Về nguyên tác, cuốn tiểu thuyết Kim Ji Young: Born 1982 sau khi xuất bản vào năm 2016 đã gây ra tranh cãi rất lớn bởi nó đề cập đến vấn đề nhạy cảm về chủ nghĩa nữ quyền, nhấn mạnh phong trào #MeToo (phong trào chống quấy rối và lạm dụng quyền lực) tại xứ kim chi.
Najwa Shihab. Film Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982 mengangkat isu tentang feminisme, budaya patriarki, diskriminasi terhadap perempuan, dan ketidaksetaraan gender di Korea Selatan. Film ini diangkat dari novel yang berjudul sama, "82nyeonsaeng Kimjiyoung" karya Cho Nam-Ju (terbit Oktober 2016), dan telah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Indonesia dan Kim Ji Young born 1982 (82년생 김지영) in pdf books. Kim Ji Young born 1982 (82년생 김지영 ) Ji (82년생 born 김지영 ) Young 1982 Kim A great continuation Kim the series Harlem Beat. She doesn't mind always being the new kid in school because she knows she'll be born soon anyway so it wouldn't be any use to make friends. Kim Jiyoung born 1982 is set in urban Korea. Its protagonist, Jiyoung, is a woman who has lived a life subservient to men in spite of being an educated career woman, all because of the patriarchical society. This lifelong suppression of emotions leads to a psychiatric calamity, which flummoxes her family.