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Embracing Body Negativity: Challenging the Pressure of Positivity.
arts2 years ago

Embracing Body Negativity: Challenging the Pressure of Positivity.

Samantha Irby, a humorist and supervising producer on the upcoming "Sex and the City" revival, discusses her scabrously honest and scatological writing style, her struggles with body image and grief, and her thoughts on joke sensitivity. She believes that it's okay to hate your body and that people should be able to express their true feelings about grief without judgment. She also thinks that the current trend of being overly sensitive to jokes is too much and that people should be able to make their own choices about what they watch and listen to.

Samantha Irby's 'Quietly Hostile': A Survival Guide with Secrets.
arts-and-culture2 years ago

Samantha Irby's 'Quietly Hostile': A Survival Guide with Secrets.

Samantha Irby's new memoir, Quietly Hostile, is a survival guide of sorts, chronicling her rise as a TV writer, her mental health struggles, and her bowel movements. Irby, who has made a career out of writing about personal topics and spinning them into comedy, says she has to be prepared for her writing to follow her for a long time. The book's title was inspired by her own public persona, which she describes as a "constant low-grade frustration with everything" wrapped in "an outer shield of Midwestern politeness and charm."

Self-Deprecating Humor in Samantha Irby's 'Quietly Hostile'
book-review2 years ago

Self-Deprecating Humor in Samantha Irby's 'Quietly Hostile'

In her fourth collection of essays, "Quietly Hostile," bestselling author Samantha Irby turns her critical and cynical eye inward, examining her own flaws and failings with humor and self-reflection. The essays are punchline-driven and often structured around lists, offering a peek into Irby's psyche as a chronicler of pop culture. Despite her quietly hostile attitude, Irby is both awkward people-pleaser and snarky cynic, making for a loudly irresistible read.