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Extremely funny to give an anecdote about the cops interrupting a man getting aggressive with a woman he knew on the street and act like they saved her and this is what policing is all about. I'm really not even anti-cop but come on. We all know next week that guy is gonna abuse her again and get another chance to hurt her.

His describing of the murder at the lunch counter is so bizarre. I can't tell if he's being sarcastic about the "simple misunderstanding" that led a man to punch out a woman for ordering the wrong food. Beyond a one-off mention, too, he seems totally unwilling to mention that this expressive violence directly effects women in most of his examples

Listening twice as I played most of this while navigating the streets of Tokyo so like. I missed some things. 1) such good audiobook production, it's like a podcast, so I am extra invested 2) people were right that Gladwell is a crazy engaging writer though you can sense a lot of research and knowledge gaps

i think this book was written by some kinda PERV

Hmmm not quite memoir-y enough for me yet in that there isn't a lot of self-reflection from the author. I do fear you have to eventually explain why "my employer is a sandy hook denier" was not a dealbreaker to you

oh we got a cover!!

perfect reading-in-a-rush-on-15-min-break book, i will say that

why did i know the love interest's name was Bill and not that Sookie can read minds

"i was so vengeful and angry and full of female rage and sooo demonic" [describes how she'd write angry diary entries or whatever]

more stories like dumping her bully in a trash can please. otherwise i'd have to think this is a little silly

actually insane to see negative reviews on An Incest Manga being like "umm :/ i don't like incest :/" THEN WHY DID U READ IT

imagine going from the first edition cover to this cover 10 years later. like omg what a glow uppppp

"anti purity culture" paranoia messes with feminism, man. Like...yes. Tween girls SHOULD check their underwear isn't visible bc their shorts are so tiny/shirt won't fall to show bra/breasts when they lean. "Purity culture" or being aware girl's clothes are made to be sexy instead of functional???

a snark subreddit saying their sub isn't the place to "obsess" over a vlogging family is sooooo funny. snark devotees are amongst the most pathetic people on the planet

journalists writing creative nonfiction be like: i have to open every section with a description of the sky i have to i have to i HAVE TO

this is very good (i also think the author is pretty young) but it's also, unfortunately, extremely annoying