pickThis is a book for anyone who feels different, not quite like others. It celebrates that difference and shows how other weirdos have embraced their difference.
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Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World | 
pickThis is a book for anyone who feels different, not quite like others. It celebrates that difference and shows how other weirdos have embraced their difference.
"It can feel good not to fit in quite perfectly or to be a little weird... Just like the Indie band stops being cool once everyone you know is listening to it, it sometimes feels better to be in an elite group than a large amorphous crowd."
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so-soI think I had different expectations. This book felt like a long magazine article. Also, I wouldn't consider most people portrayed in this book as weird, but maybe misfits. The author reintroduced some characters in later chapters, and more than once, I've found myself trying to remember who those people were.
pickOlga Khazan, the author of “Weird”, grows up in Texas, but is originally from Russia. She feels like an outsider and this difference inspires an interest in what makes others different. This “weirdness” in others is explored in vignettes of various experiences, but often seem to be situational. A few illustrated: a female NASCAR driver, a liberal professor in a rural district, little people, a male preschool teacher, & a conservative in California
pickI enjoyed this book but it felt more like an appetizer sampler than a deep dive into the experience of feeling different. Some of the people she talks to don't feel "weird" per se, but are visibly different from the people around them.That seems quite separate from someone whose sense of estrangement from the world is strictly internal. It was all interesting, but didn't feel entirely coherent.
