, and the Radical Possibilities of JIMIN GENDERS. Heijin Lee
On October 10, 2020, during the first (of two) MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E pay-per- view streaming concerts, Park Jimin performed his solo track "Filter." The performance and subsequent concert photos revealed that Jimin had written the word Illecebra on his right hand and Arcanus on his left. Social media platforms were abuzz with ARMY deciphering that the former is a feminine noun meaning "enticement" while the latter is a masculine one that means "keeper of secrets." That Jimin had chosen both types of gendered nouns to adorn his hands was deeply meaningful to ARMY, as illustrated by Twitter use Paaegiyagaja's tweet: "The fact that illecebra is a feminine term and arcanus is a masculine term blows my mind." JIMIN REALLY SAID JIMIN GENDER..." See figure 22.1.) The tweet exemplifies North American ARMY's fascination with Jimin as an arbriter of a new gender formation. According this chapter seeks to undestand the regional specificities of how JIMIN GENDER is concept (..) among fans through an analysis of contemporary North American fan discourse on Twitter. What is JIMIN GENDER and why is it so...
