live long, prosper, and don't even TRY to compare

If you were on the media internet (similar to but extremely not the same as the internet, or at least that’s what they say) at all last week, you probably heard about a certain book that just came out by a certain New Yorker / ex-Jezebel writer, whose star power + the cosmic power of Gawker alum Twitter + the rest of industry Twitter + hello duh because of COURSE = most terrifyingly comprehensive publicity circuit anyone with a Brooklyn-based zip code has ever seen..

...which is why we chuckled with slight relief to see this somewhat meta commentary & writeup of said blitz from Man Repeller over the weekend: Let Us Luxuriate in the Next-Level Media Blitz for a Very Good Book. Consider it your one-stop shop to read allllll the Jia content, and just make sure you’re holding onto something weighty — heavy oak furniture, or your fave shelf at The Strand, ideally — as you meditate on the line, “As the saying goes, may we live long, prosper, and—writers and aspiring writers—never waste energy comparing ourselves to her.” 

and may the odds be ever in your favor!!