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Trick Mirror
- Reflections on Self-Delusion
- De: Jia Tolentino
- Narrado por: Jia Tolentino
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,950
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,638
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,618
Jia Tolentino is a peerless voice of her generation, tackling the conflicts, contradictions, and sea changes that define us and our time. Now, in this dazzling collection of nine entirely original essays, written with a rare combination of give and sharpness, wit and fearlessness, she delves into the forces that warp our vision, demonstrating an unparalleled stylistic potency and critical dexterity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t stop listening
- De Alice en 08-25-19
- Trick Mirror
- Reflections on Self-Delusion
- De: Jia Tolentino
- Narrado por: Jia Tolentino
Astute Observations from a very talented writer
Revisado: 12-18-19
I found this book of essays a highly compelling listen with articulate, whip smart observations about modern life. Here Jia Tolentino explores the modern foundation of 21st century self-hood in various forms (as a woman, a woman of color, a millennial, a post-reality TV star, a person on social media).
Tolentino possess both a deep introspective view on our current struggles as well as being able to bridge the sentiment with such philosophical observations as the presentation of self in the social media age to the trouble of often finding yourself in the YA literature cannon to the cult of the difficult woman in a time of #MeToo.
Tolentino's prose also does this with such a grace and often comic dead calm as well that it brings to mind the way Joan Didion's White Album could clinically cite the exact mileposts that were taking us out of the free love 60's to the cynical 70's. For Didion, the Manson family trials marked the end, and for Tolentino it would be the "7 scams" that defined the Millennial generation, from the Fyre Festival to the election of the 45th president. She is very data driven in many of her articles, citing studies that back up the feeling of either chilling dread or optimism on a given subject, some of which leave you feeling overwhelmed, some hopeful that a young talented writer is at least calling these things out.
Her narration also has a steady, calm, near-broadcast journalist quality that you could practically visualize the words and sentiment behind the essays. Definitely worth a listen!
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Seduction
- Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
- De: Karina Longworth
- Narrado por: Karina Longworth
- Duración: 20 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 359
In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood’s glamorous Golden Age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul’s obsessions with sex, power, and publicity trapped, abused, or benefited women who dreamt of screen stardom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do yourself a favor - listen at a faster speed
- De Jennifer G. en 11-26-18
- Seduction
- Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
- De: Karina Longworth
- Narrado por: Karina Longworth
Hughes - stranger than any fiction
Revisado: 07-17-19
Fans of Longworth's Hollywood history podcast "You Must Remember This" will obviously love this audiobook, but for the uninitiated, Longworth does a very in depth historical look into Howard Hughes history, his pathology,and the impact he had on Hollywood and 20th century popular culture at large. She takes a deep look at the people who were in orbit and the roles they played in his life, and his deep seated need to obsessively control them (from famous to non-famous actresses, directors and his aids at large). As gender roles were expanding in the 20th century with the motion picture business redefining what it meant to be a working woman, Hughes had a pattern of courting women into either relationships and/or the studio with promise of fame and wealth, and then evasively keeping them hostage for a long time, decades in some cases (hence the "sex' and "lies"). Famous faces show up (like Ava Gardner, Katherine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers) and she makes sure to separate fact from fiction, often which, the truth becomes way stranger than fiction. She really does quite a lot of extensive research into the man very few knew, but keeps the narrative lively and interesting. Rather than watch the Aviator for the umpteenth time - this book is an amazing portrait of man who went to surreal lengths to push or publicize projects, and who also changed history, often unintentionally.
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