After a quick trip to Seoul in April, I wrote a piece (link here) on the startlingly uniform appearances of South Korea’s female celebrities (i.e. see image on the right). Despite the long way we still have to go in order to diversify American media figures, the trip made me more aware of the ...
This piece (link here) is a personal reflection of my eating habits as a teenager and later a model as I look at why so many teenage girls develop eating disorders in pursuit of beauty. ...
The lovely ladies who play Peggy Olson and Joan Holloway on Mad Men are reluctant to call their characters feminists, as seen in a recent interview. The latest post in my guest series for Bitch Magazine explores the general lack of regard for feminism within the entertainment industry (link here). Based on my experiences ...
Young female Hollywood stars and sexualized rites of passage — the topic of my latest guest post for Bitch Magazine (link here). Celebrities like Britney Spears and Jessica Biel began their careers in showbiz quite early, making the transition from innocent girl next door to sexpot by showing a lot of skin. Why is ...
The latest in my “Model Media” guest series for Bitch Magazine highlights the rarely-discussed practice of male actors and models wearing make-up (link here). As a model I was surprised to notice backstage that the guys go through the same hair and make-up department as the girls. I thought it important for the general ...
Yoonj Kim is a writer, cultural journalist, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Her work is in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Slate, CNN, and other major outlets. New media, popular culture, and aesthetics are her favorite topics to discuss and ponder. Currently she serves as the Chicago Manager and West Coast Fellow for The OpEd Project.
She also works as a model and blogs about her musings and experiences. Yoonj received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University. Read more
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