Thank you Yvonne Liu, Peter Petralia, Laini Madhubuti, and many others for tuning into my live video with Open Secrets Magazine (this is totally weird, but I want you to know that AI wrote this first line with the names of the some of the people who joined!? I kept it so you could be aware that this is a thing. WTF?!)
I am so grateful for all the non-AI humans who attended my live chat with Rachel Kramer Bussel and Open Secrets Magazine magazine yesterday! It was a joy to have such a heartfelt conversation with such a kind and generous reader. If you missed it, the video is above.
It’s three weeks today since the book published! To those who have read “Don’t Buy What I’m Selling: On Breaking Up With Advertising and Finally Learning to Love My Whole, Fat Self,” thank you! If you enjoyed reading it, please consider rating it on Goodreads or Amazon (I know, I know, but it really helps). To those who haven’t read it yet, I hope you consider taking a listen to the audiobook, or requesting it from your library, or picking up a copy from your local bookseller, who is out there doing the lord’s work.
One quick nice thing! The genius Nora McInerny said this about DBWIS in her recent Substack:
As a former ad lady, Don’t Buy What I’m Selling hit all the right notes for me. Lu Chekowsky, a former ad exec, gives us a work memoir (a favorite genre) and a manifesto against consumerism in one (I say as I shop the Old Navy sale). It’s funny, smart and deserves a lot more attention (request it at your library!). Also available here.
You heard her! It “deserves a lot more attention!” Who am I to argue?
Thank you, as always, for your kind support of me and my story. I’m grateful you’re here.
xo, Lu
