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Jia Tolentino
4 quotes
“…there are individual ways that we work our way through all of these systems that are corrosive and inescapable. But if there is a solution to the system itself, it’s at a collective level. It’s the level of policy and politics, it’s not at the level of individual choice.”
Jia Tolentino (born 1988) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why her book Trick Mirror offers no solutions in “Jia Tolentino: What It’s Like Being the Most Talked About Millennial Writer” in AnOther (2019 Sep 15)
“…I act like a hopeful person, but I think that hope is based on having zero expectations. I’ve never expected anything out of life, so I’ve never been disappointed…”
Jia Tolentino (born 1988) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On whether she considers herself hopeful in “Jia Tolentino: What It’s Like Being the Most Talked About Millennial Writer” in AnOther (2019 Sep 15)
“I like to write about modern instincts that are in some way good. And also in some way dangerous.”
Jia Tolentino (born 1988) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being drawn to the small domestic truths of life in “Jia Tolentino: ‘I like to write about instincts that are in some way good and in some way dangerous'” in The Guardian (2019 Aug 11)
“The whole ‘girlboss’ realm, actually. Anything that is treating the magnification of a personal brand, or the acquisition of wealth as the ultimate prize, is just fully out the window. The way those books treat little girls as if they’re generic? I get sent so many self-help books that are about like, ‘perfectly imperfect’, ‘badass feminists’ that ‘don’t give a fuck’, but then the fuck is bleeped out? You know what I mean?”
Jia Tolentino (born 1988) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On books that chronicle badass women in history in “Jia Tolentino: ‘I like to write about instincts that are in some way good and in some way dangerous'” in The Guardian (2019 Aug 11)