Megalia

Megalia () was a radical feminist online community based in South Korea. It was launched in 2015 to protest the language policy of the South Korean Internet forum DC Inside, which some users deemed discriminatory against women.
Overview.
In the spring of 2015, South Korean Internet forum DC Inside started "MERS Gallery" as a forum for sharing information on the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak.
When a false rumor spread that two women who had contracted MERS refused quarantine and instead went on a shopping trip to Hong Kong, it prompted bashing in this forum. These supposed health code violators were derogated with the term "kimchi woman" (; "gimchi-nyeo"), a misogynist term for women who only have shopping on their minds.
As this continued, an influx of feminist users started using reactionary terms, coining "kimchi man" (; "gimchi-nam") a reclaimed term which mocks Korean men. DC Inside intervened by instituting a policy, which forbade usage of "kimchi man". A portion of its users regarded the measure as discriminatory, and found these rules constraining and moved to other forums at DC Inside, eventually launching their own website, "Megalia". The name "Megalia" is a portmanteau of "MERS Gallery" and "Egalia's Daughters", a feminist novel by Gerd Brantenberg.
Culture.
In Megalia, there are several boards, including the "best" board, "new posts" board, "Menyeom (meaning suitable for Megalia) board", "news" board, "data" board, "lecture" board, "capture" board, "humor" board, and "free" board.
Megalia originally claimed it was a feminist website intended to "promote women's rights and remove misogyny widespread in Korean society."
Megalia began a movement to halt the porn-sharing site "" () distributing non-consensual secretly photographed video content, and has moved on to petition the shutdown of the site itself, which was notorious for various types of illegal pornographic content. Eventually, "SoraNet" was shut down.
Controversies.
Megalia is widely perceived as a radical feminist community, which consciously mirrors the misogynistic language deployed in male-dominated forums like Ilbe. Online critics claim Megalians' mirroring tactic is hateful and misandrist; to supporters, they are reclaiming a male-centered language that threatens and discriminates against women.
Many, including feminists, say Megalia's tactics are unproductive and divisive. Some Megalia posters have outed gay men who are married to women.
On October 17, 2015, a kindergarten teacher anonymously uploaded a post declaring their desire to have sexual intercourse with a "Jonnini" (), which is Megalia slang for a male child. The poster (referred to by the media as "Ms. A") later addressed this, and while admitting the gravity of her statement, explained that she was merely trying to bring awareness to the fact that male-dominated boards such as Ilbe routinely discuss sexual desires for underage girls (referred to as "lolini" (, 'Lolita girl').
Users of Megalia have posted gory images of men whose genitalia have been severed or severely damaged and publicized explicit photos without consent.
In October 2018, following the Isu Station assault case, more than 129,500 Koreans signed an online petition asking for the presidential office to take measures against the abusive pseudo-feminist communities, including Womad and Megalia.