{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/698784ced4e01f10692b0935/6a666ceda51cbd54e226118b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"023: Second Hand Embarrasment","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/698784ced4e01f10692b0935/1785096473848-7ab708dd-df47-424f-8465-38a333d7c765.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Only one book can make for a conversation peppered with equal amounts of laughter and cringe. Yes, <strong>Tony Tulathimutte's <em>Rejection</em></strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>Across a series of 4 painfully funny essays, Amile and Phoebe discuss rejection in all its forms: romantic, social and self-inflicted. From the \"nice guy\" performing wokeness in exchange for companionship, to the young woman lost in an obsessive spiral of limerence, no one’s stories (<em>including their own!</em>) escapes unexamined.</p><p><br></p><p>Perhaps the rejection itself isn't what we're most afraid of. Perhaps it's what the rejection reveals about our deepest insecurities.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>This episode pairs well with: </strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>Rejection</em> by Tony Tulathimutte</li><li><em>So You've Been Publicly Shamed</em> by Jon Ronson</li><li>Queenie by Candy Carty-Williams</li><li>Why Did I Get Married? (2007), dir. by Tyler Perry</li><li>He's Just Not That Into You (2009), dir. by Ken Kwapis</li><li><em>Binge watching Chewing Gum or Fleabag</em> over the weekend.</li><li>Sending \"No worries!\" when there are, in fact, many worries.</li><li>Seeking a partner who triggers your childhood wounds.</li><li>One more drink than you planned on having.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Enjoy listening!</p><p>A&amp;P</p>","author_name":"Amile & Phoebe"}