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Chris Jesu Lee
Substack at in @the_met_rev @believermag @clereviewbooks @curaffairs @planamag

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I'm always complaining about emotionally stunted, sadsack/self-esteem-obsessed Asian American culture, so I wrote about it for @curaffairs. America loves insane, dark, and depraved Asians. So why do we Asian Americans portray ourselves as so boring?

https://t.co/lBpJmHFHPW

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https://t.co/z9x1YuK2GL

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For @the_met_review, I wrote about Lena Dunham’s Famesick. A great book, but I was more interested in why everyone was so mad at her in the 2010s, especially her peers. And why is everyone so much nicer to her now? And why do I find that malicious?

(link to piece below)

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Enjoyed Slanted from @bleeckerstfilms more than I expected, so I wrote about how its blunt premise, the rising backlash against "cut fruit diaspora" culture, and my own experiences in the last 10ish years signal a shifting and maturing Asian American culture (link to essay below)

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With all the hilarity surrounding Asian American culture in the past month (see Hatchling, among other things), I've had a chance to re-share my 2022 essay, "American American Psycho," first published in @curaffairs, many times.
So here it is again! (link to full essay below)

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https://t.co/rA1aCzCdvJ
Tuesday reads: @default_friend for @thedispatch, @elcush for @TheAtlantic, @JesuInToast for his S*bstack, @WDeresiewicz for @JoinPersuasion, @alexlarman for @AirMailWeekly, and many others.

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Modern male neuroses in Matthew Davis' 'Let Me Try Again' and Hansen Shi's 'The Expat': https://t.co/w4x4wQyDK7

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Thursday reads: @Passionweiss for @tabletmag, @NotoriousTIB for @WCrowdsLive, @svershbow for @esquire, @ToryAnarchist for @TheSpectator, @leifweatherby for @thebafflermag, @MoustacheClubUS for his S*bstack, and many others.

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Thanks for featuring my Rejection review, ‘Rejects R Us,’ which can be read here: https://t.co/1cX1alnAAT

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https://t.co/rA1aCzBFGb
Wednesday reads: @valerie_reads for @compactmag, @DrewHolden360 for @AmerCompass, @samfz7 for @OurCultureOC, @Reinsch84 for @LawLiberty, @itxudiaz for @tabletmag, @JohnHMcWhorter for @JoinPersuasion, and many others.

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While midnight release parties were going on for Sally Rooney's Intermezzo (which I hope to read and review soon), I was lurking in the shadows with Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte.

A snippet from my review at Salieri Redemption (link in bio):

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Lots of nanny discourse lately. For @clereviewbooks, I wrote how recent nanny novels like Luster by Raven Leilani highlight the social tensions between white women and WOC in elite spheres.

Link in reply. There's a paywall, so subscribe to CRB! Thanks to @wanna_bri for editing.

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@sonshinesonny7 Sonny should learn golf from Bale

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Congrats Eileen!

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Big news! My first book of nonfiction is coming out from OBJECT LESSONS @objectsobjects @BloomsburyBooks—on my favorite object: lipstick! I join writers @seeshespeak, @jeffjarvis, and @maritehart in this dynamic series, edited @ibogost and Chris Schaberg https://t.co/ksg9QHFWdv

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Check my latest piece out, About a Boyhood Essay: https://t.co/gYDKt5xUti

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https://t.co/rA1aCzCdvJ
Thursday reads: @SnoozyWeiss for @TheFP, @galbeckerman for @TheAtlantic, @JesuInToast for his S*bstack, @elladorn_ for @NewStatesman, @hanszeiger for @ubookman, @AndrewGreif for @GQMagazine, and many others.

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@Darinstrauss @elyeims @Perez_Writes Museum bombings, art heists, and murders are just another Monday for me

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Glad to see this topic getting more and more talked about. Looking to write on this issue soon on my Substack.

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My reading debut. Come by!

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Vol. 2.1 launch, NYC edition. 7/10 at Secret Location (RSVP to know). Readings from contributors and friends Leo Kim, @suspendedreason, @miri_yam_, @maridapr, @JesuInToast. Shooting stars. Five stars. Stars in space? RSVP (limited):
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