Episode 354: Jia Tolentino

Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 5:47 p.m.

Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror: Reflections of Self-Delusion.\n\n\n\n\u201cI feel a lot of useful guilt solidifying my own advantages at a time when the ground people stand on is being ripped away. And I feel a lot of emotional anxiety about the systems that connect us - about the things that make my life more convenient and make other people\u2019s lives worse. It\u2019s the reality of knowing that ten years from now, when there are millions of more climate refugees, that you\u2019ll be okay. It makes me feel so crazy and lucky and intent on doing something with being alive.\u201d\n\n\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Time Sensitive, Substack, and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\n\n@jiatolentino\n\n\nTolentino on Longform\n\n\n[01:47] Trick Mirror: Reflections of Self-Delusion (Random House \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[02:15] Jia\u2019s archive at the New Yorker\n\n\n[02:18] Longform Podcast #183: Jia Tolentino\n\n\n[09:08] \u201cThe Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul\u201d (New Yorker \u2022 2018)\n\n\n[11:31] \u201cGloria Allred\u2019s Crusade\u201d (New Yorker \u2022 2017)\n\n\n[17:37] \u201cPlease, My Wife, She\u2019s Very Online\u201d (New Yorker \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[20:49] \u201cA Chat with Malcolm Brenner, Man Famous for Having Sex with a Dolphin\u201d (Jezebel \u2022 2015)\n\n\n[21:03] \u201cInterview With a Woman Who Recently Had an Abortion at 32 Weeks\u201d (Jezebel \u2022 2016)\n\n\n[26:20] Panel with Tolentino, Nussbaum, Holmes, and Brodesser-Akner\n\n\n[27:50] \u201cThe Land of the Large Adult Son\u201d (New Yorker \u2022 2017)\n\n\n[33:22] \u201cLosing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston\u201d (New Yorker \u2022 2019)\n\n\n[36:10] \u201cA Quick Chat With a Guy at Lolla Wearing a 'Rape Your Face' T-Shirt\u201d (Jezebel \u2022 2015)\n\n\n[40:22] \u201cAthleisure, Barre and Kale: The Tyranny of the Ideal Woman\u201d (The Guardian \u2022 2019)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices