Adult Braces (by Lindy West)

I had to, y'all, I had to. It was in The Discourse and I am a Butt News subscriber and a Lindy West fan, and I have been fascinated by all the hot takes about this book and all the drama surrounding its publication. 

And if none of this means anything to you, go read this piece in Slate which gives a good overview of the book. In addition, if you read the response email from Lindy's husband Aham, calling the author a "shitty fucking person" and a "bitter, untalented, mean-girl" for not making his career sound fancier (?) in a review of his wife's book because she used the word "project" (??) to describe it, you will understand why this book is ultimately the depressing story of yet another woman tethered to yet another mediocre man. (Although in a fun twist, this time he's using white guilt against her because he's not white! Whee!) 

I want to be on Lindy's side and even during the awkward interview in their underwear when they came out as a throuple, I took a very "well as long as she's happy" stance about it all. But reading this book... I don't know, man. It's depressing. I hope my take is wrong. But that email, man. That gross, misogynistic email.