Unladylike by Radhika Vaz

I read Unladylike by the stand-up comedian Radhika Vaz sometime in 2016 and remember posting about it on my Facebook wall then. I went back to retrieve the post and saw that this is what I'd written:

"Finished reading 'Unladylike' by Radhika Vaz. I think it's a must-read for wannabe Green Card holders coz she talks about the whole process right from writing her GRE to her teaching assistantship to studying in the US/ life in the US...I just felt like I was re-living my friends' lives all over again. In fact, she even took advertising like some of my friends did. So! I didn't get much out of the book coz it was almost like a how-to manual albeit her memoir, and not that funny!

I follow her Facebook page and listen to her live chat occasionally. Today, she was addressing the 'sex addict' Harvey Weinstein. She said it was disgusting how sex addicts could be accepted in society while people with mental illnesses were treated like outcasts. ( Paraphrasing here)

She addressed the issue of addiction and said next week more information about her battles with addiction would follow.

She also ranted against Chetan Bhagat for tweeting about banning firecrackers, saying he should be addressing more important issues faced by society.

After listening to her rant on for a looooo----oooong time, I suddenly wondered why I was still tuned in. I was under the impression she was a stand-up comedian. But she is mostly 'in your face', 'aggressive' and unfunny. She should become a social commentator.

I posted a comment saying I had read her book and that I had recommended it to a friend of mine who was also tuned in to the show.( Facebook lets you see all sorts of things).

The live feed really sobered me up. Not that I was drunk, but I was pleasantly happy. Now I'm just feeling chastised. Although not as much as some poor dude who happened to piss her off. She mercilessly decimated him and that made me wonder why these men are still going to her site just to get torn apart. LOL. Masochists!

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