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Funny Lady Flirts with Disaster

May 21, 2015 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

The summer between seventh and eighth grade I was riding my bike to the orthodontist while wearing flip flops when I stopped suddenly and my unprotected big toe was nearly severed by my kickstand. It’s not exactly catching my ballerina outfit on fire while riding on the back of my father’s motorcycle… but I could relate to some of Aisha’s childhood clumsiness. Our similarities ended in middle school (my drunken stories don’t start until the end of my senior year in high school) but Aisha’s […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Aisha Tyler, self-inflicted wounds

Caitlin_D's CBR7 Review No:25 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Aisha Tyler, self-inflicted wounds ·
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See Also: You Did It to Yourself

May 18, 2015 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

Another celebrity memoir, in which said celebrity overcomes a difficult childhood through personal strength and the ability to laugh at his-/herself, and is now wildly popular for said ability. Aisha Tyler’s Self-Inflicted Wounds is also the second celebrity memoir I’ve read in the last week (the first being Kristen Johnston’s) in which the writer was ridiculed mercilessly for her incredible height (both ladies are 6 feet tall), but now a general consensus would indicate that their height contributes greatly to their general hotness. “I was still very much a kid […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Aisha Tyler, badkittyuno

badkittyuno's CBR7 Review No:75 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Aisha Tyler, badkittyuno ·
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