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Chargement... How to Date Men When You Hate Menpar Blythe Roberson
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A case of "Catchy Title Does Not Meet Expectations" -- I gave up because the writing was convoluted and disorganized. I had no sense of where the book was going or what it was trying to say (other than dating in the 21st century is hard, I guess) so bye-bye. Life's too short to read poorly written books, no matter how great the title is. ( ) Written by a writer of The Onion and a comedian, this book is very much click bait. There is no real hating men or disliking them in the book. She has spreadsheets and statistics and crazy other details as well as obsessions with men galore. If you're getting this for the title, for dating, or for anything, it won't be what you want. If you're like me, and get it to roll around reading something on a slow day, it's okay. I wouldn't call it a book or anything useful, it's more all about the writer and her perspectives and that's it, nothing more. If she interests you, then this is for you. The title How to Date Men When You Hate Men might mislead the passive observer to believe this is a how-to book or a self-help book. It is not. The book is about the modern-day dating world and the author's experiences. It speaks on the unrealistic expectations out there for women these days, struggling being real and honest but appearing "perfect". The book explores on the roller coaster ride of dating with author anecdotes that remind you that you are not the only one thats been through it. Blythe Roberson paints a humorous picture of the dating world as she sees it. I especially related to the dichotomy that exists within us of wanting to be strong independant feminists that are true to themselves and who they are, but also desire to be admired and attractive to our love interested, no matter how ill advised and misguided they may be. When an author is also a comedian, you can expect a lot of quotable lines. Like the title, although perhaps it's not as good as her original choice: "Who Cares If He's Not That Into You, Trump Is President, Jesus Christ!" Roberson, who is a writer for Stephen Colbert's show, actually does enjoy smooching and hanging out with men; and, as a white cis woman, she's quick to acknowledge her privilege. The book started slowly for me but by the end I was resolved to memorize entire pages. Thus, the many truisms I delightedly share: "Women are socialized to pay attention to and to cater to people's emotions in a way that men are not." "I now know that true chillness can come from being do demoralized by American politics that you cannot care about men." "Men generally do not want to investigate subtle emotional meltdowns. When you show any kind of negative feelings to them, they often just, like, ignore it until it goes away." "The idea that talking about love is frivolous is only applied to women. When men do the same thing, they are "carefully observing the nuances of the human heart", and Pulitzers get thrown at them." "Our culture tells us that a woman's "no" means "convince me"." "In my opinion, all truly successful people have lived in a constant state of stress since about age sixteen. They find happiness not by getting rid of that stress, but by finding a way to normalize its existence, and also by moving upstate." "Most of everything in human history was barely planned and probably a mistake anyways." "External validation is something we are all taught to crave from a very early age, and the search for it makes up the entire personality of our current president." "Obviously, there exist couples who have been together their entire adult lives. I would guess that those people are either very lucky, very religious, or very, very good at conflict resolution." "I always assume people are feeling more emotions than they are. Maybe this would be solved if I listened to podcasts instead of spending my entire commute listening to Joni Mitchell and imagining all the emotions everyone I know is [NOT] feeling." aucune critique | ajouter une critique
From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a comedy philosophy book aimed at interrogating what it means to date men within the trappings of modern society. Blythe Roberson's sharp observational humor is met by her open-hearted willingness to revel in the ugliest warts and shimmering highs of choosing to live our lives amongst other humans. She collects her crushes like ill cared-for pets, skewers her own suspect decisions, and assures readers that any date you can mess up, she can top tenfold. And really, was that date even a date in the first place? With sections like Real Interviews With Men About Whether Or Not It Was A Date; Good Flirts That Work; Bad Flirts That Do Not Work; and Definitive Proof That Tom Hanks Is The Villain Of You've Got Mail, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a one stop shop for dating advice when you love men but don't like them. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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