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: Photograph via SM/Avex Trax/Rhythm Zone
Dear TVXQ, Shipping Showed Me a Way Out of the Church

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Giaae Kwon
Aug 11, 2021
Columns | From A K Pop Fan, With Love
Cover Photo: photograph of Taeyeon in a long-sleeved burnt sienna dress against a dark blue background, head tilted to her left, eyes downcast, one arm extended up, hand resting on the back of her head
Dear Taeyeon, It’s Okay Not to Be Okay

Giaae Kwon on Taeyeon, living with depression and suicidal thinking, and how she cares for herself by caring for others—including GomSom, her beloved dogs.

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Giaae Kwon
May 12, 2021
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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.

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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.

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Giaae Kwon
Feb 08, 2021
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