I read this in his voice. Iconic.
OH GOD NOT TIGER MOM. Growing up in Hawaii, that book did lasting damage. Weirdly, most of the damage was done by white parents being like "YOU'RE COMPETING WITH THOSE ASIANS SO WE NEED TO ABUSE YOU MORE"
My new favorite theory is that The Tiger Mom spearheaded all of the online hatred of Anne Hathaway, ultimate Theatre Kid
I am halfway through the episode and have already yelled at my radio more than any previous episode. As a teacher and someone who had friends who had parents like this… every time you quote her is so painful.
That’s really good. I laughed.
Re: Chua calling herself getting disciplined "Kafka-esque," I am 99% sure that what she really means is "Orwellian," which is the kind of mistake I would totally also make, but is objectively pretty funny
Any day with a new Books Could Kill episode is just a little brighter.
oh, that was a fun chuckle lol
Learning Amy Chua mentored J. D. Vance was the least shocking surprise twist I've ever experienced.
So much to say on Amy Chua, but the one that comes to mind is that you know if she had actually somehow instilled a passion for music in her children and they had told her they wanted to be a keyboardist for a band or something she would have turned that house into Abu Ghraib