Don't Buy What I'm Selling
Lu ChekowskyMusings on advertising, capitalism, humanity and the robots who know everything about you (from someone who used to live inside the machine).
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(Sh)it's getting real.
Last Monday, I began recording the audiobook version of my memoir, that’s publishing June 9th, DON’T BUY WHAT I’M SELLING: ON BREAKING UP WITH ADVERTISING AND FINALLY LEARNING TO LOVE MY WHOLE FAT SELF.
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Emmy award winning advertising writer and Creative Director, currently writing a memoir about my life in advertising -- "DON'T BUY WHAT I'M SELLING" forthcoming from Little, Brown in 2026.
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