G. Yang
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Everybody (Else) Is Perfect
- How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes
- De: Gabrielle Korn
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 6 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
From the former editor-in-chief of Nylon comes a provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays featuring eye-opening explorations of hot button topics for modern women, including internet feminism, impossible beauty standards in social media, shifting ideals about sexuality, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Poignant
- De G. Yang en 01-13-22
- Everybody (Else) Is Perfect
- How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes
- De: Gabrielle Korn
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
Poignant
Revisado: 01-13-22
I was a 20-something working in a mostly women industry once, and the toxicity and hypocrisy is so normalized, I didn’t realize for years that it was the source of my anxiety for a decade. Gabrielle Korn so articulately and succinctly gave words to everything I have spent hours unpacking with my therapist.
It’s such a great read/listen with fantastic insight into women’s media, unfair wages, and capitalizing on women’s empowerment.
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Beautiful Country
- A Memoir
- De: Qian Julie Wang
- Narrado por: Qian Julie Wang
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 982
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 981
In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country”. Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal”, and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinatown, Qian’s parents labor in sweatshops. Instead of laughing at her jokes, they fight constantly, taking out the stress of their new life on one another.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Enough already !
- De Anonymous User en 10-22-21
- Beautiful Country
- A Memoir
- De: Qian Julie Wang
- Narrado por: Qian Julie Wang
Powerful and Poignant
Revisado: 12-21-21
As an AAPI immigrant who moved here at 7, I’ve never encountered a book that resonated with me so completely. While Qian’s experiences are uniquely hers, there were so much that paralleled mine.
You can hear how much compartmentalizing and rationalizing has occurred in Qian’s voice. The bitterness she’s swallowed growing up. To be American. To exist. How many of us had our intelligence invalidated because we were immigrants?
Thank you Qian for your vulnerability. It takes so much strength to open that lid.
Immigrating to the US, unlike what so many people want to believe, is not always roses and smooth sailing. It’s not always a dream. It’s often so traumatic and breaks families apart. I sometimes wonder what my life would be like had my family not immigrated. I don’t know. But we’re supposed to be the lucky ones and that’s what I’ve been taught my entire life. Are we lucky?
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