I Think History Is Inextricably Linked To

Teenage Girls Are Extremists Who See The World In Black-and- White Terms, Missing Shades Of Gray. Life Is Either Marvelous Or Notworth Living. School Is Either Pure Torment Or Is Going Fantastically. Other People Are Either Great Or Horrible, And They Themselves Are Wonderful Or Pathetic Failures. One Day A Girl Will Refer To Herself As "the Goddess Of Social Life" And The Next Day She'll Regret That She's The "ultimate In Nerdosity.

I Think History Is Inextricably Linked To Identity. If You Don't Know Your History, If You Don't Know Your Family, Who Are You?

I Think Anorexia Is A Metaphor. It Is A Young Woman's Statement That She Will Become What The Culture Asks Of Its Women, Which Is That They Be Thin And Nonthreatening. Anorexia Signifies That A Young Woman Is So Delicate That, Like The Women Of China With Their Tiny Broken Feet, She Needs A Man To Shelter And Protect Her From A World She Cannot Handle. Anorexic Women Signal With Their Bodies "i Will Take Up Only A Small Amount Of Space. I Won't Get In The Way." They Signal "i Won't Be Intimidating Or Threatening." (who Is Afraid Of A Seventy-pound Adult?)

Telling Stories Never Fails To Produce Good In The Universe.

How Many Therapists Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb? One, As Long As The Lightbulb Wants To Change.