Samantha Irby is not as hostile as she might like us to think, quietly or otherwise. What she is is brutally and hilariously honest. Fierce and foul-mouthed, Sam joins us to talk about why it’s ok not to like your body … How she’s not responsible for killing Big on And Just Like That, but did help expedite his demise (send your outraged emails to us, not her). Also: how to be a decent stepparent, what she keeps in her purse, and her crazy pandemic Chihuahua. Oh, and the world’s best moisturizer. The New York Times calls Samantha Irby “a side-splitting polemicist for the most awful situations”.

A blogger, writer and television writer, Sam has published five books, including her latest, Quietly Hostile, which she describes as a survival guide (of sorts). Her essay collection Wow, No Thank You won the Lambda Literary Award in 2021. Subscribe to Samantha Irby on Substack where she publishes Bitches Gotta Eat.

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