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Trick mirror reflections on self-delusion

A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. 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...

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Main Author: Tolentino, Jia (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
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Tolentino, Jia.
Social media > Psychological aspects.
Generation Y.
Self-doubt.
United States > Civilization > 21st century.
Essays.
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Summary:A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. 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; and the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our bodies, should become more efficient and beautiful until we die.
Physical Description:xi, 303 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-303).
ISBN:9780525510543
0525510540
Author Notes:Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at The New Yorker . Raised in Texas, she studied at the University of Virginia before serving in Kyrgyzstan in the Peace Corps and receiving her MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan. She was a contributing editor at The Hairpin and the deputy editor at Jezebel, and her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Grantland, Pitchfork, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.

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