We Can't Even Say the Title of This Book on the Radio
RUSH: I mentioned at the top of the program that there is a new book out, and the story about this is in The Atlantic, and it is becoming increasingly challenging for me just to -- well, telling you the title of this book. It's got the F-bomb in it. What am I supposed to do here? And even not saying it, but spelling it out minus one letter, you still, it's like saying it, isn't it? The title of the book, the first word is F, asterisk, c-k. Gee, I wonder what it is? The second word in the title is "feelings." So that's the title of the book.
Let me change the lingo just to be able to say it. Screw Feelings. That's the title of the book. "Stop fruitlessly seeking 'closure' with your peevish co-worker. And please, don't bother telling your spouse how annoying you find their tongue-clicking habit -- sometimes honesty is less like a breath of fresh air and more like a fart," is what this thing says. This is a book.
"That’s the argument of Michael Bennett and Sarah Bennett, the father-daughter duo behind the new self-help book [Screw] Feelings. The elder Bennett is a psychiatrist and American Psychiatric Association distinguished fellow. His daughter is a comedy writer. Together, they provide a tough-love, irreverent take on 'life's impossible problems.' The crux of their approach is that life is hard and negative emotions are part of it. The key is to see your --" gee whiz, here we go again. "The key is to see your '[BS]wishes' for just what they are (BS), and instead to pursue real, achievable goals," instead sitting out there whining and moaning and talking about how you feel about things.
"Stop trying to forgive your bad parents, they advise. Jerks are capable of having as many kids as anyone else -- at least until men’s rights conventions come equipped with free vasectomy booths. If you happen to be the child of a jerk, that's just another obstacle to overcome," but stop whining about it. Don't tell everybody how you feel about it. Just do something about it.
"In fact, stop trying to free yourself of all anger and hate. In all likelihood you're doing a really awesome job, the Bennetts argue, despite all the --" here we go again "-- [crappy] things that happen to you." This is incredible. Oh, and one word: "'Profanity is a source of comfort, clarity, and strength,' they write. 'It helps to express anger without blame, to be tough in the face of pain.'"
Anyway, you talk about a book with a really great premise that goes nowhere, it sounds like this one. But it's an argument against this overwhelming sentiment that's taken over society that sharing your feelings with everybody is the key to intimate relationships and the key to having a fun-filled, satisfying life, doing nothing but telling everybody how what they do makes you feel. And it's not.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/fuck-feelings/403792/
RUSH: I mentioned at the top of the program that there is a new book out, and the story about this is in The Atlantic, and it is becoming increasingly challenging for me just to -- well, telling you the title of this book. It's got the F-bomb in it. What am I supposed to do here? And even not saying it, but spelling it out minus one letter, you still, it's like saying it, isn't it? The title of the book, the first word is F, asterisk, c-k. Gee, I wonder what it is? The second word in the title is "feelings." So that's the title of the book.
Let me change the lingo just to be able to say it. Screw Feelings. That's the title of the book. "Stop fruitlessly seeking 'closure' with your peevish co-worker. And please, don't bother telling your spouse how annoying you find their tongue-clicking habit -- sometimes honesty is less like a breath of fresh air and more like a fart," is what this thing says. This is a book.
"That’s the argument of Michael Bennett and Sarah Bennett, the father-daughter duo behind the new self-help book [Screw] Feelings. The elder Bennett is a psychiatrist and American Psychiatric Association distinguished fellow. His daughter is a comedy writer. Together, they provide a tough-love, irreverent take on 'life's impossible problems.' The crux of their approach is that life is hard and negative emotions are part of it. The key is to see your --" gee whiz, here we go again. "The key is to see your '[BS]wishes' for just what they are (BS), and instead to pursue real, achievable goals," instead sitting out there whining and moaning and talking about how you feel about things.
"Stop trying to forgive your bad parents, they advise. Jerks are capable of having as many kids as anyone else -- at least until men’s rights conventions come equipped with free vasectomy booths. If you happen to be the child of a jerk, that's just another obstacle to overcome," but stop whining about it. Don't tell everybody how you feel about it. Just do something about it.
"In fact, stop trying to free yourself of all anger and hate. In all likelihood you're doing a really awesome job, the Bennetts argue, despite all the --" here we go again "-- [crappy] things that happen to you." This is incredible. Oh, and one word: "'Profanity is a source of comfort, clarity, and strength,' they write. 'It helps to express anger without blame, to be tough in the face of pain.'"
Anyway, you talk about a book with a really great premise that goes nowhere, it sounds like this one. But it's an argument against this overwhelming sentiment that's taken over society that sharing your feelings with everybody is the key to intimate relationships and the key to having a fun-filled, satisfying life, doing nothing but telling everybody how what they do makes you feel. And it's not.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/fuck-feelings/403792/