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Mercado, Mia, author.
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Women -- Conduct of life -- Humor.
Women -- Humor.
American wit and humor.
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She's nice though : ...
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She's nice though : essays on being bad at being good / Mia Mercado.
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Mercado, Mia, author.
New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Subjects
Women -- Conduct of life -- Humor.
Women -- Humor.
American wit and humor.
ISBN:
9780063098510 (hbk.) :
0063098512 (hbk.)
Description:
viii, 211 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Nice for what -- Bad answers to good questions and vice versa -- How to be nice -- A strange and unprecedented time -- Little Miss shithead -- Things that are so bad they're good -- Scary stories to keep you up at night -- Nice girls finish eventually -- What does it mean when a girl is quiet? -- How to wife -- Yellow fever -- Women for decoration -- It girl -- Can I sit here? -- Here to make friends -- Kill them with kindness and other imagined crime podcasts -- Like and subscribe -- Don't meet your enemies -- I'm the bad guy -- Good girl, bad bitch -- Apologies for men -- Naughty list -- Mandatory fun -- She's friendlly -- Shy : F.A.Q. -- Midwest nice -- If you need anything, my name is Mia -- To hell and back -- Mother may I? -- Mind your manners -- Ways I will die because I don't want to be rude and ask for help.
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"Mia Mercado is a razor-sharp cultural critic and essayist known for her witty and hilarious dissections of the uncomfortable truths that rule our lives. In this thought-provoking collection of new essays, Mercado examines what it means to be "polite," "agreeable," and "nice." She covers topics from the subtleties of the "Bad Bitch" and why women dominate the ASMR market, to what makes her dog an adorable little freak and how you know if you're shy. This is a book about the unspoken trick mirror of our "good" intentions: the inherent performance of the social media apology, celebrating men when they do the bare minimum, and why we trust a Midwesterner to watch our stuff when we go pee. Throughout, she ponders her identity as an Asian woman and asks what "nice" even means--and why anyone would want to be it. With writing that is as precise as it is profound, and cultural references that range from trash reality television to the New York Times Sunday-morning crossword puzzle, Mercado uncovers weird, long-overdue truths about our frailties and failings. In the end, she sees them not as a source of shame but as a cause for celebration. Filled with revelations that range from the silly to the serious, She's Nice Though offers a mind-bending glimpse into the illusions and delusions of contemporary life--and reveals who we *really* are when no one is watching." --
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Makawao Public Library
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