I'm childless like Jia, and equally fascinated and horrified by the prevalence of memes like this, especially the "mommy juice" one's that claim mommy can't survive without alcohol. It's spooky, the level of expectations placed on women where it becomes "fun" to joke about needing to be a high-functioning alcoholic or to choose convenience over humanity & a sustainable future for our planet. Eek. Also, MORE JIA always :)
Yea I couldn’t argue with that. Just existing seems to drive humans to fill holes with whatever they can find, even the most holy monks are kind of addicted to their asceticism.
Ten. Jia Tolentino is one of the best living journalists. @turtlebubble yes yes yes!
Tolentino, by the way, is the top writer on Readup. (I’m number two. Previously we were tied. I loved seeing our names next to each other.)
Anyway, she’s obviously a way better writer than me, and probably better than almost every other writer on the planet, except, maybe, for a few poets or something. Sentences like this, out of nowhere, put me over the top:
Social media exacerbates two competing impulses in the performance of one’s everyday self: aspiration and honesty.
@turtlebubble, any time you post a Tolentino article, consider a guaranteed read from me ;)
Lolol. Because of Jia Tolentino, I unearthed one of my two New Yorker tote bags - the one that was being used, inside out, to hold greasy tools under my camper - and made it my primary grocery bag. I want people to know I read the New Yorker (and I don’t care about looking like a communist douche) because I live for the chance that I’ll bump into another Jia super-fan in the wild. I’m half joking, but the part that’s not a joke is worth taking very seriously. One of the main reasons I’d like to live another few decades is I can’t wait to read Jia into her deep 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond.
This is so real, big ole Jia fangirl over here. A bit dismayed I only discovered her work in the last 3 months.
I dig this piece, it's amazing how she weaves the expectations for mother's with having to turn the cheek on Amazon's garbage business practices, and brings it right back with a slam dunk on the Pinterest perfect-ish mom. Such a legend and aspirational writer.
Yea, I was born into it lol. Which is ironic given I couldn’t play Spotify for you if I tried... and glad I can bring a little bit of “Alexa is listening, even here” to Readup hahaha
I'm childless like Jia, and equally fascinated and horrified by the prevalence of memes like this, especially the "mommy juice" one's that claim mommy can't survive without alcohol. It's spooky, the level of expectations placed on women where it becomes "fun" to joke about needing to be a high-functioning alcoholic or to choose convenience over humanity & a sustainable future for our planet. Eek. Also, MORE JIA always :)
Very true. But recently I’ve also been thinking that basically everyone is high-functioning addict in some form or another.
Yea I couldn’t argue with that. Just existing seems to drive humans to fill holes with whatever they can find, even the most holy monks are kind of addicted to their asceticism.
Christ! Yes! What a comment. A very “Alexa” comment - it’s like you’ve been listening in on my life and thoughts.
PS This article just hit the top ten. Gogogo, Jia! Whenever Jia Tolentino is trending, I know Readup works.✌️ 😎📈
haha, finally mastering the listening part. Up until now I'd only really mastered the occasional unprompted eerie laugh
Ten. Jia Tolentino is one of the best living journalists. @turtlebubble yes yes yes!
Tolentino, by the way, is the top writer on Readup. (I’m number two. Previously we were tied. I loved seeing our names next to each other.)
Anyway, she’s obviously a way better writer than me, and probably better than almost every other writer on the planet, except, maybe, for a few poets or something. Sentences like this, out of nowhere, put me over the top:
@turtlebubble, any time you post a Tolentino article, consider a guaranteed read from me ;)
🙈
Lolol. Because of Jia Tolentino, I unearthed one of my two New Yorker tote bags - the one that was being used, inside out, to hold greasy tools under my camper - and made it my primary grocery bag. I want people to know I read the New Yorker (and I don’t care about looking like a communist douche) because I live for the chance that I’ll bump into another Jia super-fan in the wild. I’m half joking, but the part that’s not a joke is worth taking very seriously. One of the main reasons I’d like to live another few decades is I can’t wait to read Jia into her deep 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond.
This is so real, big ole Jia fangirl over here. A bit dismayed I only discovered her work in the last 3 months.
I dig this piece, it's amazing how she weaves the expectations for mother's with having to turn the cheek on Amazon's garbage business practices, and brings it right back with a slam dunk on the Pinterest perfect-ish mom. Such a legend and aspirational writer.
Are you really real?!?
PS Amazing username
Yea, I was born into it lol. Which is ironic given I couldn’t play Spotify for you if I tried... and glad I can bring a little bit of “Alexa is listening, even here” to Readup hahaha