{"product_id":"tacky-love-letters-to-the-worst-culture-we-have-to-offer-paperback","title":"Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRax King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irreverent and charming collection of deeply personal essays about the joys of low pop culture and bad taste, exploring coming of age in the 2000s in the age of Hot Topic, Creed, and frosted lip gloss--from the James Beard Award-nominated writer of the \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e column \"Store-Bought Is Fine\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTacky\u003c\/i\u003e is about the power of pop culture--like any art--to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences, no matter one's commitment to \"good\" taste. These fourteen essays are a nostalgia-soaked antidote to the millennial generation's obsession with irony, putting the aesthetics we hate to love--snakeskin pants, \u003ci\u003eSex and the City, \u003c\/i\u003e Cheesecake Factory's gargantuan menu--into kinder and sharper perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach essay revolves around a different maligned (and yet, Rax would argue, vital) cultural artifact, providing thoughtful, even romantic meditations on desire, love, and the power of nostalgia. An essay about the gym-tan-laundry exuberance of \u003ci\u003eJersey Shore\u003c\/i\u003e morphs into an excavation of grief over the death of her father; in \"You Wanna Be On Top,\" Rax writes about friendship and early aughts girlhood; in another, Guy Fieri helps her heal from an abusive relationship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a collection that captures the personal and generational experience of finding joy in caring just a little too much with clarity, heartfelt honesty, and Rax King's trademark humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA VINTAGE ORIGINAL\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRAX KING \u003c\/b\u003eis a James Beard award-nominated writer and host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. Her writing can be found in \u003ci\u003eGlamour, MEL Magazine, Catapult, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her hedgehog and toothless Pekingese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.06 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699011260479,"sku":"9780593312728","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/028b901c1a20dbc99a9b06a1e36a6fdc.webp?v=1765012136","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/tacky-love-letters-to-the-worst-culture-we-have-to-offer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}