When you find out the world is against you
Subtitle: and other funny memories about awful moments
By: Kelly Oxford
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780062322777
Subjects: Internet personalities; Humor; Women comedians; Anecdotes; Parenting; Biography; Parent and child; Women
Description: Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets that lead Rolling Stone to name her one of the Funniest People on Twitter or with pictures of her hilariously adorable family (human and animal) or with something much more serious, like creating the hashtag #NotOkay, where millions of women came together to share their stories of sexual assault, Kelly has a unique, razor-sharp perspective on modern life. As a screen writer, professional sh*t disturber, wife and mother of three, Kelly is about everything but the status quo. Perfect for anyone who ever wished David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling would just finally write a book together already, When You Find Out the World is Against You is filled with the biting, wise, and laugh-out-loud insights that have won Kelly legions of fans. Whether she's detailing her obsession as an eleven-year-old with going to camp so she can become a "kissing bandit," exploring the bittersweet boredom that so often accompanies parenthood, calling out the insanity of a posse of internet poodle vigilantes, writing bracingly about the anxiety that has plagued her as long as she can remember or taking us to ride shotgun as she stalks her husband on an accidental date with another man, When You Find Out the World Is Against You is Kelly at her most honest and disarmingly funny best. Her comedic skill, down-to-earth voice, and bull's-eye observations on the absurdity of modern life mean there is nothing quite like seeing the world through Kelly's eyes.
Table of contents: title: A brief introduction; title: Never play piggy; title: Silver linings; title: No real danger; title: Be the village; title: Keeping score; title: There is a man who powders his balls; title: Good guy gone; title: Unplanned holiday; title: Dogs can never be like kids; title: On boys and the body shop; title: #NotOkay: the day my outrage went viral; title: Closing remarks.