I assumed that she would dive deeper into those topics because she had introduced them in the first chapter, but it turns out she only grazes the surface in an attempt to have more substance than she lets on. It starts off promising as you’re introduced to Roberson’s lighthearted writing style, in which she balances flippant humor with questions of how we can navigate romantic relationships with a group that has all the systemic power. Mixed in with the amusing anecdotes are thoughtful observations on the classic pitfalls of dating like the fallacy of the "you deserve better than me" breakup line or the misogynistic connotations behind being told that love will come "when you least expect it." This is a perfect book for women of all ages who have found that, despite their best efforts, dating men rarely works out in their favor.This book makes me embarrassed to be straight. She lays it all out on the table including a list of men who she believed to be flirting with her, but later found out, in one example with a guy who liked all her tweets, that he was "just on my phone a lot" checking Twitter. Peppering her narrative with references to sociological studies and quotes from literature (on unrequited love, for instance, she looks to Walt Whitman: "I loved a person ardently, and my love was not/returned"), Roberson emphasizes her main point that dating is equally painstaking endeavor and joyful venture. Roberson, a researcher at the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, looks through a millennial lens at modern love in this laugh-out-loud commentary on dating and her lack of success at it. "With biting wit, Roberson explores the dynamics of heterosexual dating in the age of #MeToo"
With sections like Real Interviews With Men About Whether Or Not It Was A Date Good Flirts That Work Bad Flirts That Do Not Work and Definitive Proof That Tom Hanks Is The Villain Of You’ve Got Mail, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a one stop shop for dating advice when you love men but don't like them. And really, was that date even a date in the first place? She collects her crushes like ill cared-for pets, skewers her own suspect decisions, and assures readers that any date you can mess up, she can top tenfold.
From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a comedy philosophy book aimed at interrogating what it means to date men within the trappings of modern society.īlythe Roberson’s sharp observational humor is met by her open-hearted willingness to revel in the ugliest warts and shimmering highs of choosing to live our lives amongst other humans.
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