Youre Embarrassing Yourself

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Writer, actor, and director Desiree Akhavan shares the stories she was told to shut up abouthilarious, horny, heartbreaking tales of a life in pursuit of art, love, and the metabolism of Kate Moss circa 1995
There was a time before shame. A time of POGS, Tamagotchis and the Macarena. When birthday party invites were a given, books came with charm necklaces, and whoever was in your class was automatically a friend. Then puberty hit and everything went weird.

When it comes to shame, Desiree Akhavan knows what shes talking aboutwhether its winning the title of The Ugliest Girl at her high school, acquiescing to the nose job she was lovingly forced into by her Iranian parents, or losing her virginity to a cokehead she met in a support group for cutters. In You're Embarrassing Yourself, Desiree goes to the rawest placesthe lifelong struggle to be at peace in ones body, the search for home as the child of immigrants, the anxious underbelly of artistic ambitionin pursuit of wisdom, catharsis, and lolz.

Equal parts funny and heartfelt, these seventeen essays chart an artists journey from outcast to overnight indie darling, to (somewhat) self-aware adult woman. The result is a collection that captures the pathetic lows and euphoric highs of our youthand how to survive them.