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Contrary to what the title implies, this book really isn't about pop culture. Instead, it's a memoir about growing up as a Chinese Canadian and how pop culture icons figured largely in her life as she dealt with grief, abuse, racism and mental illness.

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Enjoying the Sunday Special, aka an hour alone at a cafe with a book and a coffee. I'm loving this one so far (had me teary in the first chapter) and I imagine I'll tear through the rest pretty quickly. Hope everyone out there found a moment of rest today! #CurrentlyReading

This one is interesting because it looks, on the surface, to be an exploration of pop culture but it really isn‘t and the title feels like a misrepresentation. The book is a memoir of growing up Chinese-Canadian, the author‘s difficult relationship with her mother and being one of five daughters in her family seen through a lens of pop culture (which works in some places and feels more forced in others).

4.5⭐️/5⭐️

I really enjoyed this collection of essays about Jen‘s life and her reflections on pop culture. From Anne of Green Gables to Justin Bieber to Bob Ross to Kris Jenner, Jen‘s interests allow her to explore her thoughts on misogyny, anti-Asian racism, motherhood and more. A very sensitive and insightful book.

There is much honesty and vulnerability in these essays. Her writing is funny and warm. I did have a disconnected reading experience with this, thats not to say it's not good more about my personal experience with it as I'm not an Asian woman. I enjoyed reading these essays and appreciated her insight into popular culture and how she used this to explore family, identity, belonging as well as being an Asian woman and writer in today's society.

In her moving memoir, Vancouverite Jen Sookfong Lee makes astute observations about the interplay between our private lives & the social culture we live in. Anne of Green Gables, The Joy Luck Club, Justin Bieber, the Kardashians & Bob Ross are some of the pop culture icons through which she views the effects of model minority mentality, anti-Asian racism & misogyny upon creating her own identity as a sexual being, a mother & a writer. #Canadian

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We‘ve finally had a break in the bitter weather, so I took myself to the Art Gallery of Alberta. #audiowalking + audiobook on transit

I have never painted a landscape on canvas, but Bob Ross is so much a part of my lonely childhood memories that I truly believe I could.