Lavery is known for blending genres, forms, and sources to develop fascinating new hybrids-from lyric rants to horror recipes to pornographic scripture. To put it simply, Daniel Lavery really gets it.”įrom the New York Times bestselling author of Texts From Jane Eyre and Merry Spinster, writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column, and cofounder of The Toast comes a hilarious and stirring collection of essays and cultural observations spanning pop culture-from the endearingly popular to the staggeringly obscure.ĭaniel M. It sounds totally random, but the result is a touching work about the transmasc experience, religion, and the absurdity of life. along with Columbo, Apollo, classic literature, HGTV, The Golden Girls, Arthurian mythos, and so much more. Lavery discusses transitioning and fear, religion and regret…. “Something That May Shock And Discredit You” is named from a Simpsons quote, deservedly so: like The Simpsons this book is an immediate classic. This memoir, if you can call it that - it’s a series of musings, a collection of writings and cultural observations - is no exception. He’s produced years on years of content that defies genre, running the gamut from terrifying (“Curious George Made Horrific” is life-changing) to gut-bustingly funny. “I’ve followed Daniel Lavery since the early days of The Toast and he has NEVER disappointed.
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