Weird but Normal: Essays

Birth control. Body hair removal cream. Boobs. It's all weird, but also pretty normal.

Navigating racial identity, gender roles, workplace dynamics, and beauty standards, Mia Mercado's hilarious essay collection explores the contradictions of being a millennial woman, which usually means being kind of a weirdo. Whether it's spending $30 on a candle that smells like an ocean that doesn't exist, offering advice on how to ask about someone's race (spoiler: just don't, please?), quitting a job that makes you need shots of whiskey on your lunch break, or finding a more religious experience in the skincare aisle at Target than your hometown Catholic church, Mia brilliantly unpacks what it means to be a professional, absurdly beautiful, horny, cute, gross human. Essays include:

¿**** Depression Isn't a Competition but Why Aren't I Winning?

¿**** My Dog Explains My Weekly Schedule

¿**** Mustache Lady

¿**** White Friend Confessional

¿**** Treating Objects Like Women

With sharp humor and wit, Mia shares the awkward, uncomfortable, surprisingly ordinary parts of life, and shows us why it's strange to feel fine and fine to feel strange.

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Weird but Normal: Essays

Birth control. Body hair removal cream. Boobs. It's all weird, but also pretty normal.

Navigating racial identity, gender roles, workplace dynamics, and beauty standards, Mia Mercado's hilarious essay collection explores the contradictions of being a millennial woman, which usually means being kind of a weirdo. Whether it's spending $30 on a candle that smells like an ocean that doesn't exist, offering advice on how to ask about someone's race (spoiler: just don't, please?), quitting a job that makes you need shots of whiskey on your lunch break, or finding a more religious experience in the skincare aisle at Target than your hometown Catholic church, Mia brilliantly unpacks what it means to be a professional, absurdly beautiful, horny, cute, gross human. Essays include:

¿**** Depression Isn't a Competition but Why Aren't I Winning?

¿**** My Dog Explains My Weekly Schedule

¿**** Mustache Lady

¿**** White Friend Confessional

¿**** Treating Objects Like Women

With sharp humor and wit, Mia shares the awkward, uncomfortable, surprisingly ordinary parts of life, and shows us why it's strange to feel fine and fine to feel strange.

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Weird but Normal: Essays

Weird but Normal: Essays

by Mia Mercado

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Overview

Birth control. Body hair removal cream. Boobs. It's all weird, but also pretty normal.

Navigating racial identity, gender roles, workplace dynamics, and beauty standards, Mia Mercado's hilarious essay collection explores the contradictions of being a millennial woman, which usually means being kind of a weirdo. Whether it's spending $30 on a candle that smells like an ocean that doesn't exist, offering advice on how to ask about someone's race (spoiler: just don't, please?), quitting a job that makes you need shots of whiskey on your lunch break, or finding a more religious experience in the skincare aisle at Target than your hometown Catholic church, Mia brilliantly unpacks what it means to be a professional, absurdly beautiful, horny, cute, gross human. Essays include:

¿**** Depression Isn't a Competition but Why Aren't I Winning?

¿**** My Dog Explains My Weekly Schedule

¿**** Mustache Lady

¿**** White Friend Confessional

¿**** Treating Objects Like Women

With sharp humor and wit, Mia shares the awkward, uncomfortable, surprisingly ordinary parts of life, and shows us why it's strange to feel fine and fine to feel strange.


Editorial Reviews

JUNE 2020 - AudioFile

Humorist Mia Mercado’s debut collection of self-deprecating, insightful essays drawn from her personal experiences is a must-listen for anyone wondering if their perceived idiosyncrasies are “normal.” Suitable pauses between essays transition listeners through sections dedicated to various modes of being that millennials will find relatable. Mercado’s essays combine humor and social commentary on growing up and adulting in the Midwest as a biracial Filipino. Her conversational pacing and playful tone are engaging throughout open discussions of such phenomena as awkward preteen beauty pageants, online dating, body image and mental health issues, and confessional blogs from the early 2000s. Additional selections feature a satirical new-employee orientation, delivered by Mercado in the chipper voice of a commercial announcer, and a cat’s eye view of her life. J.R.T. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

As a deeply uncomfortable depressed midwest person, I relate to this excruciatingly hilarious book more than I’d like to admit.”  — Samantha Irby, New York Times best-selling author who still has a blog

"Mia Mercado's writing is hilarious, warm, relatable, confessional and emotional. Her writing leaps off the page! But not literally. That would be horrible. Imagine writing leaping off the page, soiling your house. Just awful." — Megan Amram, writer/producer of The Good Place & The Simpsons

"Wry, cutting, often silly…Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight." — Booklist

Samantha Irby

As a deeply uncomfortable depressed midwest person, I relate to this excruciatingly hilarious book more than I’d like to admit.” 

Megan Amram

"Mia Mercado's writing is hilarious, warm, relatable, confessional and emotional. Her writing leaps off the page! But not literally. That would be horrible. Imagine writing leaping off the page, soiling your house. Just awful."

Booklist

"Wry, cutting, often silly…Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight."

Booklist

"Wry, cutting, often silly…Fans of Samantha Irby and Sloane Crosley will want to take a look at this feminist, millennial, and comedic delight."

JUNE 2020 - AudioFile

Humorist Mia Mercado’s debut collection of self-deprecating, insightful essays drawn from her personal experiences is a must-listen for anyone wondering if their perceived idiosyncrasies are “normal.” Suitable pauses between essays transition listeners through sections dedicated to various modes of being that millennials will find relatable. Mercado’s essays combine humor and social commentary on growing up and adulting in the Midwest as a biracial Filipino. Her conversational pacing and playful tone are engaging throughout open discussions of such phenomena as awkward preteen beauty pageants, online dating, body image and mental health issues, and confessional blogs from the early 2000s. Additional selections feature a satirical new-employee orientation, delivered by Mercado in the chipper voice of a commercial announcer, and a cat’s eye view of her life. J.R.T. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940172913051
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 05/19/2020
Edition description: Unabridged
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