Of Bookish Things<p>In <a href="https://c.im/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a>, &#39;<a href="https://c.im/tags/Lookism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lookism</span></a>&#39; Is &#39;Enforced With Open Discrimination&#39;<br />When she was posted to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Seoul</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journalist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EliseHu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EliseHu</span></a> was bowled over by the <a href="https://c.im/tags/BeautyIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BeautyIndustry</span></a>&#39;s dominance—and <a href="https://c.im/tags/BeautyStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BeautyStandards</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Books</span></a> <br />Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Dermatology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dermatology</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/PlasticSurgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PlasticSurgery</span></a> apps offer discounts to recent high school grads of 50 to 70 percent in a “three-pack” of the most popular procedures for young Koreans— <a href="https://c.im/tags/EyelidSurgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EyelidSurgery</span></a>, nose jobs, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Botox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Botox</span></a> for facial contouring of the jawline. <a href="https://c.im/tags/KoreanWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KoreanWomen</span></a> get Botox by their early 20s, because looking “pretty” (as defined by that youthful glow) isn’t just important, it’s the price of entry in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/LabourMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LabourMarket</span></a>.<br /> <br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/SelfImage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SelfImage</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BodyImage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BodyImage</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SouthKoreanCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthKoreanCulture</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KoreanCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KoreanCulture</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenderRoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenderRoles</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jezebel.com/flawless-elise-hu-k-beauty-industry-1850479683" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/flawless-elise-hu-</span><span class="invisible">k-beauty-industry-1850479683</span></a></p>