num_pages: 336
description: From Bustle columnist and Twitter sensation Sophia Benoit this charming and often laugh-out-loud funny (Vogue) memoir-in-essays explores the ins and outs of modern womanhoodfrom finding feminism the power of pop culture and how to navigate lifes constant double standardsperfect for fans of Shrill and PEN15.Like so many women Sophia spent her formative years struggling to do the right thingto make others comfortable to take minimal and calculated risks to live up to societys expectationsonly to realize that there was so little payoff to this tiresome balancing act. Tired of trying so hard Sophia finally let go of the crushing pressure to be perfect. She navigates the highs and lows of the dating world (high: being a beta tester for Bumble; low: hastily shaving her legs before a hotel hookup and getting blood all over the sheets) and walks the line between being a chill girl and making sure her boyfriends nonchalance about altitude sickness doesnt get him killed. She learns what it means to be a feminist how to embrace her own voice and when to listen to women who have been through more and have been doing the work longer. With topics ranging from how to be the life of the party (even when you have crippling anxiety) to an ill-fated consultation with a dietician who deemed Sophias overindulgence in ketchup a serious health risk to a masterful argument for why no one should judge you for having an encyclopedic knowledge of reality TV Well This Is Exhausting is not only one of the funniest books youll read this year but its also one of the most important (Shondaland).
language: English
title: Well, This Is Exhausting
publisher: Gallery Books