When other readers comment that Wurtzel is spoiled, I really want to shake them-- the aforementioned "do not do the dishes" portion is is the only part of the book I can find that would (mistakenly) lead one to that conclusion. In any case, I'd hope that the chapters about being self-sufficient and not dumping your problems on friends & family
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I hated Prozac Nation and wrote an essay about
why I hated it in high school. I wish I still had it.
Did you read Bitch? (are you talking about that one?)
yuck.
xo
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strangely, the only parts that stuck with me were the part in the post-script about a cat on lithium, and the part where she mentions living in my hometown for a summer with her relatives. the rest of the story line has already been superimposed with christina ricci in it.
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oh no! I didn't realise she had written yet another one!
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oh god, is that the 'hey look at me i'm addicted to ritalin' one? there was a LONG exerpt from that in the Guardian Weekend last year and I almost puked all over myself. It starts out like 'i was hanging around in some artist's loft with rich hippie chic kids doing deep meaningful young beautiful people things, blahblahblah'.
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and at the end of the day, the dishes still need to be done... i don't know. i think people are better when they do shit for themselves. no matter what their stature is.
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Not to mention refusing to believe it is valid work that deserves such "benefits" as health insurance or excess income that can be saved and invested so as to make greater oppurtunity for the next generation.
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Sarah and Michelle, tag team domestic work advocacy. :oP
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On a side note, I started reading Barbara Ehrenriech's Nickel and Dimed the day after I posted that comment and contemplated sending Ms. Wurtzel a copy. The irony is just a little too delicious.
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Nickel and Dimed is really good until she calls her dermatologist.
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