How to Become a Scandal : Adventures in Bad Behavior (Hardcover)

from shalulah

This was a delicious read-I only wished there could have been more of it! Though I understand why Laura Kipnis, despite the "unending barrage of material", kept it short, I kept thinking of other scandals I would have enjoyed reading her opinions about. The author is very witty & her take on the ...

from kivarson

Reading Kipnis' detailed analysis of four fairly recent scandals in American society made me feel like an intellectual and fed my longing for squeamishly juicy details.

from mstrust

Written by a professor at Northwestern University, this is a look at the bad behavior and life-altering decisions that people make on a level that garners them national attention. Kipnis covers many national scandals that were recent as of the book's 2010 printing, but primarily focuses on four c...

from the_darling_copilots

I enjoyed this book quite a lot. The style is breezy but not shallow, slightly silly but still thoughtful. It feels like perfect summer reading for people like me, who enjoy both thoughtful, academic discussion and "trashy" pop-culture. It probably helped that I have a bit of a background in lite...

from kivarson

Reading Kipnis' detailed analysis of four fairly recent scandals in American society made me feel like an intellectual and fed my longing for squeamishly juicy details.