Having a degree in Women's Studies, I carry a certain fear about teaching feminism to large audiences—the fear that at any moment I could be attacked, rudely and all too easily, by someone. After the #MeToo movement, the importance of feminism was emphasized across many parts of Korean society, and there was progress, including the mandating of gender-equality education. That awareness had improved and institutions had been put in place was a genuinely glad and welcome thing; yet the concrete reality I confronted while making this film was more complicated. When Hyemin, who had taught the course "An Artist's Gender Practice" for six years, opened up for the first time about how her heart was falling apart, a question I had been looking away from rose to the surface. Why had a longing for a wider world and more diverse relationships become a target of attack and hatred? Is feminism unrelated to art? What is art? Through Lessons in Progress, I want to follow the hearts of those who were there even before the fear—those who chose, willingly, to move once again.​