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Watched:Younger
Im a sucker for shows and movies that dramatize my own industry.
to land a job, she decides to pretend to be 26.
Oh, and Hilary Duff is there.
Scenic New York City shots!
A hilarious and fundamental lack of understanding about how books are published and marketed!
An absolutely improbable premise that requires you to suspend disbelief for entirely too long!
Ko basically turns food into art, creating mind-blowingly intricate artistic designs on top of pies.
Needless to say, I am now obsessed.
Once I’m done watching all eight seasons, I may just start watching them again.
Why would I go out of my way to feel worse about this?!
Enraging, yes, but equal parts validating and enlightening too.
Why were so many of us raised as walking resumes and encouraged to take on crushing student loans?
How did our identities get so wrapped up in our careers and why is our labor so easily exploitable?
Where did basic worker protections go?
Why does the termrock starappear in so many job ads?
How did we get here and how do we get out?
So, basically, right up a SELF editor’s alley.
(At least in comparison with contemplating the state of our country.
), but overall, Id say it holds up.Especiallyfor the aggressively 90s fashion.
Borges
Read:Watch Over Meby Nina LaCour
Oh, man.
How do I describe this book?
And also like all of her books, I read it entirely in one sitting.
Heres what Ill say: Its a ghost story, but not the punch in youre thinking of.
Its aboutresilienceand found family and rebirth.
Itsso freaking beautifuland it punched me in the face.
Borges
Read:$17,bookshop.org,or $15,amazon.com
Watched:The O.C.
Madaus
Watch:Included with subscription,hbomax.com
