S. K. Pentecost’s Reviews > The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help > Status Update

She admits self knowledge of her diva-hood from a very young age. I am reminded of an Ani DiFranco lyric to "give up and admit you're an asshole. You would be in some good company." Amanda Fucking Palmer is some good company.

Everything she presents is designed to elicit emotional focus on her. She suffers no shame for this; or she very successfully wins her battles against the shame. Like any good general, she is unafraid to fight dirty. If a bullshit yoga aphorism shortcuts her dopamine centers to really FEEL, she says "yes and..."

I get why she rubs some people the wrong way. Her delivery, both in the audiobook & her self related life is painfully, constantly PRESENT. This is a person who BELIEVES. An Eat, Pray, Love person, and that cheese grates my dead eyed inner cynic with the big holes. Many of her critics call her obsessed with money, but it's more accurate to say she's monetized attention. Or more precisely attention is her currency.