This memoir is really a collection of essays about particularly interesting incidents from the author’s life, like starring in a hippie home movie when she was four, meeting Mick Jagger at a party, and moving to Switzerland. And it is totally awesome. Rather than trying to provide some sort of dull story of her life, …
Daily Archives: 27 December, 2008
Pushing the Boundaries
I was recently talking with a friend about how I feel reluctant to press the point when I feel like someone is pushing my boundaries, even if I end up feeling very uncomfortable and unhappy. I think it’s a great example of how I (and many other women) have really internalized anti-feminist attitudes about control …
Book 395: Cat’s Eye
Earlier this week, I read a biography which I suspect was largely fictional, and now I’ve just finished a work of fiction which appears to be highly autobiographical. Funny how these things work. At any rate, anyone who likes Margaret Atwood should definitely read Cat’s Eye, because it has lots of interesting information about her …