'Dekonstructing the Kardashians' is a manifesto about the viral family.

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Anna Iovine

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on May 4, 2026

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Love them or hate them, the Kardashians are cultural drivers, and a new book releasing tomorrow dissects why.

Dekonstructing the Kardashians: A New Media Manifesto is written by psychotherapist MJ Corey, who runs the Instagram account, Kardashian Kolloquium . When she discovered the Kardashians while in grad school, Corey was so struck by their content and found it uncanny.…