Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
A collection of essays on contemporary culture and self-delusion by Jia Tolentino
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cole“a shameless disciple of the tribe that wouldn’t shut up about trick mirror in 2019. i want jia tolentino to write my obit.”
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allison wierema“Non-fiction is admittedly a blind spot for me, but I couldn’t put this one down. Jia Tolentino is the voice of our generation!!!!!!!”
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Robin Reetz“On being a woman in the modern world. (No one writes like Jia Tolentino.)”
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Kristina Woo“I'll never stop screaming about Jia Tolentino's brilliant book of essays about how life on the internet has insidiously crept in on life itself, permeating feminism, capitalism, and you guessed it, the self.”
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kate russell“I obsessively read and reference the self-optimisation essay because it so perfectly encapsulates the modern shackles women clamp around themselves.”
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