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My Conversation With Kim Kardashian
My Conversation With Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is seen at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on September 13, 2021, in New York City. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
How the mogul turned her fame into real power. Plus: cancel culture and criminal justice reform; Trump and TikTok; beauty and breaking the rules.
By Bari Weiss
12.16.21 — Culture and Ideas
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My Conversation With Kim Kardashian

In the middle of the 20th century, suddenly there was this new thing called an astronaut. And in the decades that followed the moon landing, when American kids were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, the answer was clear: astronaut. Now we’re in the 21st century. And in poll after poll, astronauts don’t top the list. What kids want to be ar…

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Bari Weiss

Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.

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