Something That May Shock And Discredit You

"If you were a devotee of The Toast, you know that Daniel Lavery has long been one of the funniest writers to grace the Internet, thanks to his brand of extremely niche but oddly relatable humor. So it stands to reason that his memoir, Something That May Shock and Discredit You, is exactly that: a collection of essays that wrestle with gender and Lavery’s decision to transition but that are also about the Rapture, Gomez Addams and why Star Trek’s Capt. James T. Kirk is actually a “beautiful lesbian.” It’s the kind of book that only could have sprung out of Lavery’s mind palace, and the world is better for it."