K-pop fans, capitalism fans, and everyone else alike are welcome in this course exploring how capitalism affects one of the world's most prominent niche industries. From the birth of modern K-pop in the 1990s to its current reach across the globe, we'll take a look at industry practices, fan customs, and how your favorite idol might just be a messenger of neoliberalism. This class will be part presentation and part discussion, with questions and comments welcome throughout.

Have you ever wanted to spend an hour learning useless pop culture facts? Did you want those facts to be in the form of 5-10 slideshow presentations/? Well, have we got the class for you! [something about how we’re not boring and lame we’re actually quite fun and interesting to talk to/listen to/interact with] Come take our class!! Current potential topics: - Rusty Lake - TXT - A Specific Subset of Indie Games - Web Literature (novels+fanfiction+pirated textbooks i mean) - Tax Evasion - Anime (it’s gojover) - How to not get into MIT - a list of quotes from my professors that i think are funny - A Dramatic Reading of Does Bruno Mars is Gay - a brief Hamilton reenactment - A survey of math media - … and more! or less. or roughly the same amount.