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camoo3032's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Sexism
Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence
Minor: Body shaming, Genocide, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, Transphobia, Classism, Slavery, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Infidelity, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, War, and Fire/Fire injury
hello_lovely13's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
studydniowka's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape
nelligoround's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racism
amyvl93's review against another edition
3.5
Jia Tolentino is a super talented writer, whose work I've read numerous times over the years, and I was excited to finally become the last millennial on earth to pick up this book. Trick Mirror has essays that cover reality TV, scamming, thoughts on weddings and broader internet culture.
Strangely enough as someone who loves a bit of pop culture criticism, Tolentino's essays on pop culture were less engaging for me, perhaps as this collection is a few years old, many of her thoughts have been reflected, shared and adapted elsewhere.
The two essays that were highlights for me were 'Ecstasy' - about Tolentino's relationship with religion and drug use and in particular, 'We Come from Old Virginia' - an essay that looks at the aftermath of the infamous Rolling Stone article about the young woman who claimed she was gang raped, a story that was later found to be false, but Tolentino's sensitive telling of a culture of covering up and/or acceptance of sexual harassment and assault is excellent. It is probably worth reading the collection for those two essays alone - and for the very honest & cringey reflections on Tolentino's brief moment of teenage reality TV stardom.
Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia
violettiaras's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence
pamnesty's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape
dedeisded's review against another edition
on a positive note: the “I in Internet” essay was very fun to read and i’ll probably reread it a couple more times. really liked the points she presented and the different theories she explained. “Ecstasy” was another (maybe) favorite.
a good book that would’ve been great if we cut out a couple of pages.
Graphic: Rape
kimmykelly's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Rape
jlye's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Rape