Alina Kim

Dec 9, 2024 | unwinnable.com | Alina Kim

Since the first day that drag-queen-turned-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who faked his entire résumé to get elected, stepped into Congress in 2023, journalists staked out his office for hours on end, practically daily. Transcription apps open and ready, reporters shouted questions (usually, the futile “Will you resign?”) as Santos and his aides ducked and dodged the cameras. One day, the indicted congressman got in on the joke, sarcastically thanking the producers with Dunkin’ Donuts.

Dec 9, 2024 | studyhall.xyz | Alina Kim

What we can learn from Trump’s anti-establishment media ecosystemThe autopsies began as soon as 11 PM Eastern on election night, when it became obvious that Donald Trump had won reelection. Almost instantly, the blame game exploded into intraparty mudslinging (see: The Atlantic’s “Blame Biden”); Liz Cheney dunking; and the self-cannibalization of Democratic strategists. Legacy media faced a cocktail of its own post-mortems before Trump’s 2024 win, but it’s gotten more painfully palpable since.

Nov 5, 2024 | polygon.com | Alina Kim

Once upon a time, there was a teenage girl, the bastion of innocence, who became enamored with a centuries-old bad boy with an eternal curse. Amid a tumultuous love triangle, quasi-real breakup, and a chapters-long fight over their surprise baby, they battled for their happily-ever-after and captured the hearts of millions of invested fans. This week on Polygon, we’re exploring how superheroes are dominating not just comics and movies, but all media, in a special issue called Superculture.

Oct 23, 2024 | mdpi.com | Mona Singh |Alina Kim |Deanna Nguyen |Amelie Young

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Nov 27, 2023 | xtramagazine.com | Alina Kim

Trans awakening came to Sunshine Bella Goodman in the form of tarot cards. During a vacation in 2019, a tarot reader confronted Goodman with a question she had never pondered prior. “Why do you allow people to call you by ‘he’ if you prefer ‘she’?” Goodman, now 37, recalls the reader inquiring after flipping a card. “But I now understand why I waited so long and why I didn’t allow people to tell me. It’s because that’s how I grew up. I grew up with my father telling me that I’m not a girl.