Synopses & Reviews
It's difficult to know where you stand in society these days. Luckily, writer Kelly Ritchie shows us 99% where we belong. For this satirical collection, Ritchie spent years studying the habits of both the 1% (the people we love to hate) and the other 99 percent (the people we are) in order to draw the line. She looked at charts, infographics and trends, like how owning a vacation home in Paris, not knowing how to fold laundry, or treating a plunger like modern art décor may indicate you are in the 1%. You, on the other hand, car-pool, stress over bills and contemplate wearing mismatched socks to work...so welcome to the club! A wonderful world where dreams die and taxes live. It's the sort of club where admission is free, but resigning comes at a steep price. The club doesn't come with an eighteen-hole golf course or an Olympic size pool. In fact, at the moment we're so terribly over-crowded, all we can offer you a life-time supply of stress. Sorry. So console yourself and your friends with these clear 99 Signs You Are Not in the 1%.
Synopsis
t's difficult to know where you stand in society these days. Luckily, writer Kelly Ritchie shows us 99% where we belong. For this satirical collection, Ritchie spent years studying the habits of both the 1% (the people we love to hate) and the other 99 percent (the people we are) in order to draw the line.
Synopsis
"I wish I had less money," said no one, ever. Let's start with the obvious: You are poor as hell, my friend. The top 1% own about 40% of the nation's wealth in the United States while you might barely have 40 cents of a dollar in your pocket. But that's capitalism for you. While the One-Percenters go off bathing in the tears of orphan children and sprinkling flakes of gold onto their ice cream sundaes or whatever it is that rich people do, you have to come to terms with the fact that you might have to sell off your soul to pay your taxes. But welcome to the 99%, where the game is the economy and most of us are losing, but at least we're having fun... right? In 99 Signs You're Not in the 1%, S.m. Torres, fellow 99-Percenter, lays it out the cold hard truth of how the struggle is real when it comes to money (or lack thereof) in our wallets. From affording rent to buying underwear in bulk, relish in the camaraderie that is the 99% Life.
About the Author
S.m. Torres is an editor and contributor at Mango Media. She is a South Floridian writer, who has dabbled in the art of stand-up comedy and frequently tells jokes quietly to herself.