Romanticizing The Act Of Writing Or Any

I Really Consider Myself A Writer, And A Writer Who Is Sometimes A Social Critic. I'm Not An Ideologue, I Don't Join A Party. I Follow Along And Take Notes. Sometimes I Throw In My Two Cents.

Our Mythology Tells Us So Much About Fathers And Sons. ... What Do We Know About Mothers And Daughters? ... Our Power Is So Oblique, So Hidden, So Ethereal A Matter, That We Rarely Struggle With Our Daughters Over Actual Kingdoms Or Corporate Shares. On The Other Hand, Our Attractiveness Dries As Theirs Blooms, Our Journey Shortens Just As Theirs Begins. We Too Must Be Afraid And Awed And Amazed That We Cannot Live Forever And That Our Replacements Are Eager For Their Turn, Indifferent To Our Wishes, Ready To Leave Us Behind.

We Also Have To Make Sure Our Children Know The History Of Women. Tell Them The Rotten Truth: It Wasn't Always Possible For Women To Become Doctors Or Managers Or Insurance People. Let Them Be Armed With A True Picture Of The Way We Want It To Be.

If I Were Planning To Be Stranded On A Desert Island, I Wouldn't Take Freud's Books With Me, Because I've Already Read Them All.

I Think It Is A Good Thing To Have Woman Friends At Every Stage Of Life. We Confide In Each Other, We Support Each Other, We Understand Each Other Most Of The Time. Of Course, Sometimes We Are Competitive Or Angry Or Distant, Too. But I Do Think It Is Important Not To Let The Main Friendships Slip Away In The Sweep Of The Days.