Yohana Desta - Profile
Yohana Desta is a current contributor to Vanity Fair's Hollywood section. Desta used to be a senior film reporter for Mashable. Desta is from Virginia and graduated from the American University.
What She writes
Desta primarily writes about pop culture, including movies, TV shows, celebrities, and actors, and sometimes analysis of pop culture and representation. Some of her most recent work includes speculation about an upcoming Indiana Jones film where Steven Spielberg is considering making the iconic "Indiana Jones" character female; another recent piece is about a "feud" between the creators of The Simpsons and Hari Kondabolu, who criticized the character Apu for how the character is portrayed, since Apu is an Indian immigrant. Kondabolu's main criticism was that Apu's representation is based off the ideas of the white creators, instead of real Indian immigrants. This represents the majority of her work for Vanity Fair, in the sense that Desta takes a piece of media and finds the reasons for why things were added into something, or not included, whether it be a simple lack of budget or a more intricate disagreement between two parties (which could be two parties behind the scenes or one party is from outside production).
As for the rest of her work, they mostly include short articles about the daily or personal lives of actors and interactions between them. For example, Desta wrote a short article about a small feud between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel while they were working together for a Fast & Furious film.
As for the rest of her work, they mostly include short articles about the daily or personal lives of actors and interactions between them. For example, Desta wrote a short article about a small feud between Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel while they were working together for a Fast & Furious film.