Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
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There is a lot of discussion of sexual violence throughout, but particularly in the chapter "We Come from Old Virginia"
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Passing mention in the chapter “We Come from Old Virginia”
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Discussion of the biblical story of Samson and Delilah
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The author discusses the book The Virgin Suicides in the chapter called Pure Heroines, and describes each suicide method taken
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Discussed in the chapter “We Come from Old Virginia”
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Yes, in the chapter called Pure Heroines when she talks of the book The Virgin Suicides, and she describes the methods.
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Passing mention of Elliott Rodger's mass shooting.
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No, but there’s mention of Amazon workers peeing in bottles
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Mention of someone getting hit by a bus in the chapter “We Come from Old Virginia.” In the same chapter, there is reference to the woman killed in the Charlottesville rally
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No, but the author discusses how taxi drivers in Kyrgyzstan tried to kidnap her.
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Heavy discussion in the chapter "Ecstasy"
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The chapter “Always Be Optimizing” includes the author in a yoga class where a classmate is queefing excessively. In “The Cult of Difficult Women,” there’s reference to Cristabel Pankhurst, a suffragist who spit at a police officer
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Discussion of Delilah cutting Samson's hair in the biblical story
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Passing mention of an Uber driver who kept picking up passengers even while in labor.
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Discussion of being burned at the stake
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Does it have a sad ending?
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amwhite91
It's not a plot-oriented book, but a series of essays. In any case, most of the essays have a jaded, melancholy tone, and I wouldn't say that the book ends on a happy note, though the last essay is not the saddest or most negative.
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Mention of face masks made of sheep placenta and embryo
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