Tag: Nellie Bowles

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Jim Goad has produced a short film to accompany his latest essay, “The Only Reason White Women Shouldn’t Hate Themselves.” (more…)

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Since growing up cocooned in economic wealth is far likelier to shield a person from life’s harsher realities than merely growing up white, writer Nellie Bowles is spoiled to the point where she stinks. She’s descended from Henry Miller, but not the softcore porno novelist — the Evil White Male who helped bankroll Bowles’ charmed and risk-free life was the “Cattle King of California” who “was at one point one of the largest landowners in the United States.” Bowles inherited everything except a pretty face. (more…)