Leigh Stein (Bücher)

Leigh Stein Bücher

Leigh Stein schreibt darüber, was das Internet mit uns macht, und erforscht seine tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen auf Individuen und Gesellschaft. Ihr neuester Roman ist eine scharfe Satire auf die Wellness-Industrie und den „Girlboss“-Feminismus, die die Jagd nach Erfolg und Selbstinszenierung in der zeitgenössischen Kultur kritisch untersucht. Stein schöpft aus ihrer umfangreichen Erfahrung mit Online-Communities und feministischem Aktivismus und verfasst Prosa, die das digitale Leben und seinen Einfluss auf unsere Identitäten seziert.

Self Care

224 Seiten
8 Lesestunden

The female cofounders of a wellness start-up struggle to find balance between being good people and doing good business, while trying to stay BFFs.Maren Gelb is on a company-imposed digital detox. She tweeted something terrible about the President’s daughter, and as the COO of Richual, “the most inclusive online community platform for women to cultivate the practice of self-care and change the world by changing ourselves,” it’s a PR nightmare. Not only is CEO Devin Avery counting on Maren to be fully present for their next round of funding, but indispensable employee Khadijah Walker has been keeping a secret that will reveal just how feminist Richual’s values actually are, and former Bachelorette contestant and Richual board member Evan Wiley is about to be embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal that destroy the company forever.Have you ever scrolled through Instagram and seen countless influencers who seem like experts at caring for themselves—from their yoga crop tops to their well-lit clean meals to their serumed skin and erudite-but-color-coded reading stack? Self Care delves into the lives and psyches of people working in the wellness industry and exposes the world behind the filter.

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