I, Millennial: One Snowflake's Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires and Everything Else

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A damn hilarious read. Nazeem Hussain

A true barbarian. Andrew Bolt

Our world is in chaos lol. And no, Australian Millennials, its not your imagination: things are especially f**ked for us.

Millions of Baby Boomers got beach houses, free education, jobs for life and a franking credit-fed retirement. But Millennials have been handed a housing crisis, crippling student debt, the gig economy, a cooked planet, a truly broken political system and now wars, inflation and a global pandemic, as a treat.

This fully sucks. But never fear this book is going to fix everything. Through the power of jokes, history, interviews and sass, so-called comedian Tom Ballard unpicks how his generation got here, and explains why we should probably do a revolution.

Fact-filled and furiously funny, this is a must-read not just for young people wondering why theyve been given such a raw deal,
but for anyone with an interest in how were making our collective future impossible.

Tom Ballard is one of the most original, fearless and hilarious voices in Australian comedy.Wil Anderson

As a fellow beleaguered Millennial, Tom is exactly the voice we need in this time of wailing capitalist death throes. Funny but biting, he lays out how the system has screwed us all and it has nothing to do with avocado toast. Youll never be able to afford a house, so spend your money on this book instead.Amy Remeikis

Ballard is fuming, funny, and armed with facts. Tom Tilley

Speaking as Toms non-biological mother, I am naturally proud to bursting of everything he does, especially the gay sex and particularly the class consciousness, which you will find emerging in this book.Helen Razer

Tom makes me laugh, and think. Im not sure in which order. This book might be his last but thats ok hes nailed it.Dave Hughes

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Fuming, funny and armed with facts. -- Tom Tilley
Tom Ballard is one of the most original, fearless and hilarious voices in Australian comedy. -- Wil Anderson
As a fellow beleaguered Millennial, Tom is exactly the voice we need in this time of wailing capitalist death throes. Funny but biting, he lays out how the system has screwed us alland it has nothing to do with avocado toast. Millennials suffer not only from bad timing, theyve also found themselves blamed for having the gall for coming of age just as the system buckled down.Tom makes you laugh while you rage, outlining how we got here and why buy this not only for yourself but for the boomers in your life. Youll never be able to afford a house, so spend your money on this book instead. -- Amy Remeikis
In a way that only he can, Tom Ballard has distilled the frustration and fury that Millennials are routinely ordered to suppress. Reading this felt like he connected my heart to my head. Also, its a damn hilarious read. -- Nazeem Hussain
Tom makes me laugh, and think. Im not sure in which order. This book might be his last but thats ok. Hes nailed it. -- Dave Hughes
A true barbarian. -- Andrew Bolt

Author Bio

Tom Ballard is an award-winning comedian, broadcaster, philanthropist and virtue-signaller. He pretended to be cool on the triple j breakfast show for years, then went on to perform stand-up all over the world and front his own naughty late-night show for #theirABC, Tonightly with Tom Ballard. (The program was cancelled because it was too funny). Hes also guest hosted Q&A for some reason, and since 2015 hes sat down with everyone from Lyle Shelton to Yassmin Abdel-Magied for his political interview podcast Like Im A Six-Year-Old.