“I learned how to operate under both the physical and emotional weight of unrelenting shame very early. Fat babies are adorable, while fat children are a little less so. Fat teenagers are chided into either end of the eating-disorder spectrum,… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“but there I was, trying to fit the ocean into a plastic cup as it tossed and turned me in its waves.” — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“A lot of us are living like this, right? Taking cabs and ordering takeout Thai on payday, then walking the three blocks to work… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“48. Try to think positively. Can’t. Everything is garbage. 49. Stop talking (so much) shit. See above.” — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“Real love feels less like a throbbing, pulsing animal begging for its freedom and beating against the inside of my chest and more like,… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“You know, what I really need is someone who remembers to rotate this meaty pre-corpse toward the sun every couple of days and tries… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“have never—and I mean ever—had a real desire to let otherwise-unaccounted-for money just chill in my bank account unmolested for more than maybe a… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“It's so weird that adults in committed relationships have a problem with something so innocuous as flirting. I would never expect you to walk… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“I am a negative person by nature, and I typically shy away from anything that requires me to be having visible fun.” — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“do so much shit I don’t want anyone else to see, or know about, that I never want to have to explain to another… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“The Bachelorette proves that men are as petty and vapid and ridiculous as women are made to seem. They’re just better at hiding it,… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
“Fuck a budget. I grew up poor and now I have money, so I’m going to spend it on Chanel nail polishes. I don’t… — Samantha Irby Copy Share Image
