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A review by balkeyeston
She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good by Mia Mercado
4.0
4.5, rounded down to practice an existence of not being nice, for which I hope the author ironically commends me.
Midwestern Nice and Filipino/Asian American Nice cross paths often in this essay collection: not wanting to take up too much time bagging your groceries at the cash register meets not wanting to stand out from the crowd, despite one’s inner desire to be seen.
This reader—mixed Pinay American from Virginia—gets Mia, and hopes others with less racially ambiguous identities will get it, too (or at least stop exoticizing us please?).
I LOVE Mia’s exploration of person as performance in our socially dependent world (generalized anxiety, anyone?
Midwestern Nice and Filipino/Asian American Nice cross paths often in this essay collection: not wanting to take up too much time bagging your groceries at the cash register meets not wanting to stand out from the crowd, despite one’s inner desire to be seen.
This reader—mixed Pinay American from Virginia—gets Mia, and hopes others with less racially ambiguous identities will get it, too (or at least stop exoticizing us please?).
I LOVE Mia’s exploration of person as performance in our socially dependent world (generalized anxiety, anyone?