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Michigan comedian¹ tells us which “Men to Avoid” by creating new memes with old art

You never know what can happen on Twitter. Just ask Nicole Tersigni, a writer and comedian currently based in metro² Detroit. What started as a single joke on her Twitter evolved into a viral tweet thread, which ultimately became a book that was published this month. The topic—and title—is Men to Avoid in Art and Life.

Each page pairs a traditional Western European-style painting with a contemporary joke about men saying the darndest things. It's a funny (and painfully relatable) commentary on what women and nonbinary folks sometimes have to navigate³ in conversations with men, such as dismissive language, patronizing, and “mansplaining.”

Tersigni says the book’s reception has been “overwhelmingly positive,” prompting a flood of Twitter users to share their own experiences with "men to avoid." Some men, she said, have even spoken out after recognizing themselves in the book, promising⁴ to work on checking their behavior in the future.

"I think that if you can make people laugh about things, they're more open to connecting about them, you know, more open to meeting you at your level and saying 'I understand where you're coming from a little bit because you're making me laugh. You're making me laugh at myself and the situation,’” Tersigni explained.

Read more about the project and see some excerpts⁵ from Men to Avoid in Art and Life in the slideshow above.

1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

3 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

4 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

5 excerpts   

n.摘录，摘要( excerpt的名词复数 )；节选（音乐，电影）片段

参考例句：

• Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck's pallid Don Juan music. 一些文艺复光时期的弥撒的选节被不适当地加入到了格鲁克平淡无味的唐璜音乐中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is editing together excerpts of some of his films. 他正在将自己制作的一些电影的片断进行剪辑合成。 来自辞典例句