Bibliograph

Tacky, love letters to the worst culture we have to offer, Rax King

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Label

Tacky, love letters to the worst culture we have to offer, Rax King

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tacky

Oclc number

1226075961

Responsibility statement

Rax King

Sub title

love letters to the worst culture we have to offer

Summary

"TACKY is about the power of pop culture -- like any art, low or high -- to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences, no matter one's commitment to "good" taste. These fifteen essays are a nostalgia-soaked antidote to the millennial generation's obsession with irony, putting the aesthetics we've learned to hate to love -- frosted tips and glosses, Sex and the City, The Cheesecake Factory -- into kinder and sharper perspective. Each essay revolves around a different maligned (and yet, Rax would argue, vital) cultural artifact and its entwinement with Rax's millennial coming-of-age: an essay about the gym-tan-laundry exuberance of Jersey Shore morphs into an excavation of grief over the death of her father, who loved the show; in another, Guy Fieri helps her heal from an abusive relationship. The result is a collection that captures a personal and generational experience with clarity, humor, and heartfelt honesty"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Six feet from the edge -- Ode to warm vanilla sugar -- Vignettes from hot topic -- Never fall in love at the Jersey Shore -- You wanna be on top? -- Loss of the American shopping mall -- Three small worlds -- The burial of Samantha Jones -- Exactly as much spinach-and-cheese dip -- On sexting -- Whatever it takes, I know I can make it through -- The Sims and the heart-shaped bed -- Love, peace, and taco grease -- It's time to let Meat Loaf into your embarassing little heart

Target audience

adult

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