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She Who Gets Slapped: the magic of middle-aged Boomerdom1 comment

clarespark wrote 1 week ago: from the sadomasochism collection of S.T. [Racy song from World War I:] Mademoiselle from Armentiere … more →

Tags: 1, It's Complicated, Joan Wallach Scott, Nancy Meyers, New Left, role reversal, second wave feminism

Wanna stay mentally healthy? Don't become a writer!

caroanna wrote 6 months ago:    Upon reading a collection of interviews with German writers about their profession, I noticed yet … more →

Tags: Literature, Writing/Journalism, Art, David Foster Wallace, Depression, elfriede jelinek, Mass media, Mental Health, Silvia Plath

"A Journey Through Darkness"

jjgordon wrote 7 months ago: The New York Times Magazine released “A Journey Through Darkness” last week, an article … more →

Tags: What I'm Reading, The New York Times Magazine, Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, Ken Kesey, one flew over the cuckoo's nest

Depression

osopher wrote 7 months ago: “I don’t think I’ve ever met a depressed person who wanted to get out of bed in th … more →

Tags: happiness, Future, health, Depression, nature versus nurture, HOPE

The Reality of Being You2 comments

1writeway wrote 7 months ago: “Depression, truth be told, is both boring and threatening as a subject of conversation. … more →

Tags: General, autobiography, Depression, NY Times, Suicide, Writers, writing

The Fell of Dark4 comments

Margaret Diehl wrote 7 months ago: (I took this photo of myself a few years ago. It sets a mood, I think.)   Daphne Merkin’s written a … more →

Tags: Depression, Personal, Grief, new york times magazine depression, daphne merkin new york times

On Beatrice

Matthew Gallaway wrote 2 years ago: When the russet hues of the setting sun stream through our western window, as happened today, it is … more →

Tags: Resignation, The Times, Writers-French, The Russian Blues, Orchids, drivel, drag queens, Sickness, Memory


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