#Allie Brosh

[toad-in-a-trenchcoat]

based of this panel from Allie Brosh’s Solutions and Other Problems

#Toad’s notes #Toad’s trolls #Trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #velvet and veneer #Allie Brosh #technically it;s like an autobiography so is it okay for me to redraw this part fo the book???

[gennsoup]

I don't believe in karma, but I do believe there are things that can happen that very specifically force you to understand what an asshole you were.

Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems

#Allie Brosh #Solutions and Other Problems #karma #funny quotes #American literature #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes

[antlerpunk]

formative author

#is there an audience for this post #my art #antlerspawn #hyperbole and a half #allie brosh

[lucybellwood]

This is representation in media

#allie brosh #solutions and other problems #ship facts #boat stuff #it me

[thequotefairy]

Sometimes all you can really do is keep moving and hope you end up somewhere that makes sense.

Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems

#quotes #allie brosh #life

[ammonitetheartist]

ooooo here’s something I did a while ago: an attempt at drawing my lovely discount coyote /aff in Allie Brosh’s artstyle :D

[Image ID: A drawing depicting a Siberian sled dog, cream underneath and fading to darker grey at the top. The darkest grey feature is the tail, which is tipped with white.

The dog is drawn to mimic the way Allie Brosh draws dogs, with googly-like eyes and a vaguely sock-puppet-esque mouth. The background is a light cyan. End ID]

#dog #allie brosh

[iclimbtreestofeelalive]

one thing im absolutely loving is that the btw adhd creature is so reminiscent of allie brosh's style (look her up you know her) which is hilarious because she Definitely had unmedicated undiagnosed adhd like. look

#btw creature #allie brosh

[rock-a-noodle]

#allie brosh #oc adrienne #oc kari #oc jenna #oc bridgette #oc odie #oc reika #oc kitty #oc hailey #self injury #self harm #eye contact #rock a noodle art

[twicedailyquotes]

Most people can motivate themselves to do things simply by knowing that those things need to be done. But not me. For me, motivation is this horrible, scary game where I try to make myself do something while I actively avoid doing it. If I win, I have to do something I don’t want to do. And if I lose, I’m one step closer to ruining my entire life. And I never know whether I’m going to win or lose until the last second.

Allie Brosh

Hyperbole and a Half

#quote #quotes #allie brosh #hyperbole and a half #book quote #executive dysfunction #neurodivergence

[maddie-grove]

Little Book Review: Nonfiction Round-Up (May-December 2022)

Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine (1997): a self-help book with a somatic approach to dealing with trauma symptoms. It contained some advice that was useful at my old job. Unfortunately, I was too traumatized from said job to concentrate properly on the audiobook, so I was kind of in a Catch-22.

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman (2022): A deliciously disconcerting series of essays about the fractured last decade of the twentieth century. It wins the coveted "book I'm most determined to lend to my mom" award.

Yes, I'm Hot in This by Huda Fahmy (2018): a cute collection of comics from Fahmy's Instagram, covering subjects from strangers being stupid about her hijab (hence the title) to lighthearted scenes of domestic life. I found it in a Little Library.

Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson (2022): an exploration of the life and writing career of Beatrice Sparks, author of multiple "real" diaries by troubled teens, through-and-through grifter, and coiner of the immortal phrase "freak wharf." This fucked, y'all. Emerson seamlessly delves into multiple topics of interest--Sparks's hardscrabble youth, the discovery of LSD, the Satanic Panic--with plenty of compassion and humor.

The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber (2013): the true-crime account of Charles Cullen, a Pennsylvania/New Jersey nurse who murdered possibly hundreds of patients by poisoning their IV bags in the late 1980s to early 2000s. The subject matter is shocking, and it's horrifying how the indifference of the large medical systems he worked for kept him from facing consequences other than getting fired for years. The style/organization of the book is kind of pedestrian, though.

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (2019): an account of Farrow's efforts to write a story for NBC about the decades-long sexual predation of producer Harvey Weinstein, including NBC's sideways attempts to get him to back off. Farrow's a solid narrative writer, not great, and the book gets less interesting when he strays beyond the inner workings of NBC.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (1968): In her first collection of essays, Didion talks about murder, movies, mental distress, and Sacramento. It's incredibly fresh in some ways (the essay where she talks about raising her daughter away from her extended family) and incredibly dated in others (her incredulity at people who ascribe artistic vision to Meet Me in St. Louis). I genuinely appreciate her ability to make me go "girl, what are you even talking about."

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (2020): an illustrated memoir/series of comics, focusing on coping with mental illness and the unexpected loss of a loved one. There are some very funny passages (particularly one involving a troublesome dog), some devastating ones (Brosh's montage of memories of her late younger sister), and some aimless ones.

Monkey Mind by Daniel Smith (2012): part memoir and part general information about anxiety (the science of it, how different people have written about it through history, etc.). It's more interesting as a memoir. I remember that it had some good advice at the end for managing anxiety, but I don't know for the life of me what it was. Still, I feel like I should give him credit for it.

#little book review #waking the tiger #peter a. levine #the nineties #chuck klosterman #yes i'm hot in this #huda fahmy #unmask alice #rick emerson #the good nurse #charles graeber #catch and kill #ronan farrow #slouching towards bethlehem #joan didion #solutions and other problems #allie brosh #monkey mind #daniel smith

[gennsoup]

I am incensed that reality has the audacity to do some of the things it does when I CLEARLY don't want those things to happen.

Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half

#Allie Brosh #Hyperbole and a Half #reality #reality quotes #reject reality #audacity #humor #funny #funny quotes #American literature #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes #books #words #text

[myjetpackisonfire]

Honestly strong Allie Brosh energy

“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn’t paint it very well.”

- Richard Siken

#richard siken #allie brosh #text post

[straydog733]

Reading Resolution: “Solutions and Other Problems” by Allie Brosh

11. A biography or memoir: Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

List Progress: 16/30

TW: Suicide.

-/-

Memoirs have a fine line to walk. Every person is unique and has a particular and nuanced story to tell, but audiences read memoirs to find something relatable and true about human nature as a whole. This line becomes even more narrow with a comedy memoir. Allie Brosh came to online prominence through her blog Hyperbole and a Half, telling wild personal stories interspersed with intentionally-chaotic drawings. This was spun off into her first book, also called Hyperbole and a Half, which was published in 2013. She then proceeded to go on hiatus online, and no real updates came out until she published Solutions and Other Problems in 2020. In the intervening years, Brosh lost a sister, ended a marriage, suffered major health issues and had several mental health spirals. Her comics always had an edge of darkness, but there is no way to keep things truly light while writing about that string of life events. And through some of the deep dives into her own psyche, Brosh is so far beyond the pale of what most people live with that she is no longer relatable; it is her book and she has the right to share her raw, unfiltered truth, but it does make for a somewhat rocky ride for the audience.

The tiniest bit below the surface, under the funny drawings and stories about dogs, Solutions and Other Problems is about how to survive while truly and completely immersed in nihilism. If Brosh’s words are to be taken at face value, she believes that nothing has any meaning or inherent value and that all actions and decisions are intrinsically random. If someone believes that, then they also have to come up with some reason for bothering to stay alive, despite all of the difficulties of human life, and continuing to move forward. Especially after her sister’s death by suicide in 2013, Brosh thought about all of these questions and worked through them on the page. She takes some strange detours to get there, but she does ultimately come to conclusions about why to keep going: essentially, finding both solutions and the other problems that come from them. It is a bracing and immersive read, but not always the most enjoyable one.

At points, Brosh feels constrained by her own established format: while some of the artwork is incredibly evocative and some of it is quite funny, a lot of the illustrations feel begrudging, like she’s including them because that is the Allie Brosh Style. And some of the stories are so odd that you have to wonder how her actions ever seemed like good choices: it’s difficult to think of someone else whose response to “I want to learn to live without fear” would be “I will watch a bunch of horror movies, take a lot of drugs, and get myself intentionally lost in the woods”. Almost no one else’s mind works like that, the audience has to sit back in befuddlement.

These issues sound like bigger deal breakers than they are. There are parts of Solutions and Other Problems that knock you back on your heels with how powerful they are. But like life (and by the sound of it, especially Allie Brosh’s life), it is a mixed bag with a fair amount of randomness thrown in.

Would I Recommend It: Soft yes.

#straydog's reading resolution #solutions and other problems #allie brosh #hyperbole and a half

[thequotefairy]

Anger is not a graceful emotion. I've never gotten mad and been like, "I'm glad I behaved like that!" I feel weird about it every time.

Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems

#quotes #allie brosh #anger #life

[backlogbooks]

just finished this hilarious (and often too relatable) book! pictured here with my very own simple dog and helper dog 😂

#hyperbole and a half #allie brosh #book photography #mary emma’s posts

[booksnotbombs]

November 2022 Wrap Up

Hyperbole and a half - Allie Brosh This comic/graphic novel was a loooong time on my tbr list, and while wandering a library in Brussels I discovered this on the shelves and read it in one hour. xD

Premier Sang (Bloedlijn / First Blood) - Amélie Nothomb Little book by one of my beloved writers, she never dissapoints... This story is about her dad and his childhood...

Firekeeper’s Daughter - Angeline Boulley A YA book I saw everywhere, and then they had it in the library (which was a total surprise!). It was ages since I read a detective/thriller book... Really loved it... also the native american aspects in this book made it really special!

#booklr #books #review #allie brosh #amelie nothomb #angeline boulley