Nerd

I kept seeing this book on our new nonfiction display and side-eying the cover, which I think is pretty bad tbh. It has vibes of those “In this house we believe...” signs. So I was like, no thanks, nerd.

And then my friend Jessica specifically recommended it to me, and I was like, this one??? And she was like, yeah it's great, and I was like, OK fine I'll stop judging it by the cover. (oh also I was specifically side-eying the use of Harry Potter Font but do not worry, she addresses JKR's disappointing TERFdom!)

And I really liked it! I'm a fan of essay collections in general and I liked the blend here of personal memoir and media analysis. Also I wasn't familiar with Maya Phillips before, so I didn't know that she's a Black woman and I particularly appreciated her POV on nerd culture which can be pretty white/racist at times.

Also it helped me understand more about anime! I enjoyed her thoughts on shows/movies/books I hadn't seen/read as much as stuff I was more familiar with. Fun and insightful! I like to read things written by people who are approximately as Online as I am (very).