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Gawker Alum Paid For Book Your Mom Wrote

The Observer's Doree Shafrir and Jezebel's Jessica Grose landed a book deal for "Postcards From Yo Momma," their beloved tumblr blog that reprints emails from readers' mothers, because we are all terrible children. Doree and Jessica "are said to have received a comfortable... sum," according to Balk, though not as much a the creators of Stuff White People Like. Of course the Stuff White People Like guys actually have to, like, write their book. Themselves! [Radar] Update: Doree says, "they actually want quite a bit of original content." Of course she'll probably make her mom write it.

1:57 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Pareene
2,252 views, 24 comments

Latest by HeyThatsMyBike: @narnio: Nobody remembers when they wrote a book. I think Nick actually had the whole incident officially erased from history. more »

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White People Over-Analyze Like This

Did you hear about that hot new internet blog, "Stuff White People Like"? Did someone email or GChat you a link to it? Or did many people? Chances are you either had a knowing chuckle or got all huffy about it, as those seem to be most people's responses. We've gone through the criticisms both whiny—I'm white and I'm nothing like this!—and smart—boy their definition of "white people" is offensively narrow and classist—and now we're sick of those too, even though we sort of agree with them but also are all "lay off, it's a stupid blog." There's the fucking rub: we dislike the site and are sick of everyone disliking the site. Which is why we were so excited to see that they got ten zillion dollars to turn it into a book! A book about hockey, and Miracle Whip! Except not really, because only like middle American White People like those things, see, and there's that class argument we didn't want to get into. No, this book is actually about Juno or some such bullshit. More »

3:54 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Pareene
4,550 views, 28 comments

Latest by Crazydogggz: The SWPL guy is a South Park Republican, and he comes with the requisite sneering and scoffing at earnest and insufferable middle-class white liberals. Both of which white people like. more »

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Stuff White People Like: Ridiculous Book Deals

We give up! 'Stuff White People Like' Book Sold to Random House For At Least $350,000. You win, Internet! Great work, Random House! Oh hey, Spy legend and man white people love Kurt Andersen "has taken an active interest in it and will play a role in its development." Thanks, Kurt! The press release says the book will cover "Whole Foods, Wes Anderson, Starbucks, graduate school, kitchen gadgets, Barack Obama, Apple products, the movie Juno, expensive sandwiches, and vintage t-shirts, to name a few." Looks like white people like New York Magazine! (ALSO: Gotham Books is apparently publishing a book based on "Barack Obama is your new bicycle." Maybe some joker should make a whole album of hilarious Rick Astley songs!) [NYO]

5:19 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Pareene
5,214 views, 40 comments

Latest by Dorothy: prior response not intended for vulturesquadron, slip of the white educated finger more »