If the Mirror Deceived Me
About This Novel
Gia Tolentino, who is known as the contemporary "successor" of Joan Didion, starts from the female experience and records and reflects on the various transformations in today's Internet and popular culture: replacing real actions with moral claims, packaging self-discipline with light fitness food, recreating fictional traditions with luxurious weddings... With her keen eyes and spicy words, she writes about the shaping and dissolving of "self" in today's era. This book is the first collection of essays by Jia Tolentino, a staff writer for The New Yorker, a cutting-edge female writer, and a social media celebrity. The nine articles record and reflect on various problems faced by the young generation from a first-person perspective, and tell the real stories of the author himself and the women around him. Tolentino candidly and sincerely narrates his series of experiences as an online native, a reality show actor, a pop culture participant and influencer, and an ethnic minority. He carefully explores the impact of the self-centered social media environment on self-awareness. He reveals how capitalism aligns with the "American Service" to make people willing to work hard and spend money to make themselves more efficient and dignified. He talks about the Millennial generation's views on marriage and long-term intimate relationships, etc.
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