Written and Illustrated by Shin Hyewon and Lee eunhong


A couple needs more equality. This is a story about being "unequal" from an equal couple in a 30-year marriage.

Korean society is in an era when understanding and practicing equality, respect and consideration are being demanded more than ever. With the rise of feminism, most Koreans are trying to improve their gender sensitivity. This is a comic from the couple Sin Hyewon, a picture book writer, and Lee Eunhong, a comic artist, who are well-known for being an equal couple. The story features a couple who began as an equal man and woman dreaming of an equal married life but face difficult realities that trigger them to say, "Equality is garbage!" By presenting the conflicts people experience in their daily lives, the story showcases gender equality issues that a couple cannot fix easily but can only be resolved through change and innovation in the overall society. This allows readers to look into less commonly seen social irony by reaching beyond salient gender conflicts.