Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Jia writes about the cultural prisms that have shaped her: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the American scammer as millennial hero; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the mandate that everything, including our bodies, should always be getting more efficient and beautiful until we die.
Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at the New Yorker, formerly the deputy editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. She grew up in Texas, went to University of Virginia, and got her MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan. She’s represented by Amy Williams and has a book of essays called Trick Mirror forthcoming from Random House in August. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, TIME, Grantland, Slate, Pitchfork, Bon Appetit, SPIN, and Fader. She has a dog, clearly, and lives in Brooklyn.
It is nearly imporssible, today, to speperate engagement from magnification. This framework, which centers the self in an expression of support for others, is not ideal. And in front of this backdrop, there were all of us - our stupid selves, with our stupi...
评分It is nearly imporssible, today, to speperate engagement from magnification. This framework, which centers the self in an expression of support for others, is not ideal. And in front of this backdrop, there were all of us - our stupid selves, with our stupi...
评分It is nearly imporssible, today, to speperate engagement from magnification. This framework, which centers the self in an expression of support for others, is not ideal. And in front of this backdrop, there were all of us - our stupid selves, with our stupi...
评分It is nearly imporssible, today, to speperate engagement from magnification. This framework, which centers the self in an expression of support for others, is not ideal. And in front of this backdrop, there were all of us - our stupid selves, with our stupi...
评分It is nearly imporssible, today, to speperate engagement from magnification. This framework, which centers the self in an expression of support for others, is not ideal. And in front of this backdrop, there were all of us - our stupid selves, with our stupi...
We are all bad people by default in living in this bad world or just bad people who don't realize that yet. Overall super insightful although sometimes I wish her voice could be more focused/assertive and less expansive.
评分No matter how trivial they might seem, cultural trends like our social media addictions, celebrity obsessions, and love for lavish weddings can help us better understand our social, political, and economic systems. They are trick mirrors that reflect not only our personal identities and relationships – but also shape the world we inhabit.
评分Jia文笔很犀利 很喜欢第一篇Internet 还有讲optimizing women和difficult women的两篇。ecstasy + 最后一篇讲暖不啦叽的爱情的,十分可爱呢!
评分三星半。第一次读的作者。Jia Tolentino 对”热点事件“和它们在媒体获得的论调都非常熟悉,可以把很多并不直接相关的内容联系在一起,形成独特的论述角度。优点是读着爽(而且信息量也比较大,可以说是不每天关注新闻的人的绝佳复习材料),但要说有什么深刻的/值得一提的“收获”好像也谈不上。Ecstasy 和 We Come From Old Virginia 两篇比较出彩。应该会继续关注 Tolentino 的作品~
评分不时在Jia十分self-aware的长难句和她活跃的IG人格里跳跃,现在作家不活在自我隔绝的小岛上了,活在社交媒体/真人秀/兄弟会派对/沙拉素食店,活在底色明亮的均衡人生和带有轻微自我厌恶的女权放大镜下了。真好啊。
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