Ugh! As If!

“Detailed and always insightful…The vibe is that of your coolest professor, with chatty, entertaining footnotes full of personal disclosures and theoretical reading lists…Litt’s loving analysis of the film is a shining example of how to bring Cher’s soul into the study of art and culture.” — Annie Berke, Defector
“Litt’s lively, original Ugh! As If! uses the brilliant teen movie Clueless as a lens to examine the broader cultural landscape with playfulness and depth.” — Emily Nussbaum, author of Cue the Sun!
“Ugh! As If! makes a powerful argument for why we should keep inviting Amy Heckerling’s film into our lives, and it reminds us of comedy’s awesome power to connect us.” — Deidre Lynch, author of Loving Literature: A Cultural History
“Litt gives Clueless the intellectual importance it deserves, adding it to the canon of timeless women-led pictures.” — Marlowe Granados, author of Happy Hour
“Just like Clueless, Ugh! As If! is an unabashed celebration of all things girly, bubbly, and bright. If you’ve been feeling jaded about the state of the world, this sweet, smart, and funny book is exactly what you need.” — Hannah McGregor, author of Clever Girl and A Sentimental Education
“Veronica Litt, using Clueless as her campy, colourful vessel, encourages us to love the art that moves us, to interrogate our notions of complacency and ignorance and, most importantly, to tell us not to give up the fight, whether it be on a global scale or confined to the halls of high school chaos.” — Mount Holyoke News
“A perfect companion to read between numerous rewatches of the film.” — The Newest Rant
“[Litt’s] charming Ugh! As If! is… as breezily entertaining as it is erudite and forward-thinking.” — Jane Austen Society of North America

Veronica Litt is a writer, reader, teacher, and hobbyist letterpress printer from Hamilton, Ontario. She holds a PhD in English and Book History from the University of Toronto and currently lives in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, where she teaches post-secondary classes on English literature. Ugh As If! is her first book.

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