Korean Beauty Standards, My Mom, and Me
In a world where one’s natural beauty is called into question, I’ve decided to set my own standards
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6 min readOct 17, 2019
One evening when I was about 10 years old, I found my mom sitting cross-legged on the living room floor by a lamp. She was gazing at herself in a hand mirror, and an open rectangular box wrapped in red satin with Korean writing on…
