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Alex Kuczynski

Barnard College, Class of 1997

Journalist and author.

From Notable Alumni · Foundation editorial

Journalist and author. A longtime New York Times reporter, Kuczynski wrote Beauty Junkies, a book on the cosmetic-surgery industry.

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Full name
Alex Kuczynski

Columbia & the Society

Columbia
Class of 1997 (Barnard College)

Works (20)

  1. 1996 New York Times staff bylines (Media desk 1996–2001; Sunday & Thursday Styles 2001–2010) · Approximately 1,000+ bylines across her staff tenure
  2. 1998 "Dear Diary: Get Real" · The New York Times, June 14, 1998
  3. 1998 "Why Are So Few Plastic Surgeons Women?" · The New York Times, July 1998
  4. 2002 "Lifelines Cut, Talk Magazine Goes Silent" (with Geraldine Fabrikant) · The New York Times, January 19, 2002
  5. 2002 "On Botox" (essay) · NPR, April 21, 2002
  6. 2003 "If Beauties Multiply, They'll Be Plain to See" · NYT Week in Review, December 28, 2003
  7. 2004 "Finding Viggo" · Vanity Fair, January 2004
  8. 2005 "Critical Shopper" (weekly column, NYT Thursday Styles, 2005–2009) · Signature column reviewing luxury retail
  9. 2006 "A Woman's Work Is Never Done" · Vanity Fair, September 2006
  10. 2006 "Confidential to You: Your Bra Does Not Fit" · NYT Thursday Styles, January 26, 2006
  11. 2006 "Following the North Star Back to Our Car" · NYT, August 10, 2006
  12. 2006 Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery · Non-fiction
  13. 2007 "A Sense of Anxiety a Shirt Won't Cover" · NYT, June 14, 2007
  14. 2008 “Her Body, My Baby” · New York Times Magazine
  15. 2015 "And Be Sure to Tell Your Mother" · Chapter in Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession, ed. Elizabeth Benedict (Algonquin Books, 2015)
  16. 2015 "To Ladyscape or Not?" · Harper's Bazaar, July 16, 2015
  17. 2016 "Social Media Is Giving Me Anxiety" · Harper's Bazaar, September 8, 2016
  18. 2019 "Diane and Talita von Furstenberg Turn an American Empire into a Family Dynasty" · Town & Country, February 7, 2019
  19. 2019 "Inside Silicon Valley's Dangerous New Obsession With Fasting" · Harper's Bazaar, August 17, 2019
  20. 2022 "Why Is Everyone Smoking Toad Venom?" · Town & Country, January 20, 2022

Primary sources

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other_printed (philolexian roll of members 1963-2021)

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