Twitter asks: Are books just an aesthetic? – Mashable

Thank you, Julia Fox and Ashley Tisdale, for the discourse. In a viral clip from this year’s Oscars, Julia Fox (of Uncut Gems (/TikTok) fame), spoke to Variety about her upcoming “masterpiece” of a book. The defining moment of this interview came when reporter Marc Malkin asked about its genre. “It was like a memoir at first, but now it’s just like my first book, you know?” she responded.Cue yet another round of the internet’s ongoing obsession with Fox and her instantly iconic catchphrases. But alongside the many memes came a viral tweet pointing to the real question: do people actually read or is it all an act? Tweet may have been deleted Writer Bobuq Sayed took to the app, saying, “Julia Fox is important representation for the girls who are enamored by literature but don’t read books.” The Twitter take garnered over 53,000 likes and over 350 quote tweets (and counting). Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Fox’s celebrity-to-author moment comes in tandem with another viral instance of book-related chaos, courtesy of actor Ashley Tisdale. In a tour of her LA home with Architectural Digest, Tisdale inadvertently sparked a debate…
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