trick mirror reflections on self delusion

By the time we hit final resting pose, my heart was racing. Over the course of the hour, as she continued queefing, my emotions went fractal-hysterical amusement and unplaceable panic combining and recombining in a kaleidoscopic blur. She kept queefing, and kept queefing, and queefed and queefed and queefed. 'One day, I was at a studio on the west side of town when a woman next to me queefed a thick, wet queef while sinking deep into Warrior II.

I especially enjoyed the chapter about Active wear about those kind of women who will buy overpriced workout wear like Lululemon, and go to the overpriced studios to do the latest 'in' workout. This was pretty good up until around the middle of it, then it got a little tedious to finish.

FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY … ( more) Gleaming with Tolentino's sense of humor and capacity to elucidate the impossibly complex in an instant, and marked by her desire to treat the reader with profound honesty, Trick Mirror is an instant classic of the worst decade yet. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our bodies, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self. Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. Now, in this dazzling collection of nine entirely original essays, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness, wit and fearlessness, she delves into the forces that warp our vision, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'From The New Yorker's beloved cultural critic comes a bold, unflinching collection of essays about self-deception, examining everything from scammer culture to reality television.' -Esquire 'A whip-smart, challenging book.'-Zadie Smith * 'Jia Tolentino could be the Joan Didion of our time.' -Vulture FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HARVARD CRIMSON AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * Time * Chicago Tribune * The Washington Post * NPR * Variety * Esquire * Vox * Elle * Glamour * GQ * Good Housekeeping * The Paris Review * Paste * Town & Country * BookPage * Kirkus Reviews * BookRiot * Shelf Awareness Jia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time.

Trick mirror reflections on self delusion