Bye Felipe: Disses, Dick Pics, and Other Delights of Modern Dating Audiobook
Bye Felipe: Disses, Dick Pics, and Other Delights of Modern Dating Audiobook
- Alexandra Tweten
- Hachette Book Group USA
- 2018-08-21
- 5 h 35 min
Summary:
From the creator of the viral Instagram account comes an empowering guide to navigating the hazards and horrors of online dating.
After one too many hostile dating app encounters, Alexandra Tweten set up the Instagram accounts @ByeFelipe, a location for girls to protest the horrors of online dating, and to share stories and screenshots of their very own experiences. 3 years later, the account has turned into a discussion board where females can fight back against the males who have made them uncomfortable, worried, about Bye Felipe: Disses, Dick Pictures, and Other Delights of Modern Internet dating and embarrassed–and to have fun at the appalling men they encounter.
The name of Bye Felipe is a nod towards the ‘Bye Felicia’ meme, which Urban Dictionary defines like a cool dismissal of a noxious person. In that heart, the book assists ladies navigate the perils that include swiping right and provides practical techniques to overcome the harassment rampant in the dating app ether. Mixing humor, feminist theory, and solidarity, this ‘field guidebook’ provides profiles of the worst types of men (also called ‘Felipes’)–from the classic fat shamer towards the mansplainer to the surprise sociopath–answers questions like ‘How should i react when a guy transmits me a dic pic?,’ and provides women the various tools they need to take control of their dating life. With stories, screenshots, and Riot Grrrl-esque graphic artwork throughout, Bye Felipe empowers females to stand up for themselves and uphold the confidence and self-worth Felipes try therefore desperately to grab.