People are depressed for many reasons, one of which I think is how we have been taught to react to trauma, to stress.
Kate ZambrenoI don't think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature.
Kate ZambrenoI think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if the main character is perceived as unlikeable, or too privileged.
Kate ZambrenoThe memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."
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