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Susan Sontag

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Roiphe, K. (2012). Susan Sontag. In Roiphe, K. In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays. The Dial Press, pp. 117-125

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[...] There is, in these pages, no sense of a woman comfortable in the world, a woman at ease. "Don't smile so much, sit up straight," she admonishes "Think about why I bite my nails at the movies.." How is it possible that anyone is this self-conscious? And how is it possible that this degree of consciousness could be fruitful?

yooo this is me, straight up

(Susan Sontag's journals)

—p.118 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago

[...] There is, in these pages, no sense of a woman comfortable in the world, a woman at ease. "Don't smile so much, sit up straight," she admonishes "Think about why I bite my nails at the movies.." How is it possible that anyone is this self-conscious? And how is it possible that this degree of consciousness could be fruitful?

yooo this is me, straight up

(Susan Sontag's journals)

—p.118 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago
122

[...] For a woman who had always believed in her own exceptionality, who had defined herself by her will to be different, to rise above, the terrifying democracy of illness is one of its most painful aspects. [...]

also me

—p.122 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago

[...] For a woman who had always believed in her own exceptionality, who had defined herself by her will to be different, to rise above, the terrifying democracy of illness is one of its most painful aspects. [...]

also me

—p.122 by Katie Roiphe 6 years, 7 months ago