| Edition |
First edition |
| ISBN |
9780525510543 (hardcover) |
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0525510540 (hardcover) |
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9780525510550 (electronic book) |
| Descript |
xi, 303 pages ; 25 cm |
| Content |
The I in internet -- Reality TV me -- Always be optimizing -- Pure heroines -- Ecstasy -- The story of a generation in seven scams -- We come from old Virginia -- The cult of the difficult woman -- I thee dread |
| 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 |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-303) |
| Subject |
Tolentino, Jia
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Social media -- Psychological aspects
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Generation Y
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Self-doubt
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United States -- Civilization -- 21st century
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