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a tale of two book clubs: trick mirror by jia tolentino
a tale of two book clubs: trick mirror by jia tolentino

Jia Tolentino’s debut novel, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, is a grim yet nihilistically optimistic opus for the millennial generation

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culturejayemseyTrick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, Korean skincare, Girls' Night In, The Cosmos, nihilistic optimism, reading, Pop Up Grocer, The I in the Internet, identity, cultural identity, white supremacy, #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, social signaling, The Truman Show, influencers, Always Be Optimizing, millennials, feminism, capitalism, pop culture, Pure Heroines, Little House on the Prairie, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Ecstasy, drug use, religion, A Story of a Generation in Seven Scams, Fyre Festival, Caroline Calloway, French macarons, Elizabeth Holmes, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Hustlers, The Hustlers at Scores, New York Magazine, Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, attention economy, #GIRLBOSS, Facebook, We Come From Old Virginia, University of Virginia, Rolling Stone, rape culture, sexual assault, The Cult of the Difficult Woman, celebrities, Kim Kardashian, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Hope Hicks, I Thee Dread, weddings, marriage, commitment, writing, Reality TV Me, Asian AmericanComment
pura vida (jayemsey x costa rica)
pura vida (jayemsey x costa rica)

Adventures in the jungle—sloths, secret beaches, and waterfall hikes

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minute thoughts 3.17.19
minute thoughts 3.17.19

On the joy of tiny love stories and who is entitled to natural wealth

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25 goals for 25
25 goals for 25

Letters to my not-so-little sisters

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24 moments from 24
24 moments from 24

To one wild ride of a year

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