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The dynamic comedienne and actress delivers provocative, hilarious, and empowering advice on dating, sex, style, and the cool confidence every woman needs to succeed. Using innovative insight, humor, and the vocabulary of a new generation, Aisha introduces us to
Swervea new road map of advice for young women.
swerve \swerv\ vb swerved; swerving A mental or moral turning away from a given course; a major change in direction; [to get ones swerve on] to enjoy oneself without inhibitions; to parade about with confidence and style. syn VEER, DEVIATE, DEPART, DIGRESS
Gorgeous and gutsy, Aisha Tyler has made an unmistakable name for herself in the entertainment world. Now she applies her on-target insight and brazen wit to tackling the old-fashioned mentalities that keep women from living their lives to the fullest. In Swerve, Aisha rejects the relationship/marriage imperative and puts authentic living first. This is no dry, self-help mumbo jumboAisha dishes out hip, fun, and laugh-out-loud advice.
Packed with Aishas uncanny wisdom and hilarious commentary, Swerve offers the opinion that single twenty- and thirty-somethings can find fulfillment on their own terms.
Speaking to the audience of successful books such as Swell: A Girls Guide to the Good Life and The Bombshell Manual of Style, Aisha offers a new way to navigate life for the postmodern girl.
Synopsis
Dynamic actress and comedienne Aisha Tyler delivers empowering advice on dating, life, and the cool confidence every woman needs to survive.
Synopsis
Gorgeous and gutsy, Tyler has made an unmistakable name for herself in the entertainment world. Now she applies her on-target insight and brazen wit to tackling the old-fashioned mentalities that keep women from living their lives to the fullest.
Synopsis
The dynamic comedienne and actress delivers provocative, hilarious, and empowering advice on dating, sex, style, and the cool confidence every woman needs to succeed. Using innovative insight, humor, and the vocabulary of a new generation, Aisha introduces us to
Swervea new road map of advice for young women.
swerve \'swerv\ vb swerved; swerving A mental or moral turning away from a given course; a major change in direction; [to get one's swerve on] to enjoy oneself without inhibitions; to parade about with confidence and style. syn VEER, DEVIATE, DEPART, DIGRESS
Gorgeous and gutsy, Aisha Tyler has made an unmistakable name for herself in the entertainment world. Now she applies her on-target insight and brazen wit to tackling the old-fashioned mentalities that keep women from living their lives to the fullest. In Swerve, Aisha rejects the relationship/marriage imperative and puts authentic living first. This is no dry, self-help mumbo jumboAisha dishes out hip, fun, and laugh-out-loud advice.
Packed with Aisha's uncanny wisdom and hilarious commentary, Swerve offers the opinion that single twenty- and thirty-somethings can find fulfillment on their own terms.
Speaking to the audience of successful books such as Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life and The Bombshell Manual of Style, Aisha offers a new way to navigate life for the postmodern girl.
About the Author
Aisha Tyler was the first female host of the E! networks Emmy Awardwinning Talk Soup. The Ivy League graduate turned actress and comedienne has made dozens of other television appearances, including multiple visits to The Tonight Show, the Today show, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and Politically Incorrect. As an actress, she has appeared on televisions Friends, CSI Miami, and HBOs Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as in several films. Aisha is a recipient of an NAACP Image Award and a Young Hollywood Award.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction/Apologia vii
Sex, Drugs, and Postmodern Chicks 1
The Philosophical Origins of Swerve
or Why and How to Be a Badass 12
Why Society Hates You and Wants You to Fail 21
The Sociopolitical Implications of Personal Grooming
or The Bikini Wax as Postmodern Political
Statement 36
Introduction/Apologia vii
The Sociocultural Significance of the Second Coming
of Missy Elliott 51
The Uppity Bitch Paradox
or Who the F**k You Calling Sassy? 63
The Ballad of Yogurt Girl 76
Once More in the Balls, with Feeling 86
Booneís Farm & Spanish Fly 101
The War of Art
or Aiken versus Studdard
in the World Series of Love 107
The Boy Scout Motto: Be Prepared 130
The Ballad of OshKosh BíGosh 138
Us versus Us
or The Molly Ringwald Conspiracy 144
Itís Your Turn to Clean the Pole
or Why Everyone Should Learn a Vocation 157
Way to Be Inappropriate 176
I Am the Captain of My Ship
or Why Wonít He Call Me? Why? Why?
Why? Why? 190
Brave New World
or I Am Lazy and I Like to Party 198
Martha Stewart on Crack 212
Stay on the Path
or How Not to Get Addickted 220
McMarriage 227
Acknowledgments 235