Walking Practice

by Dolki Min

I also get the impression that it is only after a gender has been assigned that you are seen as human.

Oof

I am so tired, and the water is so comforting, that I nearly slough off my vigilance.

Ah, forgive me. I’ve accidentally lumped dogs in with the likes of him. I would like to give a sincere apology to all the dogs of Earth.

Say what you want about the purple (in this case blue) people eaters, they're right about dogs

weaponizes conventional understandings of sex and gender as a way to feed the violent hunger of Mumu’s loneliness is what makes Walking Practice a profoundly queer work of literature.

many of Mumu’s fears and the dangers they face are mirrored in the fears and dangers faced by queer people, not only in Korea, but around the world: the fear of being out-ed, the threat of persecution, the potential to be met with violence in the pursuit

of love.