mj corey is a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist and writer.
as featured in…
mj corey is a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist and writer.
(You won't be able to find information about her counseling practice here, because mj corey is a pen name meant, in part, to maintain the privacy of her clinical work)
She earned graduate degrees in Creative Nonfiction and Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in 2014 and 2016, respectively.
She is best known for authoring Kardashian Kolloquium on TikTok and Instagram, where she applies media theory and postmodern frameworks to the Kardashian family. Her Kar-Jenner culture writing has been featured by Refinery29, Paper Magazine, and The New Yorker, among many others. She also maintains a recap column about the family's reality show with Vogue Magazine, and a personal substack called DeKonstructing the Kardashians. mj has been interviewed by Vulture, NPR, the Daily Dot, The Hollywood Reporter, Slate, Nylon, i-D, Polyester Zine, ABC Radio Sydney, and Rolling Stone, and she has spoken about her academic approach to pop culture at Parsons School of Design, George Washington University, and University of Pennsylvania. Her work has also been featured at the Museum of Modern Art. She is currently working on a book, DeKonstructing the Kardashians, for Pantheon Books and is represented by Nicole Tourtelot at The Gernert Company.
"Kardashian Kolloquium spoofs academia, the Kardashians, and the world for not taking them seriously" — Nylon Magazine
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"Kardashian Kolloquium spoofs academia, the Kardashians, and the world for not taking them seriously" — Nylon Magazine •
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NYTimes, “Are You Buying What Kylie Jenner is Selling?”
NYTimes, “Kim Kardashian on Skims, Swarovski and Transcending Shapewear”
The Hollywood Reporter, "Analyzing the Kardashians: How Psychotherapist and Media Theorist MJ Corey Views Their Cultural Sway"
Interview Magazine, "MJ Corey of @Kardashian_Kolloquium is DeKonstructing the Famous Family"
Vice, How Reality TV Got Meta
Newsweek, Are the Kardashians Losing Popularity? What Americans Think
Nylon, Meet the Data Experts Analyzing the Kardashians
Newsweek, How Marilyn Monroe Remains Magnet for Controversy 60 Years After Her Death
Slate, “Kylie Jenner, Instagram Killer?“
Daily Dot, “The TikTok Celebrity Analyst Economy"
Rolling Stone, “What a Kardashianologist Thinks of Kanye’s Public Outbursts"
Polyester Zine, “Keeping up with MJ and Marie"
Nylon Magazine, “WITH TIKTOK’S KARDASHIAN KOLLOQUIUM, CLASS IS IN SESSION”
i-D Magazine, “Are We Witnessing the End of the BBL Era?“
Studio Cult, “Vanity in the Digital Era: An Interview with Kardashian Kolloquium”
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“Presentation of ’Theories and Content-Creating in Las Vegas: Which Iconic City is the Kardashian Family?’"
“Conversation with Natalie Franklin of Nori’s Black Book,” Kimposium, the Sequel
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“The Vampire and Jesse Eisenberg,” Joyland
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“Kim Kardashian and Kayne West’s Quest to Become America’s Favorite Superheroes,” The New Yorker
“5 Things that Kept Me Up” column, Vogue Magazine
“Kylie Jenner’s 17-minute private jet flight is a disgrace, but so is singling her out,” The I Paper
“I’ll Keep Intellectualizing the Kardashians,” Refinery29
“Kardashian Kolloquium Muses on Kanye’s Muses,” Paper Magazine
“Forcing the Fairytale,” Medium
“Theories of the Kardashians,” Crybaby
“The Soulmate Place,” Entropy
“#betrayal: On Instagram, is Hell Other Women?” The Rumpus
“Is It Ever Just a Sweater?” The Tusk
“On Having the Last Word,” Medium
“What Happens if You Plan a Strip Club Birthday When You’re a Lesbian,” Medium
Honorable Mention, The Astraea Foundation
“Rebound,” The Brooklyn Rail
“We’ll Never be like Them,” The Truth About the Fact
“Exploiting Exploitation: The Brilliance of Spring Breakers,” The Weeklings
