Periel Achenbrand‘s non-fiction book The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own, had me laughing the whole way from LA to New York City on my last flight. This is her bio from the Penguin Group:
Periel Aschenbrand loathes Internet dating, Republicans, TV, junk food, and stockbrokers. She is twenty-eight years old, lives in New York and Los Angeles, accessorizes Dolce & Gabbana with a “F*ck Bush” necklace, and wakes up every morning to a double espresso with a “splash” of 2% milk. Predictable and pretentious, right? Wrong.
Periel Aschenbrand is also best friends with a Mormon, waits tables in Spanish Harlem, flirts with New York City cops, enjoys a good lap dance, gets revenge on snotty salespeople in an unconventional manner, and stayed in constant cell phone communication with her mother while protesting in her underwear at the Republican National Convention. “Are you provoking any policemen? You could be put in jail and get physically hurt by crack addicts who would see you as bait.”
In a refreshing nonfiction debut that’s never sanitized or slick, Periel delivers raunchy and hilarious truths about sex, politics, and how best to inspire the youth of America.
It’s a great read that explores the hot button issues of today. Love it (which I did) or hate it, you’ll have an opinion about it.

























Sounds like more bullshit from a spoiled New Yorker whose parents told her that every word that comes out of her mouth is golden. You are 28. Get a real job, live a little in the real world and then get back to us.
ditto to jjj’s comment
I love little books such as these. It seems more for entertainment than for actual fact value. Take it as you see it. If you don’t think you’d be interested, move on. Why slam that writer for her life style? I’m sure that you have a few habits that the rest of the world would have something poor to say about.
jjj – why don’t you try to write an entertaining book. judging by your comments, i doubt it’s possible.
The best reason to be skeptical is that this woman claims to be a political activist, and she is making a lot of money and gaining celebrity status for her supposedly “outrageous” beliefs. I find it interesting that nowhere in her 10 million Google hits is there any mention of her background — I smell a closet rich person! Certainly she is promoting herself as much as she is promoting her political views. Is she noteworthy because she’s anti-Bush and makes t-shirts, or because she’s naked most of the time?
Ouch Jason. Not. I am simply saying that in the real world in which 99% of us live, we have other things to do than listen to a bi-coastal whose biggest idea to motivate social change is to show up to the RNC convention in underwear and whose idea of touting how open she is with her friendships is that she has one who is Mormon. Big whup.
Unlike Jason, I’m not trying to be an ass to anyone has a different opinion (especially our talented bloghost). Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect it. I’m just reacting to the book author and her, in my opinion, very silly, vapid and immature life that now will unfortunately become gospel to some.
I ditto jjj’s comments. No need to slam him for expressing a perfectly legit thought… Give me Naomi Wolff (sp?) anyday…
JJJ – I apologize for the jab. In today’s world I tend to embrace anything and anyone that publicly decries the Bush Administration and its ghastly policies. I really don’t know anything about this woman, just that Miu’s write-up seemed glowing.
Periel Aschenbrand
Sounds profoundly predictable and pretentious to me.
Stupid, pretentious twat grabs a crayon and writes a book. Because she’s hittable and titles her screed with a provocative and unoriginal phrase, she thinks she’s the flavor of the week. I’d say check in on her after a month, but most of us will have forgotten her and she’ll have faded into irrelevance.
Golf clap for her publicist, though. Somehow I’m wondering if she’s being bankrolled by a rich family member.
Jason has a small weiner
She sounds like another dumb JAP to me.
WOW. You guys are pretty serious about this book that most of you will never read, by the sounds of it. Twat? Jap? Reaaaaally classy if I say so myself. (Anyone catch that sarcasm?)
The book is not remotely political–and has nothing to do with George W. Bush. In case you were thinking this was some political screed. It’s about her trenchant observations on multiculturalism (she won’t get on a plane because of a “fucking arab” in line) and, uh, the pope?
Rubb Rubb , you’re too right. PRETENTIOUS. And dumb. Spooky. That’s all it takes to make it in this 16 something world. Bring it on, young haters.