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anticapitalist
anxiety
authenticity
Author_Heidi Becker
beauty industry
beauty trends
brain rot
capitalism
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chronically online
commentary
connection
consumerism
consumption
critical thinking
criticism
cynicism
doom scroll
empathy
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forthcoming
funny
gen z
generational
gift for
hope
humor
identity
internet culture
issues
late stage capitalism
love
millennial
modern
nostalgia
overconsumption
overstimulated
patriarchy
poetry
political
reality check
resistance
self love
self-worth
social expectations
social media
society
spoken word
storytelling
tiktok
trends
viral
witty
women
Product details
- ISBN 9798881608217
- Weight: 150g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Heidi Becker’s debut poetry collection follows one chronically online twentysomething's journey from filming “brain rot” skits in her parents’ living room to sparking an anti-capitalist awakening across social media.
Using brain rot language and social media speak against itself to reveal the problematic impacts of a generation that is chronically online, Once Upon a Midnight Scroll memorializes the viral words of writer and creator Heidi Becker. From the intangible internet to the physical page, Becker hopes this collection will serve as an irreverent antidote to the over-stimulation of modern life, mixing raw truths and playful cynicism into a much-needed reality check that you can take in all at once or in small doses.
This collection of deeply honest poems explores themes of self-worth, identity, love, and connection. With humor, empathy, and a wicked wit, she explores the anxieties of today’s youth through the all-too-familiar nostalgia that hits during a midnight scroll, when our eyes glaze over while watching beauty and fitness routines, war footage, celebrity gossip, wildfires, relationship tips, and ad after ad after ad.
This takedown of modern internet culture is sure to have you asking, “Is this play about us?”
Using brain rot language and social media speak against itself to reveal the problematic impacts of a generation that is chronically online, Once Upon a Midnight Scroll memorializes the viral words of writer and creator Heidi Becker. From the intangible internet to the physical page, Becker hopes this collection will serve as an irreverent antidote to the over-stimulation of modern life, mixing raw truths and playful cynicism into a much-needed reality check that you can take in all at once or in small doses.
This collection of deeply honest poems explores themes of self-worth, identity, love, and connection. With humor, empathy, and a wicked wit, she explores the anxieties of today’s youth through the all-too-familiar nostalgia that hits during a midnight scroll, when our eyes glaze over while watching beauty and fitness routines, war footage, celebrity gossip, wildfires, relationship tips, and ad after ad after ad.
This takedown of modern internet culture is sure to have you asking, “Is this play about us?”
HEIDI BECKER is a writer best known for her signature high-speed internet monologues and viral spoken-word pieces. Blending humor and societal critique with reflective emotional confessions, Heidi explores the hypnotic chaos of the modern world while bringing her audiences on a quest for hope.
