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a tale of two book clubs: trick mirror by jia tolentino
a tale of two book clubs: trick mirror by jia tolentino

Jia Tolentino’s debut novel, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, is a grim yet nihilistically optimistic opus for the millennial generation

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culturejayemseyTrick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, Korean skincare, Girls' Night In, The Cosmos, nihilistic optimism, reading, Pop Up Grocer, The I in the Internet, identity, cultural identity, white supremacy, #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, social signaling, The Truman Show, influencers, Always Be Optimizing, millennials, feminism, capitalism, pop culture, Pure Heroines, Little House on the Prairie, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Ecstasy, drug use, religion, A Story of a Generation in Seven Scams, Fyre Festival, Caroline Calloway, French macarons, Elizabeth Holmes, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Hustlers, The Hustlers at Scores, New York Magazine, Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, attention economy, #GIRLBOSS, Facebook, We Come From Old Virginia, University of Virginia, Rolling Stone, rape culture, sexual assault, The Cult of the Difficult Woman, celebrities, Kim Kardashian, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Hope Hicks, I Thee Dread, weddings, marriage, commitment, writing, Reality TV Me, Asian AmericanComment
minute thoughts 3.17.19
minute thoughts 3.17.19

On the joy of tiny love stories and who is entitled to natural wealth

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minute thoughtsjayemseyrecipes, viral, homebody economy, self-care, Girls' Night In, Instagram, snacks, Black Forest Gummy Bears, Crash Bandicoot, Mission Impossible, The New York Times, Modern Love, Tiny Love Stories, compliments, catcalling, Michelle Yeoh, Lana Condor, Crazy Rich Asians, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, representation, visibility, capitalism, Silicon Valley, baking, bread, The Perfect Loaf, self-optimization, blogging, lifestyle blog, Molly Yeh, my name is yeh, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Almond Cake, French fries, McDonald's, Five Guys, Shake Shack, pop culture, The Nanny, pop music, Carly Rae Jepson, millennials, Millennial Whoop, Bo Burnham, Repeat Stuff, A Night of Philosophy and Ideas, music, Call Me Maybe, Asian AmericanComment
pocket philosophy 2019
pocket philosophy 2019

My second all-night philosophy festival

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culturejayemseyA Night of Philosophy and Ideas, Brooklyn Public Library, philosophy, calm, anger, equanimity, halo effect, Patton Oswalt, Twitter, New York, New York City, zen, peace, 52 Places Traveler, Jada Yuan, Sebastian Modak, Panama, Puerto Rico, submission, BDSM, Desperate Housewives, The Odyssey, Muslim, hijab, agency, history, power, music, Franz Schubert, Im Frühling, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, Lithium, spring, antidepressant, Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism, commodification, colonialism, capitalism, Manhattan, African Burial Ground, African-American, Jim Crow, post-colonialism, ICE, Black Gotham Experience, bite-sized philosophyComment