hello_lovely13's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
studydniowka's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Świetne rozdziały „Pure heroines” i „We come from old Virginia”, pozostałe raczej mocno średnie. Książka z 2019 pisana przez dość dobrze sytuowaną dziennikarkę, to trzeba mieć na uwadze, bo niektóre rzeczy się w niej zdezaktualizowały. Można przeczytać, ale nie trzeba.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape
nelligoround's review
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racism
amyvl93's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Essay collections are a tricky beast - as with any collection of writing there will be some that resonate, and some that hit a little less closer to home.
Jia Tolentino is a super talented writer, whose work I've read numerous times over the years, and I was excited to finally become the last millennial on earth to pick up this book. Trick Mirror has essays that cover reality TV, scamming, thoughts on weddings and broader internet culture.
Strangely enough as someone who loves a bit of pop culture criticism, Tolentino's essays on pop culture were less engaging for me, perhaps as this collection is a few years old, many of her thoughts have been reflected, shared and adapted elsewhere.
The two essays that were highlights for me were 'Ecstasy' - about Tolentino's relationship with religion and drug use and in particular, 'We Come from Old Virginia' - an essay that looks at the aftermath of the infamous Rolling Stone article about the young woman who claimed she was gang raped, a story that was later found to be false, but Tolentino's sensitive telling of a culture of covering up and/or acceptance of sexual harassment and assault is excellent. It is probably worth reading the collection for those two essays alone - and for the very honest & cringey reflections on Tolentino's brief moment of teenage reality TV stardom.
Jia Tolentino is a super talented writer, whose work I've read numerous times over the years, and I was excited to finally become the last millennial on earth to pick up this book. Trick Mirror has essays that cover reality TV, scamming, thoughts on weddings and broader internet culture.
Strangely enough as someone who loves a bit of pop culture criticism, Tolentino's essays on pop culture were less engaging for me, perhaps as this collection is a few years old, many of her thoughts have been reflected, shared and adapted elsewhere.
The two essays that were highlights for me were 'Ecstasy' - about Tolentino's relationship with religion and drug use and in particular, 'We Come from Old Virginia' - an essay that looks at the aftermath of the infamous Rolling Stone article about the young woman who claimed she was gang raped, a story that was later found to be false, but Tolentino's sensitive telling of a culture of covering up and/or acceptance of sexual harassment and assault is excellent. It is probably worth reading the collection for those two essays alone - and for the very honest & cringey reflections on Tolentino's brief moment of teenage reality TV stardom.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
violettiaras's review
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence
dedeisded's review against another edition
started off really great. got super excited after the introduction. but just started to feel like a bit of a let down after the first couple of essays. it kind of felt like she would go off on a tangent for awhile before she comes back and makes her point (finally). and most of the time that point would seem mediocre in comparison to the explanations she had to do before hand. overexplains cultural phenomenons that didn’t happen that long ago or that most people have already witnessed without adding a new perspective.
on a positive note: the “I in Internet” essay was very fun to read and i’ll probably reread it a couple more times. really liked the points she presented and the different theories she explained. “Ecstasy” was another (maybe) favorite.
a good book that would’ve been great if we cut out a couple of pages.
on a positive note: the “I in Internet” essay was very fun to read and i’ll probably reread it a couple more times. really liked the points she presented and the different theories she explained. “Ecstasy” was another (maybe) favorite.
a good book that would’ve been great if we cut out a couple of pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
kimmykelly's review against another edition
informative
reflective
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Rape
jlye's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape
fkshg8465's review
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This was witty and enlightening. There are considerations I'd never thought of before and will remain pondering on for a while. I will definitely re-read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault