You Are What You See

”…a bold and perceptive tour of how popular culture replicates and reinforces harmful social expectations.” – Publisher’s Weekly
“In You Are What You See, Domenica Feraud explores the world through a powerful lens - asking questions of herself, our collective pop culture, and society as a whole. Feraud doesn’t shy away from the hard questions, fully diving in with the clarity of a critical thinker and truth seeker, she invites the reader to do the same.

This book will take you on a journey of exploration - into yourself and the stories you have been telling yourself about the world around you.

Feraud dives deep - seeking the truth of how things are, rather than how things seem to appear on the surface.

This book just may change how you think - and view - the world around you. You may walk away with a new perspective, deeper understanding of your past and the forces that have influenced you, and a clarity that carries you forward.” – Laura Lynne Jackson, NYTimes Bestselling author of Signs, Guided, and The Light Between Us.

“Insightful and interesting. Doménica Feraud captures the immensely relatable experience of a generation raised by television. Through deeply personal stories, she weaves a tale of growth & loss; describing how the media in her life was able to shake her sense of self while also being capable of giving her the strength she needed to move forward. Anyone who grew up with their TV as a companion will be able to see at least some of their journey in Doménica’s relentlessly vulnerable prose. I couldn’t put it down.” – Taran Armstrong, USA Today Bestselling author of Behind the Mirror
“People love to dismiss facets of television and pop culture as superficial, but Doménica Feraud understands just how deeply these stories shape the way women see themselves - their relationships, beauty, ambition, grief, and even their self-worth. You Are What You See is thoughtful, vulnerable, and brilliantly written. This is the kind of book that makes you look at the media you grew up loving in a completely different way.” – Margaret Josephs, star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey and author of Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget
“To the adolescent TV devotée, no drug is more potent than a haphazardly-crafted, multi-season character arc riddled with misguided decisions. Doménica Feraud deeply understands pop culture’s intoxicating powers of possession. In You Are What You See, Feraud gives insightful, intimate reflections on how seemingly frivolous media can shape our personal expectations, self-worth, and actions – for better or worse. ” – Grace Perry, author of The 2000s Made Me Gay
“This book is both a wildly emphatic love letter to the television shows and movies that have shaped us all, and at once a condemnation of the dangerous tropes these reality shows and RomComs reinforce. You Are What You See is a heartfelt, personal portrait of a television and movie fanatic that not only broaches difficult issues with grace and intellect, it also serves to parse our favorite shows and films to expose the toxicity that often lays beneath all of our pop-culture fixations.” – Thea de Sousa, author of The Real Housewives Ultimate Trivia Book, The Vanderpump Rules Ultimate Trivia Book and admin for the popular Bravo fan page on Instagram, @yourmomsarewatching