Self-Loathing for Beginners,9781595800299

Self-Loathing for Beginners

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ISBN13: 9781595800299
ISBN10: 1595800298
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-02-01
Publisher(s): Santa Monica Press
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Summary

Turning the self-help genre on its head, this humorous, tongue-in-cheek guidebook satirizes modern culture as it teaches how best to self-loathe. Beginning with the basics of self-loathing, readers learn to loathe everything about themselvesincluding body, hair, and characterwhile also covering such topics as self-loathing in sex, dating, fashion, the workplace, and even death. With unwelcome insights and light-hearted abjection, this invaluable resource features quizzes, sidebars, and appendices to aid the ardent beginner in becoming truly proficient in the art of self-loathing.

Author Biography

Lynn Phillips is a writer whose work has been featured in Glamour, The Harvard Lampoon, and The Nation. She began her career as a staff writer for the groundbreaking television show Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and her work has since been featured on Nerve.com and in Newsweek International. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 9
The Basicsp. 12
The Faqp. 13
Are You A Beginner?
How Much Self-Loathing Is Enough?
Self-Love-Friend or Foe?
Perpetual Motion Self-Loathing
The Free Pass
The Building Blocks of Self-Loathingp. 27
Self-Loathing's Seven Essential Questions (and Their Answers)
Self-Loathing's No-Brainer-The Bodyp. 37
Women First
Men Can Do it Too
More Women
Unisex Chapter Review
The Material Worldp. 57
Celebrity Culturep. 58
The Tabs
People Who Need People
Porn
Show Biz
The Fashionable Self-Loatherp. 70
First Impressions
Fashion Minefield
Don'ts, Dos, and Dids
Food for Self-Loathingp. 82
Diets
Gorging
Purging
Foraging
Dining Out with Civilized People
Interactive Self-Loathingp. 94
Self-Loathing Sex!p. 95
Before
During
After
Hooking up
Love and Other Romantic Involvementsp. 110
Fishing for Love
Getting Hooked on Love
Cutting Bait
The Self-Loather's Family Albump. 120
The Self-Loathing of Minors
Self-Loathing Quality Time for Adults
Self-Loathing and Marriage
Workplace Self-Loathingp. 134
Buckling Down
Horizontal Motion
Vertical Promotion
The Social Self-Loatherp. 146
Act Locally
Act Globally
The Self-Loathing Elitep. 162
Self-Loathing Dabbles in the Artsp. 163
Fine Art
The Performing Arts-Theater, Dance, and Music
Dead Trees
The Spiritual Self-Loatherp. 178
World Religion
The West
The East
All in Your Mindp. 190
Meta-Self-Loathing
Ancient Philosophy and Self-Loathing
Endgamep. 200
Old Age
Decline
Fall
Death
Appendixp. 207
Graduationp. 208
Acknowledgmentsp. 212
Author's Biop. 213
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