I’m dying at this, specifically the review of Bourdain. “He’s never critical” did you read the book? His whole thing is criticism and we love him for it!!!
Where did you find these people? The men I know (who do read) read a wide variety of books. And it goes both ways - if I asked a certain subset of women, I would get a lot of fluffy romances and cozy mysteries.
completely agree! i sent this to a few friends from work + school and asked them to send it to a few friends, but it's definitely not a representative sample
I manage a community owned bookshop and my guesstimate is that our customers are about 60/40 women to men. However, fiction reading is probably about 80/20 women to men. Men seem to prefer non-fiction I’d say about 60/40. I have no idea if these guesses make mathematical sense, ha! I ask my male friends why they don’t read fiction and the best answer I can get is that they prefer ‘facts’.
It was only by working in our shop that I became aware my reading didn’t include many written by women. I prefer fiction and I’d been missing out on a lot.
so much to say here, but i can't help myself on this one: describing anthony bourdain as "never critical and always accepting" is objectively hilarious (incidentally, i love bourdain! and kitchen confidential! but lol)
« i legitimately don’t know what to with this response » is fucking frying me
i need answers!!
Took the words out of my mouth Cecilia
Maybe he meant A World Lit Only by Fire?
I’m so sorry but I actually screamed at “I love history books. Can’t know the future without knowing the past.” Sir, that is a book about dragons???
I need to follow up and understand if that was a real response...
Please do! I am fearful of the answer but we must know!
An angel gets its wings every time you free a man from the self-help/leadership/Malcolm Gladwell section of The Strand
i just knnnooowwwwww the long form blogs and internet forums are really YouTube video essays and Reddit
this was the most important scientific work done in decades
THANK U
I’m dying at this, specifically the review of Bourdain. “He’s never critical” did you read the book? His whole thing is criticism and we love him for it!!!
Channeling the confidence of the man who said fire and ice was a history book
But maybe also channeling his comedic genius bc whether it was intentional or not absolutely hilarious 10/10 no notes.
maybe we should all be this delusional
Women have astrology, men categorize themselves by one of the following: Hemingway, Steinbeck, Vonnegut
Anthony Bourdain and Grapes of Wrath!!! Throw in Catcher in the Rye and AI could write this list incredible incredible chef’s kiss
this makes me want to survey the men I know, but i'm scared.
you need to
for science!
Where did you find these people? The men I know (who do read) read a wide variety of books. And it goes both ways - if I asked a certain subset of women, I would get a lot of fluffy romances and cozy mysteries.
completely agree! i sent this to a few friends from work + school and asked them to send it to a few friends, but it's definitely not a representative sample
Aw they’re trying
lmao
i mean at least these guys read …. a weird book is better than a podcast imho
ok real!!!!! i agree
Except these podcast boys reacting to Fourth Wing with “the imagination gets you bro” is lowkey priceless. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj2xV6BK/
I manage a community owned bookshop and my guesstimate is that our customers are about 60/40 women to men. However, fiction reading is probably about 80/20 women to men. Men seem to prefer non-fiction I’d say about 60/40. I have no idea if these guesses make mathematical sense, ha! I ask my male friends why they don’t read fiction and the best answer I can get is that they prefer ‘facts’.
It was only by working in our shop that I became aware my reading didn’t include many written by women. I prefer fiction and I’d been missing out on a lot.
Consider me for round 2 of this survey please
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this is what men read?? have i been doing it all wrong
so much to say here, but i can't help myself on this one: describing anthony bourdain as "never critical and always accepting" is objectively hilarious (incidentally, i love bourdain! and kitchen confidential! but lol)