All My Writing Has Been An Effort

Our Culture Raises Us To Seek Success But We Are Not Taught How To Live With It.

When I Stopped Seeing My Mother With The Eyes Of A Child, I Saw The Woman Who Helped Me Give Birth To Myself.

For Instance, In Group Therapy, I'll Have People Stand Up, Show Off, Give A Speech About Themselves As Though They've Just Died And Have To Give A Eulogy. Even With This Explicit Permission - Even An Order - To Say Something Nice About Themselves, This Is The Hardest Thing In The World For People To Do. They'd Rather Take Their Clothes Off.

Because Society Would Rather We Always Wore A Pretty Face, Women Have Been Trained To Cut Off Anger.

I Like The Company Of Men. I've Never Been Welcome In Those Groups, But Then I Would No More Go To A Consciousness-raising Group And Talk About My Intimate Life With My Husband Than Fly To The Moon. I Never Understood All That.