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Trick Mirror | Episode 1 of 4

1 h 11 min · 30. mar. 2020
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Litty bitties, we are BACK!!!To kick off our reading during this disastrous 2020 quarantine time, we have chosen to read Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino. "Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Jia writes about the cultural prisms that have shaped her: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the American scammer as millennial hero; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the mandate that everything, including our bodies, should always be getting more efficient and beautiful until we die."Our reading schedule for the compilation of nine essays is as follows:The I in the Internet

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Covid bitties!This is EPISODE 3 of Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino, where we discuss ECSTACY, ECSTACY, E - E - E - E - ECSTACY!!!"Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self."Our [very tentative] reading schedule for the compilation of nine essays is as follows:The I in the Internet Reality TV Me, Always be Optimizing, & Pure HeroinesEcstasy The Story of a Generation in Seven ScamsWe Come from Old Virginia, The Cult of the Difficult Woman, & I Thee DreadRead along and tune in!! And please, we beg of you, someone drop a comment on our Insta @gettinlittywititTTYL!

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episode Trick Mirror  |  Episode 1 of 4 artwork

Trick Mirror | Episode 1 of 4

Litty bitties, we are BACK!!!To kick off our reading during this disastrous 2020 quarantine time, we have chosen to read Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino. "Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Jia writes about the cultural prisms that have shaped her: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the American scammer as millennial hero; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the mandate that everything, including our bodies, should always be getting more efficient and beautiful until we die."Our reading schedule for the compilation of nine essays is as follows:The I in the Internet

30. mar. 20201 h 11 min