booktok & the hotgirlification of reading

Thrift my favorites from ThredUp https://tdup.co/MINALE and use code MINA for an extra 35% off your first order! (Offer expires 3/1/24. Applies to US & Canada customers only and only applicable to select merchandise. See site for full terms). This video is sponsored by ThredUp! ➤ NEWSLETTER https://minale.substack.com/ ➤ PRODUCTION written by Mina Le, Ella Gray, and Sophie Carter edited by Charlee Reiff ➤ SOCIALS Instagram:   / gremlita   TikTok:   / gremlita   Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX ➤ CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ➤ SOURCES Assembling “Sides” of TikTok: Examining Community, Culture, and Interface through a BookTok Case Study by Jessica Maddox https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305123121... https://aeon.co/essays/are-book-colle... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/st... https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/marc-... https://www.architecturaldigest.com/s... https://coldhealing.substack.com/p/bo... https://fortune.com/2023/05/25/tech-g... https://www.theguardian.com/books/201... https://www.thebookseller.com/comment... https://www.nylon.com/life/the-making... https://brevity.wordpress.com/2023/10... https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/op... https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakapl... https://www.theguardian.com/books/202... https://slate.com/culture/2015/08/ele... https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20... https://chnm.gmu.edu/dimenovels/index... https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/... https://www.theguardian.com/books/201... https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/02/15/... https://www.newyorker.com/business/cu... https://www.theguardian.com/books/201... https://lithub.com/why-are-so-many-me... https://www.theguardian.com/books/202... https://nielsenbook.co.uk/examining-t... https://www.npr.org/2022/08/29/111988... https://www.theguardian.com/books/202... 0:00 - intro 3:07 - is reading pretentious? 16:57 - the booktok of it all 28:14 - hot girls who read 43:04 - mina's book recs