Mia Mercado

Weird but Normal (eBook, ePUB)

Essays

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"As a deeply uncomfortable depressed Midwest person, I relate to this excruciatingly hilarious book more than I'd like to admit."-Samantha Irby, New York Times-bestselling author who still has a blog Birth control. Body hair removal cream. Boobs. It's all weird, but also pretty normal. Navigating racial identity, gender roles, workplace dynamics, and beauty standards, Mia Mercado's hilarious essay collection explores the contradictions of being a millennial woman, which usually means being kind of a weirdo. Whether it's spending $30 on a candle that smells like an ocean that doesn't exist, offering advice on how to ask about someone's race (spoiler: just don't, please?), quitting a job that makes you need shots of whiskey on your lunch break, or finding a more religious experience in the skincare aisle at Target than your hometown Catholic church, Mia brilliantly unpacks what it means to be a professional, absurdly beautiful, horny, cute, gross human. Essays include:

• Depression Isn't a Competition but Why Aren't I Winning?
• My Dog Explains My Weekly Schedule
• Mustache Lady
• White Friend Confessional
• Treating Objects Like Women

With sharp humor and wit, Mia shares the awkward, uncomfortable, surprisingly ordinary parts of life, and shows us why it's strange to feel fine and fine to feel strange. "Mia Mercado's writing is hilarious, warm, relatable, confessional and emotional. Her writing leaps off the page!" -Megan Amram, writer/producer of The Good Place& The Simpsons "Wry, cutting, often silly . . . Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight." - Booklist "Mercado's collection of essays will make you laugh out loud at the ridiculous truths of being a human." - Ms. Magazine

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperOne
• Seitenzahl: 261
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062942845
• Artikelnr.: 57547408

Autorenporträt

Mia Mercado is the author of Weird But Normal and a contributor to The Cut. Her work has also been featured in The New Yorker, the New York Times, the Washington Post's The Lily, Bustle, McSweeney's, Reductress, Bust, the American Bystander, Gizmodo, and The Hairpin, and other media outlets. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rezensionen

"As a deeply uncomfortable depressed midwest person, I relate to this excruciatingly hilarious book more than I'd like to admit." - Samantha Irby, New York Times best-selling author who still has a blog

"Mia Mercado's writing is hilarious, warm, relatable, confessional and emotional. Her writing leaps off the page! But not literally. That would be horrible. Imagine writing leaping off the page, soiling your house. Just awful." - Megan Amram, writer/producer of The Good Place & The Simpsons

"Wry, cutting, often silly...Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight." - Booklist

"Mia Mercado's writing is hilarious, warm, relatable, confessional and emotional. Her writing leaps off the page! But not literally. That would be horrible. Imagine writing leaping off the page, soiling your house. Just awful." - Megan Amram, writer/producer of The Good Place & The Simpsons
"Mercado grew up biracial in the very white Midwest, and she has thoughts on asking people about their race: in short, don't. She also hilariously recounts the mental gymnastics of allegedly well-meaning friends as they try to get a different answer out of her. This is a pretty good summary of Mercado's first collection of essays: wry, cutting, often silly takes on serious topics like racism, mental health, and the patriarchy. She is more often the subject of her own derision, poking fun at her attempts to live in a racist, sexist world while battling crippling depression, an inferiority complex, and an insidious mustache. She explores the evolution of her online presence via AIM usernames,regrets quitting a boring-but-reliable job, and is proudly ashamed of her devotion to Bath & Body Works. Standout essays cover her brief experience with the National American Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Wisconsin pageant and a prayer to birth control that reveals her own sexual history. Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight." - Booklist
"Wry, cutting, often silly...Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight." - Booklist
"As a deeply uncomfortable depressed midwest person, I relate to this excruciatingly hilarious book more than I'd like to admit." - Samantha Irby, New York Times best-selling author who still has a blog