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Awards for Good Boys

Awards for Good Boys

From the viral Instagram account

Summary

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We all know a good boy.

He's a 'Feminist’... in his Tinder bio.
He ghosts you, but then feels bad. (For a moment.)
He’s not mansplaining, just aggressively clarifying.
And he's open to being wrong. Theoretically.

Ready to call time on rewarding those who clear the low bar of not being outwardly awful?

Awards for Good Boys explores why so-called and self-proclaimed good boys are actually not that great, and makes literal our tendency to applaud men for doing the absolute least. It will make you cry-laugh, feel validated, and help you unravel your own assumptions about what makes us good. _____
'Shelby and her art are extremely my shit. You need this book.' Samantha Irby, author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

A short book of one woman’s opinions. It’s funny, but I prefer when men are funny or else my ego feels bruised.Ben from Twitter

Reviews

  • Shelby and her art are extremely my shit. You need this book.
    Samantha Irby, author of 'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life'

About the author

Shelby Lorman

SHELBY LORMAN is a writer, illustrator, and comedian from Los Angeles. She thinks and writes about modern dating, technological mishaps, and our dystopian present, and created the Instagram account @awardsforgoodboys. She lives in New York with her dog Clem.
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