Act Like a Lady

June 1, 2020
Knight, Tobin, and Vanek, hosts of the podcast and E! TV show LadyGang, provide a witty guide for women to live their best life. They explore a variety of issues, including body image, sex, “ladyfights,” breakups, career moves, and friendships, and dispense wise advice (“a white lie never hurt anyone”) and many (often embarrassing) experiences of their own, like running into a date who deemed himself “the voice of Acura” at a shopping mall. Filled with sidebars, lists, and quizzes, the lessons are divided into four sections—love, self, career, friends—and switch between the voices of the authors. Chapters include “Stumbling Through Ladyhood,” which lists essential skills for adulthood, such as how to enjoy sex, understand interest rates, and stop hating one’s body. The authors also offer a “Man Manifest List” for conjuring and then attracting the type of person one wants as well as self-care suggestions, scripts for ending friendships, and anecdotes of many failed dates. The LadyGang “dicktionary” rounds things out and is full of funny terms such as “askhole” (someone who asks for advice but never listens) and “rolodicks” (one’s list of potential romantic contacts). Fans of the show and podcast will love this irreverent handbook.