Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers with the sentence “Can I just say one last thing about this, and then I swear I'll shut up about it?” |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Chubby for Life | 11 |
Am Not an Athlete | 21 |
Dont Peak in High School | 31 |
Failing at Everything in the Greatest City on Earth | 47 |
Best Friend Rights and Responsibilities | 80 |
Types of Women in Romantic Comedies Who Are Not Real | 99 |
Would Like to Reboot | 124 |
Someone Explain OneNight Stands to Me | 153 |
Guys Need to Do Almost Nothing to Be Great | 163 |
Jewish Guys | 173 |
In Defense of Chest Hair | 181 |
Why Do Men Put on Their Shoes So Slowly? | 188 |
Revenge Fantasies While Jogging | 203 |
MY ALLIMPORTANT LEGACY | 211 |
Acknowledgments | 221 |