I told you so [electronic resource

I Told You So is a hilarious, bittersweet, and politically acute survival guide. In collected columns and routines, Kate Clinton gleefully details personal coping techniques tested over a lifetime. They’re perfectly suited for political and cultural upheaval: wildcatting for democracy, curbing your cynicism, and changing the climate. Read them and you’ll never be voted off the island. Clinton’s new collection spans refreshingly disparate topics: sexual hypocrisy and gay marriage; girls gone wild and boys gone to war; Hillary Clinton and U.S. politics; Obama props and prop hates; baptism and waterboarding, as well as intelligent design, families of choice, and even bee colony collapses. With intriguing titles such as “The Sistine Shusher,” “Lights out on Bush,” and “The Closet and the Confessional,” the essays in the book are classic Clinton—provocative, thoughtful, and edgy. As a humorist for over twenty-five years, Clinton believes that making light—light enough to see and light enough to move—is what sustains us. What unites the essays is a Mobius strip of humor intended not to dissipate outrage but rather to motivate action. A Hilarious, Bittersweet, Politically Acute Survival Guide. In Collected Columns And Routines Clinton Gleefully Details Personal Coping Techniques Tested Over A Lifetime. They're Perfectly Suited For Political And Cultural Upheaval: Wildcatting For Democracy, Curbing Your Cynicism, And Changing The Climate. Read Them And You'll Never Be Voted Off The Island. She Spans Refreshingly Disparate Topics: Sexual Hypocrisy And Gay Marriage; 9/11 And Its Aftermath; Girls Gone Wild And Boys Gone To War; Hillary Clinton And U.s. Politics; Baptism And Waterboarding; As Well As Intelligent Design And Body Shows; P-town And Families Of Choice; And Even Bee Colony And Other Collapses. As A Humorist For Over Twenty-five Years, Clinton Believes That Making Light--light Enough To See And Light Enough To Move--is What Sustains Us. What Unites The Essays Is A Möbius Strip Of Humor Intended Not To Dissipate Outrage But Rather To Motivate Action.--from Publisher Description. Kate Clinton. I Told You So is a hilarious, bittersweet, and politically acute survival guide. In collected columns and routines, Kate Clinton gleefully details personal coping techniques tested over a lifetime. They're perfectly suited for political and cultural wildcatting for democracy, curbing your cynicism, and changing the climate. Read them and you'll never be voted off the island. From the Trade Paperback edition.