The New, Must-Read Book About The Dark Side Of Pop

By Sophie Gilbert

I started thinking about writing this book early in the 2020s, in a moment when time no longer seemed linear, progress no longer felt inevitable, and every ugly trend I’d come of age with as a Y2K teen had looped its way right back around. Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential campaign in 2016, followed by the explosion of testimony regarding sexual abuse and harassment that manifested as the #MeToo movement a year later, made certain realities…