Amy Alkon (Author of Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck)

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Amy Alkon

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Amy Alkon does â€œapplied behavioral science,â€� translating scientific research into highly practical advice.

Her new book, published in January 2018 by St. Martin's Press, is the "science-help" book on how to transform to live with confidence: UNF*CKOLOGY: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence."

Alkon writes The Science Advice Goddess, an award-winning, syndicated column that runs in newspapers across the United States and Canada.

She is also the author of Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck and I See Rude People. She has been on Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR, CNN, MTV, and does a weekly science podcast.

She has written for Psychology Today, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Magazine, the New York Dail ...more

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	Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck 3.20 avg rating — 1,654 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society 3.31 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence 3.55 avg rating — 420 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Advice: the Advice Ladies on Love, Dating, Sex, And Relationships 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Menopostal: What You (and Your Doctor) Need to Know About the Real Science of Menopause and Perimenopause liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meangirlology: How to protect yourself from sneak attacks and social ruin by Amy Alkon (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author), Jaimie Arona Krems (Foreword) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I read (the woman dating a guy so needy he wanted her to ditch all her friends and spend every minute with him). I suggest you tell her it'll never work out and she should date someone else.

--Advice From 60-Something Male

Telling people what to do is necessary in certain situations, like when it's a more successful battle strategy than "You do you!": dispatching the

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