The Oracle Speaks: A Self-Help Guide Against Self-Help, (Paperback)

<b>In this incisive, hilarious history of our obsession with self-help and wellness, graphic artist and activist Liv Strömquist tackles the commodification of advice and shame.</b> <p>In this twisted, irreverent, and wickedly funny graphic novel, internationally acclaimed cartoonist and activist Liv Strömquist pokes fun at our historical, now internet-spurred obsession with health and wellness. In her characteristically quirky style--writing as she says with a "chunky, punky pen" and chock full of historical facts and photos--Strömquist breaks down our shame-driven infatuation with self-improvement in seven "easy" steps, rewriting the history of the advice that has led to our collective insecurity. </p><p>Using the teachings of an outrageous cast of characters--from historical figures like Catherine of Siena and the Oracle at Delphi to modern-day philosopher Slavoj Zizek, internet personality Rollo Tomassi, and even God himself, Strömquist satirizes what has become a billion-dollar self-help industry. She decries the capitalist corrosion of the human spirit and, at the same time, reminds readers of our relentless instinct to create meaning out of existential nothingness. </p><p>Edgy and smart and laugh-out-loud hilarious, <i>The Oracle Speaks</i> gets to the heart of our contemporary struggle with self-image, leaving us with the feminist anti-advice we never knew we needed.</p>

• The Oracle Speaks: A Self-Help Guide Against Self-Help, (Paperback)
• Author: LIV Strömquist
• ISBN: 9781644215777
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-11-03
• Page Count: 248