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Mary H K Choi

Mary H K Choi is editor-at-large for MTV Style and contributes to Wired, The New York Times and The Awl. She lives in New York.

Written by Mary H K Choi

A Korean meal outdoors with sushi, fruit, boiled eggs, a whole chicken, vegetables, and a Korean flag.
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Family life

Korean Thanksgiving

‘Take a photo of the spread,’ my mother says. ‘This way you can remember what to arrange when I’m dead.’

Mary H K Choi

A woman lying down wearing a grey striped headband and a striped shirt, looking directly at the camera.
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Consciousness and altered states

Zapped

I strapped TDCS electrodes to my head to see if I could make myself smarter by stimulating my brain. Here’s what happened

Mary H K Choi

A vintage photo of a woman showing a young girl a camera while sitting on a concrete bench in an outdoor setting.
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Love and friendship

My mom

I love her and it’s a secret. I love her so much it kills me, and you bet I’d sooner die than tell her

Mary H K Choi

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