With a lighthearted, razor sharp wit and a unique perspective, I'm Judging You is the handbook the world needs, doling out the hard truths and a road map for bringing some 'act right' into our lives, social media, and popular culture. I'm Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls out bad behavior in our increasingly digital, connected lives?from the importance of the newest Shonda Rhimes television drama to serious discussions of race and media representation to what to do about your fool cousin sharing casket pictures from Grandma's wake on Facebook. With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog,, Luvvie Ajayi is a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. There are nine types of bad friends who can challenge us with their terrible behavior.Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at, Luvvie Ajayi, serves up necessary advice for the masses in this hilarious book of essays After all, there are shows in her Netflix queue waiting to be watched, and she doesn’t have time to spend an hour figuring out the bill for yet another overpriced, bland dinner. But if it happens twice, you definitely have a dinner scrooge in your midst.ĭinner scrooges can make dining out with friends a very frustrating experience, and Ajayi would prefer it if future dinners were prix fixe menus and everyone paid cash. If this happens once, you can give them the benefit of the doubt. Then there’s the one who’ll come up with a reason to vanish early and “forget” to leave any money for the bill.

They’ll often stress how much less they ate than everyone else and be a cheapskate when it comes to tipping. The second dinner scrooge is the annoying person who busts out the calculator to figure out exactly how much they owe. It’s like they want others to subsidize their next couple of meals! Or, if they don’t eat it all, they’ll order more so that they can take it home. Now, while Ajayi might show up late to a scheduled dinner, there are other folks who should also feel ashamed of their behavior, and they’re called dinner scrooges.ĭinner scrooges come in three varieties: The first being the kind of person to devour massive amounts of food and then proposes splitting the check evenly. By calling out these mistakes through a combination. Covering everything from breaking the unwritten rules of social media to sexism and racism in their most repugnant forms, Luvvie Ajayi is judging it all and she wants readers to know. While the author is quick to point out when someone’s behaving terribly, she also knows her own faults can sometimes make her part of the problem.įor example, Ajayi is chronically late to just about anything you might invite her to – something that’s certainly brought her a fair amount of shame in the past, like the time she fell flat on her face while sprinting to catch a plane. I’m Judging You (2016) is author Luvvie Ajayi’s humorous perspective on all of society’s worst foibles. Let’s be clear about one thing: no one’s perfect.

I'm Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi