From a K-pop Fan, With Love This is From a K-pop Fan, With Love, a column by Giaae Kwon about her K-pop obsessions past and present.

Cover Photo: IU, wearing a pink gown and a sparkling necklace and headband, gazing out from between pale green doors

Dear IU, Our Bodies Are Fine

I knew my body wasn’t ‘right’; it didn’t look like the bodies of the K-pop idols and Korean actresses I grew up admiring.

Giaae Kwon

Mar 11, 2021

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Dear H.O.T., I’ll Love You Forever

My obsession with the group was the first step I took away from the life prescribed to me as the Korean American daughter of devout Christian parents.

Giaae Kwon

Feb 08, 2021

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