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3rd essay: Pure Heroines
Everything but the last three pages felt like Tolentino wanted to say “look at all these fancy books I’ve read”. I understand that these books have shaped our society and there were a few interesting points in the essay but she just went on and on about how she hated the life portrayed for women in these books (which I get but… maybe just read different, more contemporary books.)

Essay 2: I think most people can see part of their teenage self in Tolentino’s reflections on her reality tv ventures. Also, the last line is a pretty great piece of writing (a little funny, a tiny bit self-conceited)

First essay: some things really resonated with me (such as that it is essential that social media is unsatisfying for us to continue scrolling) but a lot of it was about people with trying to sell their relationships on Instagram which didn’t feel that relevant to me personally (although maybe I am deluding myself)