A Lot Of People, Quite Frankly, Think

Academic Achievement Was Something I'd Always Sought As A Form Of Reward. Good Grades Pleased My Parents, Good Grades Pleased My Teachers; You Got Them In Order To Sew Up Approval.

Anorexia Is A Response To Cultural Images Of The Female Body - Waiflike, Angular - That Both Capitulates To The Ideal And Also Mocks It, Strips Away All The Ancillary Signs Of Sexuality, Strips Away Breasts And Hips And Butt And Leaves In Their Place A Garish Caricature, A Cruel Cartoon Of Flesh And Bone.

Me, I Walk Along And Feel Quietly Defensive, A Recluse In The Land Of We. That's Quite The Loaded Word, 'we.

I've Always Been Drawn To Solitude, Felt A Kind Of Luxurious Relief In Its Self-generated Pace And Rhythms.

I Don't Think That The World Would Be A Better Place If Everyone Owned A Dog, And I Don't Think That All Relationships Between Dogs And Their Owners Are Good, Healthy, Or Enriching.