Alt-right poster-boy Milo Yiannopoulos sent his followers after her, which turned into a terrifying flood of rape and death threats. For instance, 'œMute' details the Twitter backlash Koul experienced when she encouraged non-white, non-male people to contribute to BuzzFeed (where Koul works). Koul has inherited parents’ anxieties and fears, the baggage that comes with being born brown.īeyond the personal, some essays cover topics about the larger evils of the world. She writes often about her family, and if there’s a strong thread that runs through the book, it’s one of lineage. Koul was raised in Alberta, Canada, her Kashmiri parents having immigrated from India. One essay starts with this line: 'œLike farts and the incorrect retellings of classic literature, racism is a lot cuter when it comes out of a little girl.' For instance, Koul refers to her boyfriend affectionately as "Hamhock," a 'œsweet, precious moron' she hides packets of sweet-and-sour sauce in her bra. I laughed out loud on a dozen occasions throughout this book, from her descriptions of a torturously long five-day family wedding in Jammu to stranger details. In her debut, Koul tackles regular essay collection stuff'”meditations on relationships, family, identity '“ but the best part of it is that she’s funny as sh*t. An essay collection hinges entirely on the voice of its author, so let me characterize Scaachi Koul's: rude, angry, sometimes crass, always fiercely intelligent and hilarious.
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