Everybody (Else) Is Perfect

How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes

Everybody (Else) Is Perfect
Gabrielle Korn
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h213 x 140mm - 272pg
26 Jan 2021
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9781982127763
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From the former editor-in-chief of Nylon comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays featuring eye-opening explorations of hot button topics for modern women, including internet feminism, impossible beauty standards in social media, shifting ideals about sexuality, and much more. Gabrielle Korn starts her professional life with all the right credentials. Prestigious college degree? Check. A loving, accepting family? Check. Instagram-worthy offices and a tight-knit group of friends? Check, check. Gabrielle' s life seems to reach the crescendo of perfect when she gets named the youngest editor-in-chief in the history of one of fashion' s most influential publication. Suddenly she' s invited to the world' s most epic parties, comped beautiful clothes and shoes from trendy designers, and asked to weigh in on everything from gay rights to lip gloss on one of the most influential digital platforms. But behind the scenes, things are far from perfect. In fact, just a few months before landing her dream job, Gabrielle' s health and wellbeing are on the line, and her promotion to editor-in-chief becomes the ultimate test of strength. In this collection of inspirational and searing essays, Gabrielle reveals exactly what it' s truly like in the fashion world, trying to find love as a young lesbian in New York City, battling with anorexia, and trying not to lose herself in a mirage of women' s empowerment and Instagram perfection. Through deeply personal essays, Gabrielle recounts her struggles to reconcile her long-held insecurities about her body while coming out in the era of The L Word, where swoon-worthy lesbians are portrayed as skinny, fashion-perfect, and power-hungry. She takes us with her everywhere from New York Fashion Week to the doctor' s office, revealing that the forces that try to keep women small are more pervasive than anyone wants to admit, especially in a world that' s been newly branded as woke. From #MeToo to commercialized body positivity, Korn' s biting, darkly funny analysis turns feminist commentary on its head. Both an in-your-face take on impossible beauty standards and entrenched media ideals and an inspiring call for personal authenticity, this powerful collection is ideal for fans of Roxane Gay and Rebecca Solnit.
"An honest, unflinching, and yet unfailingly compassionate memoir, Everybody (Else) Is Perfect tackles fashion media, lesbian identity, eating disorders, and gender justice with vision, ethical commitment, and uncommon grace . . . [It] reads like one of those long, late night conversations with your best friend. It will leave you stronger, and fortified for the feminist fight. "--Moira Donegan, columnist for The Guardian "Filled with insight, wisdom, wit, and a clingy Scorpio ex, Gabrielle Korn' s Everybody (Else) Is Perfect is a bracingly candid look into what it' s like to navigate the often ugly realities of women' s media. Korn is fearless in her exploration of her professional and personal life, and has written a queer, feminist bible for all the millennials who haven' t yet figured out that we are enough, just the way we are. "--Kristin Iversen, deputy editor at Refinery29 "Gabrielle perfectly captures the feeling both of growing up as a woman in the early aughts as well as working in the digital landscape during the boom period of the last decade . . . She candidly shares personal anecdotes about discovering her sexuality, dealing with assault, and coping with an eating disorder, weaving together both a keen self-awareness and a frank analysis of the society which helped shape her experiences. Everybody (Else) Is Perfect is, well, perfect. "--Tyler McCall, editor in chief, Fashionista
Gabrielle Korn is a journalist, digital media expert, and the former editor-in-chief of Nylon Media, an international lifestyle publication focused on emerging culture. Under her editorial leadership, Nylon became a fully digital brand with an ever-growing audience and original, politically-driven, thought-provoking beauty, fashion, music, and entertainment content. She spent three years working on Nylon' s digital presence before her promotion to editor-in-chief, working across platforms and growing traffic. Prior to that, she was an editor at Refinery29, overseeing beauty content during a period of explosive traffic growth and working to expand the brand' s concept of what beauty means to the millennial reader. She graduated from NYU' s Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2011 with a concentration in feminist/queer theory and writing. She lives in Brooklyn.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781982127763
Published: 26 Jan 2021
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Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Atria Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 213mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 272

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