Feminism is a good venue for getting yourself across as much as for getting your point across.
Elizabeth WurtzelIn life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.
Elizabeth WurtzelSometimes it feels like we're all living in a Prozac nation. The United States of Depression.
Elizabeth WurtzelAnd she keeps saying, how can you do this to me? And i want to scream, what do you mean, how can I do this to you? Aren't we confusing our pronouns here? The question, really, is How could I do this to myself?
Elizabeth WurtzelIn my case, I was not frightened in the least bit at the thought that I might live because I was certain, quite certain, that I was already dead.
Elizabeth WurtzelAnd it seemed hard to believe that these people who were so close to me couldnโt see how desperate I was, or if they could they didnโt care enough to do anything about it, or if they cared enough to do anything about it they didnโt believe there was anything they could do, not knowingโor not wanting to knowโthat their belief might have been the thing that made the difference.
Elizabeth Wurtzel