May 06, 2005 18:16
i just stumbled upon this community and i am so excited that it exists!
name: Erin
age: 20
favorite female writers/poets with themes of madness? sylvia plath, elizabeth wurtzel, susanna kaysen, dorothy parker
favorite books on madness? wow, i might have to make an lj-cut here! okay: the bell jar, girl, interrupted, prozac nation, go ask alice, ten good seconds of silence, lisa, bright and dark, strange heaven, like the red panda, the virgin suicides...(those are all i can think of at the moment. and those are just my favourites! ;)
favorite films which document or hint at "women & madness"? girl, interrupted, the hours, the virgin suicides, memento
favorite quote, or line from one of the authors/poets/books/film stated above?
"so you see, dear friend, my only friend, there's nowhere to go because the whole world is crazy." - go ask alice
(i'm gonna have to post more quotes - it was hard picking just one!)