A collection of essays by a hilarious author covering different aspects of her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed page with her debut collection of brand-new essays about trying to laugh her way through failed relationships, being black, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn’s disease, and more. Every essay is crafted with the same scathing wit and poignant candor thousands of loyal readers have come to expect from visiting her notoriously hilarious blog.<\/span><\/p>Goodreads<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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My Review: LOVE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This was easily one of my favourite books I read in May – I love her style of writing!!! Refreshingly honest, authentic and full of biting wit. This book made me feel like I, too, could write a book like I’ve wanted to do for YEARS (another story for another day) while still staying true to myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some quotable quotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I’m funny and I like to talk shit, and who wouldn’t want to be friends with that?<\/p>
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Dear white people, I love you because you fucking mean well. I should clarify and say that I am referring to white people who buy North Face jackets and take their babies to yoga class, NOT these fucking Newport-smoking teen moms named “Destiny” spelled with nine E’s. Those kinds of white people are terrifying. I like farmer’s market white people, the ones who are always dressed like they just finished climbing K2 when all they’ve done all day is eat samples at Whole Foods. The ones who try to convince me that a $15 jar of organically-grown, locally-sourced, environmentally sustainable white peach marmalade is a worthwhile fucking purchase. I’m black, ho. FUCK EARTH. Black people don’t really believe in recycling. Or, for that matter, artisanal jam. If you see put my Coke can in the recycling bin, it’s because 1. someone left that shit within arm’s reach of my desk and 2. a white person is watching me.<\/p>
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And I know a lot of things suck, and so many people are going through so many terrible things, but to me, in this goddamned moment, nothing is worse than this gross-ass shit disease. Yes, there are worse things, but since those things are not currently happening to me<\/em>, this bullshit is the worst thing that has ever happened to anyone in the history of ever.<\/p>Samantha Irby<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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Why You Should Read It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It’s fucking funny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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