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just NYU

[...] Somehow Rosaline managed to irritate both Elena and Theresa almost immediately, by describing herself as “just a social worker.”

“This is just not⁠—⁠you have to be confident. You have to be more confident. Social work is amazing,” Theresa said. But Theresa would never have been a social wo…

—p.110 The Paris Review, Issue 254, Winter 2025 Eleutherius (109) missing author
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people who believe in Oriental magic are fools⁠

Danny O’Keefe really likes me. He has been over a lot of times, but he is so involved in tantric yoga that I feel he’s a fool. I can’t help thinking people who believe in Oriental magic are fools⁠—it’s so boring and unsensual. I must be a confirmed sensualist because anything that pleases me on a g…

—p.91 Journal, 1969-1970 (73) by Eve Babitz
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it seems to be paying off as starving inevitably will project/panopticon-diaries

Well⁠—I’m already 132 lbs, which is very encouraging since I practically starved and exercised all day yesterday and nearly drove myself nuts. However, it seems to be paying off as starving inevitably will.

—p.90 Journal, 1969-1970 (73) by Eve Babitz
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this weekend I gained 3 pounds project/panopticon-diaries

Well, I’m so broke I’m overdrawn at the bank and it makes me very nervous, especially since I don’t know when the check from the P. G. & E. [cover] is coming in, and I’m just really broke.

This weekend I gained 3 pounds. Friday was Daddy’s birthday so I ate Chinese chicken and cake. Joe Pailburn…

—p.79 Journal, 1969-1970 (73) by Eve Babitz