Weird but normal : essays

Weird but normal Essays

Mia Mercado

Book - 2020

"Mia Mercado's humorous essay collection exploring the absurd and yet very regular parts of being a millennial woman navigating racial identity, gender roles, workplace dynamics, and beauty standards"--

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Subjects
Mercado, Mia > Humor.
Generation Y > Humor.
Conduct of life > Humor.
Racially mixed women > United States > Humor.
Essays.
Humor.
Genres
Essays
Humor
Published
New York : HarperOne, imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020.
Language
English
Main Author
Mia Mercado (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
"First paperback original" -- Verso title page.
Physical Description
263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780062942807
  • Preface/Intro/I Don't Know What to Call This
  • Part I. On Being Human™
  • I Am the Girl from Your Tampon Commercials
  • White Friend Confessional
  • The Happiest Place on Earth, God Dammit
  • A Time Line of My Online Personas
  • You're from the Midwest?! What's That Like?
  • Mamma Mia
  • Depression Isn't a Competition, but, Like, Why Aren't I Winning?
  • Part II. On Being Professional
  • How to Quit Your Job and Change Your Life
  • Work Orientation for Women
  • College 101
  • How I Take My Coffee
  • Procrastination but Make It Look Put Together
  • My Dog Explains My Weekly Schedule
  • Part III. On Being Domestic and Beautiful
  • Mustache Lady
  • I'm a Guy's Girl
  • National American Miss Pre-teen Wisconsin
  • Hollywood and Media Representation Presents: How Women Age
  • Bath & Body Works Is the Suburban Nonsense I Crave
  • Items of Clothing, Defined
  • Does This Count as Exercise?
  • Part IV. On Being Horny and in Love and Sometimes Even Both
  • All the Things I Thought Sex Was
  • Attention Target Shoppers: This Store Is Now Rife with Sexual Tension
  • How to Date Online
  • Treating Objects like Women
  • A Nice Piece of Satire You Can Take Home to Your Parents
  • I Don't Know How to Be a Bride
  • The Holy Sacrament of Birth Control
  • Part V. On Being Human
  • Learning How to Not Shit Myself
  • Daily Affirmations for My Sister
  • Father Mia
  • Can I Be a Good Girl While Still Getting Fucked Up?
  • Can I Ask This Person About Their Race: A Guide
  • All Rise for the Honorable Mia Mercado
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
Review by Booklist Review

Mercado grew up biracial in the very white Midwest, and she has thoughts on asking people about their race: in short, don't. She also hilariously recounts the mental gymnastics of allegedly well-meaning friends as they try to get a different answer out of her. This is a pretty good summary of Mercado's first collection of essays: wry, cutting, often silly takes on serious topics like racism, mental health, and the patriarchy. She is more often the subject of her own derision, poking fun at her attempts to live in a racist, sexist world while battling crippling depression, an inferiority complex, and an insidious mustache. She explores the evolution of her online presence via AIM usernames, regrets quitting a boring-but-reliable job, and is proudly ashamed of her devotion to Bath & Body Works. Standout essays cover her brief experience with the National American Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Wisconsin pageant and a prayer to birth control that reveals her own sexual history. Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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