{"product_id":"i-blame-television-elizabeth-teets-9781960869258","title":"I Blame Television: Essays on the Pop Culture that Raised, Ruined, and Enraptured Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her debut essay collection, \u003cem\u003eI Blame Television\u003c\/em\u003e, writer and comedian Elizabeth Teets has started to notice everything around her seems a little off. She has always used the fluorescent glow of the television to guide her, but there's a suspicion that everyone else is reading from a completely different script. Born into a body that's set on permanent \"frolic mode\" and unable to understand her peers' ongoing cynicism, Teets wonders if she may be the punchline. With wit, vulnerability, and a feminist eye for the ridiculous, this essay collection explores what happens when you refuse to play the role society assigns you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her mother's Oregon living room, to underground comedy stages, and eventually the glamorous and brutal Los Angeles, Teets writes about growing up feminine, queer, and unapologetically earnest in a world built on irony. \u003cem\u003eI Blame Television: Essays on the Pop Culture that Raised, Ruined, and Enraptured Me\u003c\/em\u003e fuses a pop culture lens with Elizabeth Teets's signature wit and charm to showcase her quiet rebellion against cultural cynicism. From making questionable financial decisions reinforced by \u003cem\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/em\u003e to the thrill of finding discount designer garb with Marge Simpson, each essay balances warmth with moments of laugh-out-loud humor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause even in a world where the joke seems to be on you, you can put on some platforms, brush out your hair, and decide to flip the script.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Teets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960869256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960869258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Read Furiously\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Elizabeth Teets","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440780914943,"sku":"9781960869258","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5adba955-06d8-412b-8ced-9ae6f2cd3066.jpg?v=1777184766","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-blame-television-elizabeth-teets-9781960869258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}