You think you’re being honest with yourself. But this book shows how easily self-awareness can twist into something else.Trick Mirror is a razor-sharp collection of essays...

You think you’re being honest with yourself. But this book shows how easily self-awareness can twist into something else.

Trick Mirror is a razor-sharp collection of essays examining how we see ourselves and how much of that is shaped by culture, capitalism, the internet, and illusion. With wit and clarity, Jia Tolentino takes us through wedding culture, reality TV, Instagram feminism, and the myth of the self-made woman.

These essays don’t offer easy answers. Instead, they illuminate the contradictions we live with and the systems we’re tangled in, even as we try to resist them.

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📗 In The Mood For…

Challenging My Views
Tolentino doesn’t just critique, she implicates, inviting readers to see how they’re shaped by the very systems they dislike.
✅ Dissects power, performance, and identity
✅ Smart, scathing, and uncomfortably true

Learning Something New
Each essay blends memoir, journalism, and cultural analysis to reveal what’s hiding in plain sight.
✅ Deep dives on beauty, media, and the digital age
✅ Turns everyday habits into sharp cultural critiques

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📘 Stories About…

Truth & Illusion
What happens when the self becomes a performance and the mirror is warped?
✅ Explores self-deception and performative culture
✅ Asks: What is authenticity when everything is a stage?