On Beauty Routines

Adulting is hard. Adulting as a woman can be even harder.
成年是辛苦的。作為一名成年女子可能會(huì)更辛苦。

In her new book Adulthood Is A Myth, author Sarah Andersen uses hilarious (and adorable) comics to illustrate the very specific growing pains that occur on your way to becoming a mature, put-together grownup.
在作家莎拉·安徒生的新書(shū)《成年如迷》里,她用滑稽(又可愛(ài)的)漫畫(huà)闡明了成為一名成熟又有條理的成年人的過(guò)程中特有的成長(zhǎng)的煩惱。

It ain’t easy being a grown woman, but Andersen’s comics show the humor in the struggle.
成為一名成熟的女子并不容易,而安徒生的漫畫(huà)展示了女子奮斗過(guò)程中的心情。

以下是安徒生的的部分漫畫(huà)節(jié)選:

On Beauty Routines...
日常美容……

修手指甲

Two days later: Sigh.
兩天后:嘆氣。

修腳

50 years later:
50年后:

Your toes look nice, Gramma.
奶奶,你的腳趾真好看。

Thanks. I did them when I was 22.
謝謝。那是我22歲的時(shí)候修的。

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On Selfie Culture

On Selfie Culture...
自拍文化……

Me in the future
未來(lái)的我

And this is what I looked like as a teen!
這是我10幾歲時(shí)的樣子。

Here’s another one.
這還有一張。

…And another
.……還有一張。

…And about 10,000 more
.……還有10,000多張。

Jesus Christ, Gramma.
天哪,奶奶。

Yeah...I took a lot of selfies.
是啊……我自拍了許多照片。

On the Joys of Being Childfree

On The Joys of Being Childfree...
丁克的歡樂(lè)……

Age 5
5歲

I don’t like babies.
我不喜歡嬰兒。

Quiet, dear.
親愛(ài)的,安靜點(diǎn)。

Age 15
15歲

I just don’t want kids.
我不想要孩子。

You’ll change your mind.
你會(huì)改變主意的。

You’re young and naive.
你太小太天真。

Age 25
25歲

Still don’t want em!
還是不想要孩子!

Children are little miracles.
孩子是小小的奇跡。

Age 45
45歲

Your biological clock is ticking.
你的生物鐘正滴答作響。

Too bad!
太糟糕了!

Age 85
85歲

Aren’t you so miserable and alone and sad and filled with regret?
你難道不太可悲、太孤獨(dú)、太傷心、心中又充滿遺憾嗎?

Nah, shut up.
閉嘴,沒(méi)有。

On period woes

On Period Woes...
生理期的悲哀

When I’m on my perod
當(dāng)處于生理期的時(shí)候

C’mon! C’mon! C’mon!
拜托!拜托!拜托!

How is there not a single tampon anywhere?!
怎么到處都找不到衛(wèi)生棉呢?!

When I’m not on my period
不在生理期的時(shí)候

Hey, do you have the five bucks I lent you?
嗨,你能還我借你的5美元嗎?

Oh, yeah. Under all these, uh…
哦,好的。在這些東西下面,恩……

Here.
給你。(姨媽巾掉一地)

Whap
重?fù)?/div>

on dealing with internet trolls

On Dealing With Internet Trolls...
處理網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的輪番評(píng)論……

Internet Comment Threads
網(wǎng)上評(píng)論話題

I have an opinion!
我有意見(jiàn)!

Well, I have an opinion about your opinion.
好吧,我對(duì)你的見(jiàn)解有意見(jiàn)。

My opinion is that I don’t like your opinion about her opinion.
我的觀點(diǎn)是我不喜歡你對(duì)她的見(jiàn)解的意見(jiàn)。

I’m 12 and my parents don’t monitor me so I’m gonna share my opinion about your opinion about your opinion about his opinion about her opinion!!!
我12歲了,我的父母不會(huì)監(jiān)督我,所以我要分享我對(duì)你們對(duì)你對(duì)他對(duì)她的意見(jiàn)的看法?。?!

Backing away slowly…
悄悄遁走……

on relationships

On Relationships...
戀愛(ài)中……

Bad Relationship
糟糕的戀愛(ài)

Look, I didn’t shave my legs! Ha ha!
看,我沒(méi)刮腿毛!哈哈!

Gross.
糟透了。

……

Good Relationship
令人滿意的戀愛(ài)

Look.
看。

OoOoo, fuzzy!
哦哦哦,毛絨絨的!

On Online Dating

On Online Dating...
網(wǎng)上約會(huì)……

Dating
約會(huì)

Well, I grew up…
喂!我成年了……

I know.
我知道。

And then I went to school in …
而且我在……上學(xué)

I know.
我知道。

And …
另外……

I know everything about you.
我了解你的一切。

I have been through your entire facebook and twitter history.
我已經(jīng)看完你的Facebook和Twitter的全部記錄了。

And that’s how I would up here!
那就是我會(huì)在這里的原因!

Interesing.
有意思。